Talk:Fizz/@comment-86.56.72.210-20130303140927/@comment-90.230.40.24-20130312200656

What does Zed/Katarina/Akali do when behind?

Well, as for Zed, he farms. His skills allow him to easily farm even when behind since they cost no mana and have short cooldowns.

Katarina can farm fairly well, but more than anything most of her damage is locked in her base values, so if she falls behind her damage doesn't drop as much as for example Fizz's. Also, she counterweights for her lack of utility through being able to assasinate five people instead of one.

Akali can farm decently in shroud, which also keeps her from getting focused. Other than that, yes she is snowbally and can fall behind easily. She is a lot like Fizz, except sticks better, has lane sustain and is less skillshot reliant. Tradeoff from this is indeed in some mobillity and evasiveness, but since she is far more able to consistently translate a snowballing into won teamfights (unlike Fizz who mostly kills one person and then leaves) she sees relatively much competitive play.

Fizz is not "overpowered", he is a riskier version of LB imo. And no, the pole is not particularily hard to master, and even when mastered it has flaws. Equally much as it is dependant on the Fizz player to use it properly, it is dependant on enemies to not be aware of it and bait it out.