Forum talk:Neekerivittu/@comment-95.76.166.47-20130114020446/@comment-137.226.66.4-20130115084636

Levelling your Q first can be good in lane because it makes the energy cost go down and lets you spam your shuriken. However, levelling the E first is often better because of the low cooldown. I usually put 2 or 3 early points into my Q when laning to reduce the energy cost, then max out my E.

As for motivation on overlapping your shadow slashes, I think we already have plenty. A single slash will only reduce its own cd when performed by Zed OR slow the enemy when performed by the shadow (correct me if I'm wrong). If you overlap them, you get both PLUS an increased slow and an energy refund.

I agree that you can burst down a lot of champs as soon as you can afford some decent items. Early game, however, anybody with decent cc can bully Zed around. Or actually, let me rephrase that. If you get lucky and pull off your combo perfectly, you can burst people down in early to midgame as well. But if you make one little mistake and don't hit your overlapping shuriken, gett cc'd at the wrong time etc., you're almost certainly in for a spanking.