Forum talk:Neekerivittu/@comment-2179912-20121120220839/@comment-2179912-20121121225220

If he gets focused, he fails. Like all assassins. Zed, just like Talon and Katarina, cannot go in the fight early. When the battle starts, though, and the enemies are locked in combat so they can't change focus, the assassins go in and take down the main damage sources. Zed isn't supposed to survive CC locking. But it is true that too much of his damage and utility is frontloaded on his ult, thus making him only a harassing machine till its off CD. A bit like Syndra.