Talk:Zed/@comment-25912163-20150520015536/@comment-26696793-20150715040317

I disagree with your remarks on how Zed loses and gets outscaled by every matchup, which isn't at all true. You said " if you want to get out of bronze, you need to utilize your aa.". You do realize that Zed has absurd damage once with autos with just a brutalizer? Or even a cutlass. You guys complain that he has no more play potential, which isn't at all true, and he DOES NOT get outscaled by every matchup. You said Zed has no kill pressure on Ahri during the laning phase. Hell, if you're not bronze, you're close to it. The point of assassins is not only outplaying your opponent. Especially with Zed. The other thing assassins are supposed to do is be able to bait because you have low hp and then burst someone down, at least in the laning phase. That's how you win vs ahri, azir, cassio, fizz, azir, etc. . You also have kill pressure on xerath. Bait his E (stun) and then just go win. He flashed/healed/both? Great, cooldowns blown, wait for your ult, go in, boom. I know I know, NOBODY EVER THOUGHT OF THAT... Oh wait, right.

Anyway, you want to know the problem? Less and less people know how to build Zed. I've seen this even in diamond/master/challenger. I've seen people rushing BT when the adversary is going armguard. Then going for mobi boots to they can "roam" when they never leave mid, and when they do, they end up feeding. Yasuo can't win vs zed at lvl 1/2/3/4/5 if you're, at least, smart. Diana is not lost, it's skill matchup. Hell, most matchups mid are skill based. Of course, there's champions that have some advantage, like Kayle and Liss over Zed, but the problem with Zed players and Zed "mains" is that they rely on their ult so much they end up losing kill pressure and just pussy out under tower when it's on cooldown. Spoilers: You have an entire kit that has outplay potential, one of the most in the entire game, if not the better to do so. And this kit isn't all about Death's Mark. That's the main problem with Zed nowadays. He's supposed to 100 to 0 someone and get out, and getting out doesn't necessarily mean "Just press R if you're in problems mate". NO, YOU HAVE TO BE SMART. That's just it. There's skill based champs, and knowledge based champs, and to be honest, Zed is both, but people disregard the fact that you need to know what you're doing to be able to play him to his full potential.

Sorry for the long text, and hope you understand what I mean (my remarks with "you need to" and such are not directed at you, as I've never seen you playing Zed, I mean the general populace that plays him).