Talk:Zed/@comment-26380451-20151211142056/@comment-25904283-20151226131740

E is neither melee or skill shot. R is point - click at 625 range. If there are a millions ways to outplay a Zed, there are also 2 times that amount ways for a Zed to outplay his opponent.

The buff and pre season changes surely put him into OP status, due to how much focus the game has become on laning phase and early-mid game. Having 2 items that hard counter him doesn't mean much, in a meta where both are too conditional and unoptimized. Zhonya as 1st item hurts the early-mid of most mages terribly. Also, at 3500 G, by the time you get your hand on Zhonya, Zed might have snowball the game into a state that his QE alone takes more than half of your health. QSS is somewhat cheaper, but it is still 1300G that gives zero offensive stat.