Talk:Zed/@comment-3546228-20150923141912/@comment-26188388-20150929061419

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Yes, exactly this. Other poke champs has the ability to do much more poking than Zed. They can throw out their poke skill much more often and without much consequence. Whenever you poke with Zed during the early game you are using your W-E-Q combo most of the time. This means your escape skill (W) is on cooldown which makes you much more susceptible to ganks.

Even during the late game (given that you DO NOT have 40% CDR and you land your E for a 2 seconds reduced W cooldown) you can only throw out your poke once every 8-11 seconds compared to a Nidalee or Varus who can dish out poke every 4 seconds, which is a much bigger time frame.