Forum talk:Neekerivittu/@comment-9533487-20130714221512/@comment-13294086-20130725005234

I have played a lot of Zed as well as different assasins in the mid lane, and this is what I can tell you. Early game without ult, Zed can trade and poke very efficiently in lane, and he can also farm from range very well in an unfavourable matchup. Once you get your ult your kill potential goes up the roof. At this point you should start to poke down your opponent to set up for an all-in or look for opportunities to roam since you are really scary.

Zed is very ultimate dependant in general to be honest, unless super fed he can't really 100-0 assasinate anyone without his ultimate, but you can still do some decent damage in teamfights.

Zed in comparison to other assasins is probably the most ultimate dependant out of all of them, which to me is his only flaw. He does have great splitpushing and dueling potential (he is one of the best assasins at splitpushing due to his slipperyness, pushing speed and the ability to come out even in a 1v2 or 1v3 situation. He still remains very strong in general throughout all stages of the game, and is a very strong pick right now. :)