Talk:Zed/@comment-26480645-20150626052032/@comment-5955640-20150626211900

Unfortunately it's the design of the game that really lets things down. Assassins are very toxic in metas for the exact opposite reason a good healer is toxic.

Killing people quickily and with as much survivability as possible is seen as bad but any palpable counterplay sort of makes an assassin useless so it's a balancing act. You are only allowed to kill everyone. Sometimes and with Zed they lucked out.

Everything about his kit is easy enough to counter with just items. He can still technically kill anyone and outduel some opponents but he doesn't actually have a sweeping mechanic unlike most assassins.