Forum talk:Neekerivittu/@comment-96.55.104.225-20130212064100/@comment-98.112.78.148-20130217012456

Um... maxing his skills is actually very situational. If you can't hit all your skillshots against your top or mid laner, because he/she is nidalee or otherwise a very nimble champ, or if you're just bad at skillshots in general(practice, and don't play this champ until you can) then max E first, but always keep Q close behind(like 2 levels behind). If you are against champs that you can't hit directly, you can't get close to (or else you'll die) etc. then max q first, or if you're just good at hitting skillshots. However, your E deals more dmg quicker, and I believe that if you can face your enemies toe to toe, such as with nidalee, another zed(in normals bleh), shen(omg ban him), akali,talon, jax( yes, just dodge his E), or some other champ that's not too durable/doesn't deal enough dmg alone, you should max E first.

To max Q first you would be facing someone like malphite, or jayce, who can burst you to the ground if you get close. Other notable examples of this are Riven(you MUST harass), Rengar, Renekton, singed(omfg this guy), and basically any lane that is hard for Zed, with any amount of lifesteal/sustain, you have to play it safe and max Q first. Otherwise, his E is seriously much better, not kidding(try it), especially if you follow it up with a autoattack.

I normally don't play ranked too much, but I breeze through normal games all the time, even against the high ELO players. I've seen plats and golds in normals. Always go way too positive with zed, so much so that I basically have to clean up all the kills, and we can't finish the game until we are lucky and catch them out of position. :)