Talk:Zed/@comment-8733289-20150116020348/@comment-13160526-20150116145151

IE builds existed before it was even meta, from my experience i used to build that when i did get a huge lead early and i needed the RNJesus to work for me as if you aren't fed and ending the game early, lategame fights as Zed are not as happy as you'd think, real lategame fights are composed by AP with Zhonyas and AD with QSS which makes almost impossible for you to kill them with your ult alone.

That's when Yomama's blade + IE+pen items kick in, one crit on a squishy means death, that goes for every AD assassins that goes for a crit build.

"Pros" mostly build them because they play quite safe and Zeds aren't 20 kills by 20 minutes there that's why they go for a luck absed build which strangely with just 40%(Now 35 with IE nerf) works quite well.

Oh and his ult is nowhere near 40s.

Riot is not concerned about Zed having no counterplay, in fact he has the most out of any assassin, that's why he's got called "Healthy".

If you read the patchnotes they stated that since his kit allows to be a potent duelist he can splitpush easily thanks to the line clearwave he shoves lanes pretty fast.

It's hard to stop a Zed splitting lategame because that's what he's gonna do for the reasons mentioned above, he doesn't like 5v5 lategame unless your team is WAY ahead.

I'm expecting AS nerfs and possibly W bonus AD ones, Fizz is far more overpowered lategame and he can't split, where Zed can go decent in many roles.