Forum talk:Neekerivittu/@comment-4952847-20130311122207/@comment-112.208.67.73-20130314033932

For traditional AP mids, choose those with high range and wave clear like lux, orianna, etc.

First of all, pre-6, Always check his items and see how much pots he have. If he has more pots than you, don't bother harassing him. His W-E-Q-E harass will chuck you down really hard, and if you try to trade, you'll get OOM'd / run out of pots.

Once you get mana-regen items, basically try to prioritize waveclear before harassing. Harass when his shadow is down. Harass when his energy is low. He cannot 100 to 0 you unless you are way overextended and have no cc. He can oneshot you probably when he has brutalizer + cutlass + ignite, or brutalizer + hexdrinker + ignite. Save your cc's / flash when he uses ulti. His DPS drops hard if you can quickly distance yourself from him when he ulti's in. Lastly, when you're low (<40% hp, zed has brut), be careful of his shadow. Zed will usually throw a W-E then back away, DONT go within 625 range of that shadow because zed can W back in, ulti you, EQ+ignite.

Anyway, I'm rambling too much. TLDR: If you're an ap mid against zed, zed usually has the advantange. Play safe. Farm. Harass only when safe.