Forum talk:Neekerivittu/@comment-201.8.211.87-20121123081233/@comment-218.186.15.10-20121124042926

^ Try to pressure Zed more whenever his ult is down. Having played a fair number of games as Zed myself, Zed has not that much damage when his ult is on CD. Sure, he'll poke like crazy, but the damage isn't very high. Straight up fight him when your own ult is up as Akali: Zed's only damaging tools (excluding ult) are his Q and E - his E will do almost nothing early game too.

Also, when Zed uses his W to harass from afar, try to harass him back then, as he has just used his only escape. Of course, when his ult is down, it's a different story, but the 2min CD early game means that he won't be a threat that often.

Zed is only dangerous in 2 situations, when your HP is low (passive proc can hurt), or his ult is up. Other than that, make use of his otherwise low damage and hit him back. Once he misses his WQ combo, it's time to jump in and punish him, as he just wasted a whole bunch of energy and his only escape for 20s.