Forum talk:Neekerivittu/@comment-7785527-20130623043019/@comment-6271162-20130623104512

He has almost instant double gap closers (Talon has one instant and one stealth + ms), also, I dont really think that a good Zed will eliminate ADC slower than good Talon. Remember, he just has to put on the mark, press E then Q and W out, the mark will finish it off automatically.

Zed has better poke, more reliable escape (you can do really insane things with the shadow swapping), probably the safest farm in the game..

Actually, the only thing Talon wins over Zed on is utility, with multiple soft CCs he dominates over Zed's slow, but, on the other hand, Zed can scout brushes and steal objectives really easily.

In the terms of AoE, Talon has his W, which has pretty small hitbox and indeed a very big ultimate. Zed can deal about 40% of his combo damage to all enemies near the selected target, which, given his extremely high burst, may turn the teamfight flavor on your side.