Talk:Zed/@comment-26571276-20170519012145

Zed while can be terribly irritating to deal with loses to a number of midlaners and other assassins. He doesn't even start being a problem until after he gets a full ad item and boots but at that time you should be able to apply a lot of pressure to him. He loses to Kat miserably because of her better mobility and much higher damage. Lb can poke him out and play passively then W-W-Q in a wave or on him and he loses a large chunk of his health. Then at 6 there's a 50% chance he will Death Mark the decoy. Fizz has overall better mobility and huge damage. Zed has poke but he loses a trade should the fizz engage on him. Lux Completely outranges him and can force him to play conservatively, as the Lux you can use Barrier to mitigate his damage should he collapse on you and if he blinks out you can just blast him.

However, he can annihilate champs with a lack of mobility or zoning potential. Ori for example does not fare well due to her low armor and health early game and lacks an escape with high mana costs. Of course this is a horribly small list but the point is he is not as big of a problem as many people like to make him out to be.