Forum talk:Neekerivittu/@comment-10354824-20130925141544/@comment-4677525-20130927030915

Yeah, Zed will almost certainly be nerfed. Zed is one of those champions that holds so much power from level 6 on and being manaless allows his early game to be fairly safe as well (unlike other most other assassins who usually have a weaker early game to compensate).

Worst of all, he has a very high skill treshold. A complete noob will more than likely fail with him, and a more average Zed can be fairly threatening, however, his imbalance begins to emerge when highly experienced/talented Zed players use him. Like Lee Sin before him, Zed has a ton of room for massive outplays with his insane damage and mobility IF you are good enough hence the perma-ban he's been getting at Worlds.

Riot has always seemed to struggle to balance champs with high skill ceilings, often having to make multiple nerfs and buffs before striking somewhat of a balance (Lee Sin and Orianna being a couple of stand-out examples). I wonder what direction they intend to take Zed in...