Talk:Zed/@comment-24496127-20140712072616/@comment-5077844-20140731195009

zed starts off weak but scales extremely well with some items. Added to that he also has a safe way to get INTO the enemy backline and deal massive amounts of damage.

think like this:

Botrk, Black Cleaver, Last Whisper Hydra/Maw of Malmortius + CDR boots and guardian angle. This way he ahs 30% CDR, deals insane damage to squishies and fighters alike has the ability to throw out all his stuff isntantly, die, revive and do a full QWE damage burst again.

his ult's damage is not the strong part, it's the fact that it allows him to engage hard and unstoppable. Exhaust does shut him down, but that depends on how fast the enemy support is.

If Zed had less counterplay he would be op again. Srsly, he's an assassin which means he has to pick his engages wisely and can't just go ham and expect a quadra.