Talk:Zed/@comment-24869135-20140426224345/@comment-15280970-20140426235853

Well people think win rates with "hard" champions or "noobproof" champions like zed/leblanc/vayne are low because they aren't played to their full potential by noobs. This isn't right because their win rates remain low at high elos.

Win rate is somehow the measure of the influence a champion has in the game (in solo queue mostly). Does he bring burst/dps/utility? Only because of that champion people win or lose that % of games. I remember Janna had ridiculously high win rates when her passive gave global 3% MS.

But the influence of a champion in the game goes further: when you pick a champion you influence not only the game by your pick, you influence others picks: if I pick mid lane yasuo, my team picks malphite/janna/alistar because they want knockups (which is plain stupid because yasuo as a melee carry works better entering mid fight and never initiating).

You also influence enemy picks: If I pick leona enemy picks morgana.

So my analysis is: Zed win rate is low mostly because of skill level but also because people "main zed" and give a fuck about team composition. This leads to:

1- Full AD teams easier to itemize against.

2- Lack of CC/AOE in the team.

3- Zed being counterpicked by shiled/peel/disengage picks, or worst, kayle, which renders him useless (And somehow has the highest win rate right now).