Forum talk:Neekerivittu/@comment-5756858-20130702184716/@comment-4917560-20130706230914

People seem to forget how Zed's ultimate benefits from ALL of Zed's damaging sources. That includes summoner spells AND items. BotRK deals 15% of MAX Hp which is instant and only mitigated by armor (which doesn't really pose a threat when you got your Last Whisper). For keeping things easy, let's just say you deal pure ad dmg to your target. That means 15% of their HP and with your ult you proc another 7.5% of their hp. That's 22.5% of your targets hp ONLY WITH BOTRK.

Botrk is actually bursty...15% of max hp in an instant is never small.

It's not like Zed needs a horrendous amount of AD. Even with BOTRK he still gets around 400 AD which is more than enough. The attack speed helps with the sustained dmg you'll need after blowing all your spells, the slow helps Zed stick to his targets (which sometimes can prove to be an issue, since this is League of Flashes/Dashes/Jumps). And the %current hp dmg is still pretty darn effective, especially against tanks.

You mustn't play Zed like an All-in one trick poney.In a teamfight you have to bring as much dps as you can and since Zed likes to blow all his spells on a single target, what will he do after that? The attack speed and %hp dmg that BOTRK offers, are more than enough to let Zed stick to a fight and not run,wait for cds and then come back.

Just my 2 cents. I like to build Zed with Botrk, Last Whisper, Black Cleaver, Bloodthirster, cdr boots (though they are usually switched with Ninja tabi or mercuries if you see some troublesome fellow in the enemy team) and Warmog/Randuins.

Black Cleaver and Last Whisper actually mix well with eachother, though you sometimes only need Black Cleaver. Either way, using both items guarantees that armor is almost non existing in the enemy team. Sure, Black Cleaver needs some time to go full penetration, but it will take you less than 2 seconds to stack it to 5, imo. And if you manage to do that, you've just ensured a MASSIVE damage on your ultimate that goes almost unmitigated.