Forum talk:Neekerivittu/@comment-88.207.0.115-20121121025702/@comment-202.128.204.238-20121121075435

If you take a look at Zed's W, there's actually a lot of possibilities you can achieve with it. You can use it to check brushes, harass from range, juke, dash, lay a shadow behind you before facechecking a brush so you can easily escape if caught - there are many possibilities with it. His ult creates yet another shadow, which allows you to chase with your W, before juking back with R.

The amount of damage you can pull off is also directly related to how well you how well you land your skillshots from yourself and your shadow.

Your shadow is both your offensive and defensive tool. Use it for one, and you'll find yourself without the other for over 10s. You can use it to harass from range and initiate, but now you're prone to ganks for the next few seconds. Use it to run, and your harass potential drops heavily for 10s.

His ult also makes him untargetable, allowing him to evade stuns/ults and flash/W to safety.

Zed's kit may be much simpler than Orianna's - after all, Ori can damage enemies, slow them, displace them, or speed up allies/shield them - but there's one thing about both kits: it gives them OPTIONS. Zed's skills are simpler in nature, but give him a plethora of options to think about.