Forum talk:Neekerivittu/@comment-5795516-20130218032219/@comment-4636093-20130218080043

Not a sustained damage caster dad, he's an assassin!

The difference being one's meant to cause as much burst as possible (saaay by hitting 2-3 shurikens on the same target at once) and the other has teamfight DPS.

Face it, Zed is about his living shadows and doubling up his attacks with them.

E doesn't cause any extra damage when doubled up, Q does. So Q gets extra damage, and E gets less to make up for it.