Talk:Zed/@comment-5211662-20150513062516

Zed is probably the most overrated champion in the game. I never had any problems with him (unless he becomes stupidly fed early game, but any champion is obnoxious early game when stupidly fed). I don't know why people insist on banning him, calling him OP and asking for nerfs, when in reality, he is a very healthy champion, if not rather mediocre.

The reason why I say that is because all you have to do to stop Zed from killing you is purchasing Zhonya or QSS. It may not seem much but those items counter him so hard that it isn't even funny. During a teamfight, Zed can't target the squishies because they have one of those items, so it's impossible for him to jump and kill because they will avoid the Death Mark, then Zed will have only 2 options, either he retreats, or he stays, and then he is CCed and killed.

Zed could theorically target the tanks, which are the only ones who are unlikely to buy Zhonya or QSS. After all, Zed is very good at killing tanks. The problem is that targeting a tank during a teamfight is an extremely bad idea, they will still resist Zed's damage for a couple of seconds, while the squishy obliterates Zed.

Maybe people complain about him so much because they insist on using champions who can be obliterated by Zed early game, such as immobile mages and Yasuo. Zed will become extremely hard to deal with, but that's only during the end of early game and mid game, where he is the most powerful. All you have to do is playing safe and Zed is not a big deal. Then, he falls off late game because the only champions who cannot avoid his damage are the tanks, but they can still resist it for a long time, especially during teamfights.

Also, Zed is quite a bad choice as a champion on many situations. For example, if your team has an AD top laner and a tank/AD jungler, you should be picking a mage, not Zed.

I don't know why people complain so much about Zed. He is balanced. He is not like Katarina, an obnoxious champion who unlike Zed, actually has teamfighting presence. In fact, she just kills your entire team and snowballs very hard and out of control, and no item is going to save you, unlike with Zed.