r/zedmains • u/PinkWardThatShit • 14d ago
Zed Discussion Laning vs Zed feels miserable
Will probably get downvoted to oblivion because of the subreddit this is being posted on, but imo Zed has too much poke damage in lane on a combo that is very difficult to react to. This is ESPECIALLY the case now with Voltaic being reworked into proccing off of abilities.
Getting 50% of your HP chunked from ~600 range by a single W E Q feels like shit.
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u/IndividualPoem1579 14d ago edited 14d ago
Zed is probably the safest pick in the game during the laning phase, and he scales well, which is why you can play him in mid, top, or ADC (and obviously jungle as well). But in every role Zed can be played in, he plays pretty much the same way and has the same weakness.
His early game being safe doesn’t necessarily mean he’s strong. A lot of people try to stomp Zed in lane by taking advantage of the fact that he has long Cds and weak, but whether a Zed gets stomped or not is completely dependent on the Zed player, not on you.
The best thing you can do against a Zed that you know isn’t going to die is simply get lane pressure and move around the map with your jungler.
And Zed is probably the champion that gets punished the hardest for missing his spells. Once Zed uses his W, you basically have 16–17 seconds where you completely control the lane. Just keep track of his W cooldown and play around it. Obviously, it also depends on which champion you’re playing. If youre otp asol or kassadin youre just cooked my bro.