Is ZED BROKEN right now? I decided to find out. Trying ZED in GRANDMASTER after BARELY PLAYING HIM

[@PekinWoof]

To continue the start of the video where my train of thought was interrupted by laning -> Zed and Katarina are 'Hard Champs' that normally require lots of games to learn how to win on. Both Katarina and Zed though have REALLY HIGH PLAYRATES with a GOOD WINRATE (51.5%) right now, so are there just a bunch of one tricks... Or Zed and Katarina are not as bad as one tricks explain them to be.

[@antighastly]

@@Engineering-py I think he currently has the highest pick/ban rate in plat+

[@LutraLovegood]

I think Zed is harder than Katarina by a large margin, but difficulty depends on the person too. Some champs click easier with some people than others. That said it's easier to screw up on Zed, between the ult timing and managing shadows and energy.

[@antonbelyaev8295]

He even has positive winrate with 10% pickrate in low elo. Zhonya nerf was a huge buff for him

[@torynmorgan4596]

@@LutraLovegood and I think katarina is 1000% harder so yeah i guess like you said, everybody has certain champs that click for them

[@felixg.7752]

I am grateful i read this comment before i got to that part of the video. Im also grateful you explained what you were doing after doing it. Hope you never feel like you have to speak or have someone speaking in order to have engagement. Sometimes silence is powerful and shows things someone constantly commentating might brush over.

[@LutraLovegood]

Thanks Pekin for the videos! Really appreciate having games with actual commentaries and not just clickbait low elo stomps with screaming like some people do. Even your low elo games are informative and chill. I wanna get back into ranked so I hope you make more Lillia vids! I'm struggling on what runes to use for each match, there are lots of options for every roles that seem perfectly fine or viable but doing the math is another story.

[@Denis-VBH]

As a long time zed main/otp i'm so happy to see a video like this! More please! :3

[@Skchey]

bro how is noone ever talking bout how fucking insane pekin can play a champ hes not crazy at and pull off insane team fights mans insane

[@pyranya8469]

because he doesn't

[@myparentsaredivorced4573]

@@pyranya8469 what does this comment even mean lol, I’m bamfuzzled.

[@jmorris999]

@@pyranya8469 We see it happen several times a week though? In high ELO.

[@jmorris999]

@@myparentsaredivorced4573 Pretty sure he's just jealous.

[@myparentsaredivorced4573]

@@jmorris999 I would be as well, Pekin is so sexc😞

[@xVibra]

"I'm okay being pushed in, to be honest." - Peccin WOOF 😤

[@LutraLovegood]

"It's okay to eat people that you tongue" also Pekin

[@tonyluiscomedy]

Thank you Pekin for playing Zed and explaining to people that I'm not trolling when I ask for blue on Zed.

[@raidcr7404]

I feel u bro

[@jamilandres9989]

Ok but how does this affect 500gramsteak's legacy?

[@StefanLopuszanski]

29:08 : "Aatrox is a difficult Champion to kill. It takes a couple centuries to kill him. Aaaand he's dead."

[@aarushsaraswat6710]

Always love a high elo vid! Crazy how different the game is at higher tiers

[@RafaelGarcia022]

This game had some powerful minion blocking, lmao. I have felt minions being more annoying lately, glad to see I'm not insane

[@Mossdeep5464]

The "look how much gold it gave me! .....16.... 16 gold I dont think that was right..." Fucking lost it

[@chillbro2275]

Yeah definitely learned. you said use his shadows. That honestly sounds like a lot of fun. I've never tried zed

[@p00rstr94]

Runes in Summoner Tooltip at 15:00

[@garretthafeli7499]

Did Pekin play Skarner mid? No. Lose Streak: 360

[@JumalaPlays]

Just 5 more days!

[@Engineering-py]

I got stomped by Skarner mid as Yone a while ago I still dont know how he did it But he win every trade and before I can realize I was dead

[@sahelanthropus4991]

Assassins and difficulty is something you cannot say in the same sentence since 2018

[@Jo_as_in_Joke]

Zed game? That's a pleasant surprise! Great content as always pekin! Day 6 of asking for AD Lissandra with divine sunderer

[@Jo_as_in_Joke]

Day 5* actually, I don't know how to count

[@TheShizoidMan]

@@Jo_as_in_Joke and edit comments too lmao

[@Jo_as_in_Joke]

@@TheShizoidMan lmao i guess :v

[@davidkiknavelidze2130]

What kind of request is that lol.

[@Jo_as_in_Joke]

@@davidkiknavelidze2130 check out day 1 (the leblanc vid)

[@TheSuperScorpionKing]

Even if you're a little rusty at Zed, you're still much better than I could ever be sadge

[@kraftlawrence5465]

Yes IMO. He has extreme mobility, poke, burst, AND is manaless. He's hard to play, sure, but in return he gets so much of everything.

[@Astroboy29]

“Manaless” but has extreme energy issues not saying zed isn’t strong but energy is definitely a weakness he has

[@TeaseDraws]

hey nice video, but why first strike against a poke heavy lane such as Viktor where it's nearly impossible to proc it because you get hit first?

[@benjaminmichaels1759]

the fact you can get that KDA in a grandmaster game while fail playing many instances means the champ is beyond broken. I just hate his point and click ultimate, other than that he is fine.

[@ecpgieicg]

Why does First Strike have different bonus dmg and bonus gold?

[@Antonymous21]

I'm not good as Zed, but huge fail here @5:15 ahaha. Love your content tho

[@chillbro2275]

yeah i have pressed ignite and it didn't go off quite a lot.

[@mantistoboggan69]

12:45 Well said

[@mimmikyu4452]

Played against 5 zeds in the last day, doing the exact same build and runes and tbh vex renders them useless xd This works only for the people who are good like pekin or hardcore zed mains but hey, free lp for the enemy mid if you're not one of those two

[@helluci6449]

It feels soo... Different. I mean the map, it was so tight, like wth? 5.48 and it just... how are you going to dodge anything, a Veigar E would cover the whole width of it :D

[@sef3795]

Anyone going to question how he said that in 13:17 ?

[@slashblad13]

Day 20 of reminding Pekin before next April Fool’s to do both the “League streamer tucks you into bed ASMR” and the “Challenger player shows you how to cook frozen salmon"

[@AmritSingh-tb1vg]

it’s not much but it’s honest work

[@XBLOODYTRIGGAX]

Yes along with akali and yone and so many more

[@ABVWXYZ]

Unlike Zed and Katarina, Akali and Yone (and Yasuo) actually have a 47~48% wr with lower pick and ban rate.

[@miguelsantos1868]

much more love

[@jigsawsary]

Zed gameplay ? On main chanel ? We eating goooood

[@ChollaGod]

Zed was made to be skilled champ and he should be hitting Qs to actually do damage in ult, but you dont even need to hit your Qs, u just need to ult and press e, myb one aa and your target is dead. Unbalanced af, he should be high risk - high reward but he's actually low risk, and u dont even need to be mechanicaly good at the game to perform good on Zed.

[@amyt.7401]

Yayyy new video

[@voltsm_]

pekin play talon mid i tried it yesterday and fed my ass off i can only play a champ if u explain it to me

[@ericech7078]

The way the title of the video cuts off, I thought you were playing Zed at Grandma’s house 😂

[@raidcr7404]

You should try crit zed. Bit difficult to pull off but does a lot of fun

[@LK-xq2jy]

ppl usually Zonya when the zed ult pop the second damage cuz thats way more than the other abilities

[@In_Space]

The pop damage is based on the damage he does before it. Zhongying the ult prevent both instances of damage not just the pop.

[@LK-xq2jy]

@@In_Space after checking, it seems if you zhonya, the ult will get cancelled. So it's good to zhonya immediately after zed ult to cancel it. although you could pull of some trick like when zed thought he finished you with ult and walked away, then you press zhonya to trick him and stay alive

[@In_Space]

@@LK-xq2jy Hmm Apparently i've been doing the right thing based on the wrong idea.

[@doGior]

Why did you lost 50 gold at 30:19 ?

[@MinorZero]

Because he has future's market, you can see when he buys he goes negative. You can buy earlier that way, but it costs you 50 gold "interest" every time you do that

[@doGior]

@@MinorZero oh, i didn't know about the interest, thank you

[@shiah]

All hail the algorithm!

[@ichigoamv1473]

“ don’t expect to dodge viktor e very easy to land” can we talk about how bad that champ is for the game almost 0 play against it

[@christopherkaiser9576]

I'd rather face Viktor than Zed still.

[@gravelor78]

When you can't defeat them, join them

[@EchoObserver9]

At 19:30 i think you could actually kill graves. I mean a you are not a zed main so it is hard to see. The thing is level 2 ultimate plus a triple Q deal a FUCKTON of damage like insane amounts that even despite the frozen heart he would die to it plus ignite. It hinges on you hitting all Qs and weaving a few auto attacks but it was definitely doable especially since graves does not have his stacked armor with E. But hitting a triple Q against a challenger graves as someone who just picked zed up would be a miracle.

[@EchoObserver9]

Pekin saying he is gonna play 20 Zed games to relaern the champion. I AM LIKE YES PLEASE! Always wanted to see him play quirky champions like Zed and Azir. They just dont fit the typical mold of Assassin and Control mage.

[@connorsteffey5898]

Zed ain't quirky he just one shots people and it looks fancy

[@EchoObserver9]

@@connorsteffey5898 Again what elo are talking about here? Pekin said it himself zed one shots people when fed. But since he has such a fucking shitty landing phase it is very rare for him to be in that state. Try playing zed in damion plus see how much fun you will have "one shotting" people when you can barely cs in lane... He is the most fun and balanced assassins at least when you compare him to others. He is like leblenk but with ACTUAL weaknesses!

[@davidkiknavelidze2130]

Wow you are really on copium. Also Zed is the most basic assassin.

[@Lurkkkkk]

@aziouss kekw imagine saying zed is weaker than Leblanc LOL, one trick copium

[@EchoObserver9]

@@Lurkkkkk I dont even play the game anymore and when i used to i was a jungle mid player never a onetrick. Anyone who legit thinks zed is easier to play as than leblenk is surely in the iron to bronze world XD. The higher you rise in the ELO the less you see mele assassins in general (the one exception being akali) and now zed with his improved winrate that is yet to be explained. For the past several patches mele assassins were kinda dead in high elo.

[@frielleainsworth71]

Try statik

[@eddiepeck7119]

wp Pekin

[@danielklotz3689]

When I'm mid zed has a 0% playrate, cause fuck him.

[@christopherkaiser9576]

This is my issue with Zed. He can miss EVERY shurken but it doesn't matter he kills you anyways. Perma banned in my games.

[@raidcr7404]

Then you or ur team do smth wrong my guy. Zeds aa does more dmg than his e. So basically (if not crit zed) You should always be able to punish a zed for not lading triple q or 1 at all

[@Astroboy29]

This is just not true

[@Carcolo679]

Wow he’s playing Zed????

[@thedarkblitz]

When playing Zed you should never underestimate the flash+basic+e finisher combo. You missed your kills for this, several times.

[@Astroboy29]

I barely saw him use AA+e combo tbh

[@bkandsk]

zed. is busted. You press R and do an absurd amount of damage, thats why its not just one tricks winning on an assassin. NO other champion (to my knowledge) cn last hit with an ability on repeat either, thats how busted his laning phase is. And no assassin can push in waves that safely. He's so busted its disgusting but riot doesn't care

[@bankai4303]

DISRESPECT YOUR SURROUNDINGS

[@hadar9457]

day 233 of asking for Samira mid pls

[@ratbag4]

Gg.

[@kristian4243]

algoritmic comment

[@evn556]

Man zeds been shit for so long now… gets a little limelight.. insta nerf his core build. If he gets further nerfed cuz of these dips hits riding any champ that’s decent, I’m gonna lose my shit😂😂

[@evn556]

Love you tho Pekin❤

[@aaroncoby5508]

this joke of a champion has always been strong

[@evn556]

@@aaroncoby5508 lmao mad

[@davidkiknavelidze2130]

@@evn556 You are the one who is crying a broken champ is getting nerfed, no?

[@evn556]

@@davidkiknavelidze2130 lol you’re really mad it’s ok❤️

[@frostedpeppermintflavoured7065]

Day 4 of asking for Senna mid

[@disfunctioncat]

No

[@jonturn7]

C4A

[@unwichtigernebencharakter7832]

First stroke much worse electrocute this matchup ur welcome na

[@adamrousseau6736]

Pee poo poo?

[@inashia]

Day 110 of asking for seraphine mid

[@alexanderromero9701]

Doesn’t flash out of the blitz gank,doesn’t flash out of graves q in the wall,doesn’t flash on the first all in against Viktor…WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR??

[@christopherkaiser9576]

Pekin greed's his summs a lot

[@fehnek]

Nah he's super weak, akali is stronger than him