It really is more viable to play zed like a caster control mage when most games players are going to death ball and there is more hard cc in the game than ever before.
@@soulreaper706 You might be right about there being less point and click cc but its redundant in high elo play when skillshots aren't hard to hit because good players know when to maximise their chances of it landing. CC is king in league and there's currently a massive glut of it in most standard compositions you'll see. Even in low elo, a team with less than 2 members with hard cc is a losign team. CC is king.
That's so true + with this recent thing where lot of ADCs go Overheal + Bloodthirster which gives them like 500+ grey health and not to mention the general insane amount of shields that enchanter supports give.
This was a wonderful video, thoroughly enjoyed it. I miss when zed felt like an assassin because recently i have had the same feelings of zed being a control mage. Great content!
Bro I love this series so much, I just watched the spearshot video like 10 hours ago and get to see another video like this. Always so excited when a new donghuap video spawns on my youtube front page. I know this series is based on players that managed to hit rank 1 on their champ, but since so many of them are popular streamers I would absolutely love to see Doaenel/Dantes in this video series one day.
@@nathanc939 Anivia sitting in a bush and oneshotting you with her combo when you walk the wrong path is an assassination in every sensible definition of the word (in gaming). If you are using the term differently you are using it wrong. That being said, her role isn't assassin.
to be honest although zed99 has all these tricks, most other challenger zeds do it as well its just that zed99's mechanics are so good compared to other zed one tricks
Blue lock type shit pahaha movement prediction , sick video! I Mainer zed for a some time and I thought that I was good at him but how you formulated the fact that he’s a control mage rather than an assassin is a really good approach tot he champion
I find Zed to be very versatile , it's still viable to go for full lethality oneshoot build, can be played as a control "mage" vs beefier comps with W max and Conq you can do crazy stuff alternatively I tend to opt for split push only especially in lower Elo with Demolish + Hullbreaker ,can't tell you how many games I've carried alone just by splitpushing. I don't know of any other assassin in the game that can go for oneshoots, teamfight against beefy enemies and splitpush as effectivly as Zed can.
Honestly, this is a smart play. The main objective is to get turrets, and you don't have to kill the enemy to push. Even just getting the enemy low enough for them to recall and lose a wave and for you to push is amazing, so why risk dying when you can deal damage without getting hits? Even if you don't execute anyone, it's already a really good trade. And when you use this in a team fight, you always have your team mates who can clean up for you. And if they do fail, the enemy would most likely have low HP, while you have a full HP. More than enough to go in for a clean up.
I never thought about it, but after watching this and a lot of Zed99, I realize I picked up on doing the same. I'm not good, to be clear, I just okay Zed in Aram. But since I stopped trying to dive off cd, and go for good positions with ult or to dodge, I get way more Quads and Pentas. It's crazy to think about
@@JLLullaby you can have your little fun gamemodes all you want, just don't talk about balance of characters withing those modes, because it is irrelevant.
It's interesting because his build is very similar, if not the same, to ARAM builds afaik (I primarily play ARAM now). You're always brawling with the other team, dealing AOE dmg through Ravenous Hydra and shadows. With how much dmg you can possibly do with it and smart placement of your shadows, you can wreck enemy teams as you see with this pro player. With Zed, deception and misdirection are his best friends. There are many reasons why so many people despise - and ban - him and one is being how omnidirectional he is. He is as deadly as you make him.
ehm.... he is not the only challenger in kr. onzed also hits kr chall pretty much every season. hydra is not bought only for sustain, but also for the increase in damage with the overlaps. it is kinda what enables the magestyle gameplay. however, before the hydra rework, people were also already challenger with zed, back then also with clever and armor pen build to be able to kill tanks (this was before the durability update). besides that, most of the stuff in the video is right. see yaaaaa
the sustain from the item was also removed so it's purely for damage now. Maybe when he made the video it could be used to stay in lane longer, but lifesteal doesn't help zed at all, it's arguably not even a sustain item for him anymore.
@@ragegaze3482 it still gives lifesteal, which is also applies to the cleave-overlap thing effect, so it still gives sustain and it kinda feels like omnivamp, even tho it technically isnt.
Hydra is for clearing the wave without using w. And instapushing sidelanes. That's why zed keeps building it even after the ovnivamp was changed into lifesteal.
@@hashteraksgage3281 Yeah also it deals insane dmg in teamfights when enemies are on top of each other, which also supports the kinda mage like playstyle. siriously the dmg output in teamfights is NUTS
would love to see a breakdown on why wukong barely gets any love, even when he's seen in pro play now more than ever. I want wukong to get a major update like warwick. Yasuo about to get a 2nd prestige, and Wukong has no legendary, ultimate, prestige or mythic skins. Darn near the best chance to get a new skin is if T1 wins worlds and Oner chooses wukong for his champ. Wukong pretty much doesn't have lore that reflects his kit, ironically. If they made him a bit like SMITE wukong.... sheesh.
Meanwhile my ADC is playing ADC like an Assassin. Yea, Enemy Team Assassin dont even have to jump our ADC in our Backline, because our ADC is target locking enemy ADC/Going for Backline lool
Most players play Zed like how they think ninjas act: Basically a masked hack-and-slash murder hobo. Chian Hon Go plays like an actual ninja: I mean...the word ninja literally means "people who survive".
Onzed has a similar playstyle and also been able to get challenger, but zed99 by far has been the most consistent zed player to maintain challenger and high kda with low deaths.
Hey I get the philosophy just because something looks like something doesn't mean it is like any new player saw shen and said yo he looks sick I'm about to do ninja shi........ I'm a tank?
This advice is only useful to Zed's who are mechanically gifted enough to play like him. His playstyle of burning ult for mobility and relying on excellent shadow placement and precision knowledge of the limitations and expiry duration of each shadow is what enables his control mage playstyle. The vast majority of Zed players fundamentally cannot copy his playstyle because they need their ult to kill the carry or do auto attacks at melee range to finish their target off. I highly advise the majority of potentially inspired players to take this video with a massive grain of salt.
watching this video,i found out im playing exactly like him but not because of actual reasons instead only to flex how clean i can be n from time to time i just int lol. Playstyile is fine you just need some confidence to pull it off.
Where's the advice? Guy looks like any other zed otp... You don't use zed ult as a gap closer, it just is... because mobility is kind of zeds thing... that's like telling people not to use rengar ult for a gap closer.
zed99 keeps switching his builds tho, if you watch his streams right now for example, he builds duskblade most of the time and goes lethality items instead of bruiser items. he doesn't always play like a control mage anymore.
Zed R hasn't been used for execution ever since Riot kneecapped Zed's R and removed the dmg amp, that's why Zed mains with reading disabilities are still playing it the old way and struggling. Zed in high elo all play like Han.
Another DongHuaP video where he analyzes the many intricacies of a Chinese player who reached Number 1 in his Chinese Province of only rice farmers. WHAAAAAAAAA
1:20 to 1:55 sounds really groundbreaking but that's what everyone does, really. Every time you miss a spell your soul hurts because you wasted on opportunity which the enemy now has. Nothing new. It's the same with mana champions. the only different thing here is that losing your resource bar is not an issue. Else everything is the same. EDIT: 2:29 confirms this. He has that knowledge that was talked about previously, so what does he do with that? The same thing as all the other Zed players.
Игры
It really is more viable to play zed like a caster control mage when most games players are going to death ball and there is more hard cc in the game than ever before.
Dude, in terms of cc, its simply not true. Old Taric had point and click cc. Most point and click cc was removed and tunred into a skillshot.
@@soulreaper706 current high elo meta is extremely in the direction of cc stacking
If that was true, anyone should be able to stop master yi or akali in lower elo brackets.
@@soulreaper706 You might be right about there being less point and click cc but its redundant in high elo play when skillshots aren't hard to hit because good players know when to maximise their chances of it landing.
CC is king in league and there's currently a massive glut of it in most standard compositions you'll see. Even in low elo, a team with less than 2 members with hard cc is a losign team. CC is king.
@@sanjayr faxxx
You can't be an assassin when every squishy champ has 130 armor and 3k hp
ravenous black cleaver conq and pray to god
That's so true + with this recent thing where lot of ADCs go Overheal + Bloodthirster which gives them like 500+ grey health and not to mention the general insane amount of shields that enchanter supports give.
@@zedus4042 Play fizz, go full ap skipping zhonyas and going shadowflame instead. Then boom you can one assassinate again like it's nothing.
SHIELDBOW
woe is me, assassins are so weak for sure
This was a wonderful video, thoroughly enjoyed it. I miss when zed felt like an assassin because recently i have had the same feelings of zed being a control mage. Great content!
"Just like real life assassinations..." Dong HuaP, 8:03, this video
wait... he's playing a side-grade version of azir??
lmao you are right
yes
For those wondering, this is Zed99
I was like "wait what happened to Zed99 did he quit or fall off really hard?" Thanks for letting me know haha.
wonder why this donghuap called Zed99 CheonGo instead of what he goes by today... ZED99.
ohhh it's him. thanks haha
LMAO at the start of it I'm thinking theres no way this guy is better than Zed99
"Zed is the most popular assassin in the world"
Ezio Auditore da Firenze _left the chat_
bruh WHO?
@@moonage_ Ezio Auditore - The most iconic character of Assassin's Creed series, as well as the most iconic assassin in whole gaming community.
I feel like zed could be more popular in china but idk how big assassin's creed is over there
Ive never played or had interest in the assassin's creed series other than for its historically accurate cityscape recreations.
I mean, great irl assassin's aren't known, that's their entire strength
Bro I love this series so much, I just watched the spearshot video like 10 hours ago and get to see another video like this. Always so excited when a new donghuap video spawns on my youtube front page. I know this series is based on players that managed to hit rank 1 on their champ, but since so many of them are popular streamers I would absolutely love to see Doaenel/Dantes in this video series one day.
Spearshots Panth is a different champ entirely, he makes him look so good its almost insane, ike he gets a buffed version of Panth.
Onzed is challenger too!
onzed is a better content creator tbh, his videos are very informative and has eng subs as well
@@afternun9152 I agree he explains better
Onzed plays more traditional high roaming and assassin-like zed, so I’m sure it’s just zed99 made for a better video
Also forgetting 420weabooslayer, hes chally again
@@DazTheNord tbh he plays even less like an assasin cuz he rarely e maxes
A control mage that can perform assassinations, is just a control mage.
No, Cassio and Anivia sure as shit can't assassinate. Anivia can blow you up, but that does not mean assassination at all.
@@nathanc939 Anivia sitting in a bush and oneshotting you with her combo when you walk the wrong path is an assassination in every sensible definition of the word (in gaming). If you are using the term differently you are using it wrong.
That being said, her role isn't assassin.
@@nathanc939 🤓
@@Jadddddddddddddddddd lissandra
love this guy - both of you. keep wathcing him even if he's not speaking eng , its worth
I still remember discovering your channel through the yu-gi-oh card story, glad to see you're still making banger videos
Another great video as always.
to be honest although zed99 has all these tricks, most other challenger zeds do it as well its just that zed99's mechanics are so good compared to other zed one tricks
Is Han the same as Zed99?
@@blanche596 no
@@lolnoob5015 yes he is
@@Vinnyspinny oh,nvm then
Not really i would argue onzed is mechanically better but zed99 is way way more aggressive than onzed
COOL AND PLEASE MORE VIDS LIKE THIS DH. but honestly, u know best man, keep doing u if u know that's the best way to do it
Blue lock type shit pahaha movement prediction , sick video!
I Mainer zed for a some time and I thought that I was good at him but how you formulated the fact that he’s a control mage rather than an assassin is a really good approach tot he champion
My guy just said there are millions of zed one tricks in Korea
another player that does this type of playstyle rn is 420weabooslayer, the best western Zed
I find Zed to be very versatile , it's still viable to go for full lethality oneshoot build, can be played as a control "mage" vs beefier comps with W max and Conq you can do crazy stuff alternatively I tend to opt for split push only especially in lower Elo with Demolish + Hullbreaker ,can't tell you how many games I've carried alone just by splitpushing. I don't know of any other assassin in the game that can go for oneshoots, teamfight against beefy enemies and splitpush as effectivly as Zed can.
I dont
quality content as always!
0:34 "He's the self proclaimed best zed player in the entire world" 💀
Tbf he is
I'm not sure who "Chon Hon Go" is, but his actual name is Choi Hyun Woo.
Now I feel like I wasn't aware of what this champion was about for all that time
I don’t watch much of league RUclipsr contents, but donghuap and Zed99 are the rare ones that can reel me in.
Check out Hoompty he makes amazing videos.
Would love a video on the #1 Cassio :) just a suggestion
you just opened my mind so fucking dam hard thank you so much. im so glad i found that video
Best keeping up with doublelift episode yet. Berserker was great markz was great.
a video on ZED LETS GOO
Honestly, this is a smart play. The main objective is to get turrets, and you don't have to kill the enemy to push. Even just getting the enemy low enough for them to recall and lose a wave and for you to push is amazing, so why risk dying when you can deal damage without getting hits? Even if you don't execute anyone, it's already a really good trade. And when you use this in a team fight, you always have your team mates who can clean up for you. And if they do fail, the enemy would most likely have low HP, while you have a full HP. More than enough to go in for a clean up.
Pzzzang yasuo or Irelking next pls ❤️
I feel like the intro to this video played twice
Can u do sylas next
Yes I do know Zed99 from the Calvin Klein model Midbeast’s video, who in fact did beat Faker and Dopa.
Amazing insightful video.
Could you do a video on the 2000lp Cassiopeia player
"It's assassination if there's no witnesses"
What was that huge esports project that you were working on that made it so you couldnt post videos for a long time awhile back?
That humble ending
Stylish is currently in challenger. Idk when this video was recorded, but he's been chall for like a week
He just hit challenger 937 lp again yesterday
Clean analysis
So he plays zed like he's ember spirit. Cool
I never thought about it, but after watching this and a lot of Zed99, I realize I picked up on doing the same. I'm not good, to be clear, I just okay Zed in Aram. But since I stopped trying to dive off cd, and go for good positions with ult or to dodge, I get way more Quads and Pentas. It's crazy to think about
Nobody cares about Aram. It's irrelevant to the strength of the champion.
@@TheRoudyzor you are the reason we don't have fun gammemodes in league anymore
@@JLLullaby you can have your little fun gamemodes all you want, just don't talk about balance of characters withing those modes, because it is irrelevant.
@@TheRoudyzor this is the dumbest shit I've ever read, congratulations!
Came in a heartbeat!
bruh
Just commenting to support this series.
"Just like real life assassinations"💀💀💀
Thankyou for this, i can play zed again
I couldn't follow a single shadow placement in the video.
8:18 Assassin? I thought he is a controll mage that can preform an assasination?
Reminds me of Teresa of the Faint Smile from the anime Claymore. I mean the prediction and reading part.
isn't that how assassins are played now?
He doesn't act like an assassin like 4 seasons ago. He acts like one now though.
It's interesting because his build is very similar, if not the same, to ARAM builds afaik (I primarily play ARAM now). You're always brawling with the other team, dealing AOE dmg through Ravenous Hydra and shadows. With how much dmg you can possibly do with it and smart placement of your shadows, you can wreck enemy teams as you see with this pro player.
With Zed, deception and misdirection are his best friends. There are many reasons why so many people despise - and ban - him and one is being how omnidirectional he is. He is as deadly as you make him.
who made the thumbnail art?
ehm.... he is not the only challenger in kr. onzed also hits kr chall pretty much every season.
hydra is not bought only for sustain, but also for the increase in damage with the overlaps. it is kinda what enables the magestyle gameplay.
however, before the hydra rework, people were also already challenger with zed, back then also with clever and armor pen build to be able to kill tanks (this was before the durability update).
besides that, most of the stuff in the video is right. see yaaaaa
the sustain from the item was also removed so it's purely for damage now. Maybe when he made the video it could be used to stay in lane longer, but lifesteal doesn't help zed at all, it's arguably not even a sustain item for him anymore.
@@ragegaze3482 it still gives lifesteal, which is also applies to the cleave-overlap thing effect, so it still gives sustain and it kinda feels like omnivamp, even tho it technically isnt.
Hydra is for clearing the wave without using w. And instapushing sidelanes. That's why zed keeps building it even after the ovnivamp was changed into lifesteal.
@@hashteraksgage3281 Yeah also it deals insane dmg in teamfights when enemies are on top of each other, which also supports the kinda mage like playstyle. siriously the dmg output in teamfights is NUTS
Onzed doesn’t get chall every season
Great video.
I have seen him used ulty twice
Oh so it was Zed99.
Zed99 has entered the chat
"What if he finds himself in a bad game? Anyways, here's Faker."
An annie would never flash stun like that unless their jungler is nearby
Me, first timing annie: 🧍♂️
DongHuaP!
Irelking next pls
LLstylish is also challenger, not saying he's better but he's also a one trick zed in challenger...
I dont know about you but he really reminds me of laceration in his playstyle
would love to see a breakdown on why wukong barely gets any love, even when he's seen in pro play now more than ever. I want wukong to get a major update like warwick. Yasuo about to get a 2nd prestige, and Wukong has no legendary, ultimate, prestige or mythic skins. Darn near the best chance to get a new skin is if T1 wins worlds and Oner chooses wukong for his champ.
Wukong pretty much doesn't have lore that reflects his kit, ironically. If they made him a bit like SMITE wukong.... sheesh.
The Annie flash one kind of a bad example. If someone above silver flashes on you, they’re probably killing you, so flash out
Just like real life assassinations... HUH
real life assassinations? :O
one about pzzzang yasuo please
Wait isn't Onzed a challenger too ? Or did he demote to grandmaster .
onzed was gm when this vid came out
Great analyze, by watching this I already got higher level of percepsion
Zed: I'm the only Assassin with a strong neutral game 😊
Him: Abuses Zed's neutral game to achieve success
Every Zed Main ever: Wait, no 😢
Meanwhile my ADC is playing ADC like an Assassin. Yea, Enemy Team Assassin dont even have to jump our ADC in our Backline, because our ADC is target locking enemy ADC/Going for Backline lool
This is exactly how I play
Isn’t onzed in challenger too?
Niiice
was so confused on who it was because you didn't call him zed99 lmao
Most players play Zed like how they think ninjas act: Basically a masked hack-and-slash murder hobo.
Chian Hon Go plays like an actual ninja: I mean...the word ninja literally means "people who survive".
Onzed has a similar playstyle and also been able to get challenger, but zed99 by far has been the most consistent zed player to maintain challenger and high kda with low deaths.
Hey I get the philosophy just because something looks like something doesn't mean it is like any new player saw shen and said yo he looks sick I'm about to do ninja shi........ I'm a tank?
there is no debate in this about him being the best
his mechanics are beyond too good
420WeabooSlayer gang, best zed EUW, Best zed world
@@ragegaze3482 nah bro the bengal tiger is the best in the west but he is still worse than zed99
@@ragegaze3482 💀
Just like real-life assassinations, huh? Got something you want to tell us lol?
What did you mean by real life assassinations…what did this man do before he became a pro player…
So he plays zed like lb
Onzed has left the chat
Herro
So in short hes playing zed like a lb , got it
max w after q on zed trust
Wait wtf, so zed99 was a pro? I never knew that
Never heard about OnZed ?
This advice is only useful to Zed's who are mechanically gifted enough to play like him. His playstyle of burning ult for mobility and relying on excellent shadow placement and precision knowledge of the limitations and expiry duration of each shadow is what enables his control mage playstyle. The vast majority of Zed players fundamentally cannot copy his playstyle because they need their ult to kill the carry or do auto attacks at melee range to finish their target off. I highly advise the majority of potentially inspired players to take this video with a massive grain of salt.
watching this video,i found out im playing exactly like him but not because of actual reasons instead only to flex how clean i can be n from time to time i just int lol. Playstyile is fine you just need some confidence to pull it off.
Where's the advice? Guy looks like any other zed otp...
You don't use zed ult as a gap closer, it just is... because mobility is kind of zeds thing... that's like telling people not to use rengar ult for a gap closer.
@@Jadddddddddddddddddd no it isnt... you can sidestep his q pretty easily even while slowed... if yiu think its undodgeable, you dont play zed.
As a zed otp, this is why i stopped playing league, zed just didn't feel the same anymore, now you have to play him like azir
Korea is apparently so good that challenger streamers with mid mechanics from NA and EU can easily climb to challenger there aswell
They climb there so fast because of insane kda from the new fresh id
zed99 keeps switching his builds tho, if you watch his streams right now for example, he builds duskblade most of the time and goes lethality items instead of bruiser items. he doesn't always play like a control mage anymore.
Depends on the matchup plus hes bored of playing the same build over and over
His play style is that of a control mage
Zed R hasn't been used for execution ever since Riot kneecapped Zed's R and removed the dmg amp, that's why Zed mains with reading disabilities are still playing it the old way and struggling. Zed in high elo all play like Han.
Woot
It reminds me how I play for zed jg in wild rift but ppl r so bad on mobile even if I make it look cool lmao
Another DongHuaP video where he analyzes the many intricacies of a Chinese player who reached Number 1 in his Chinese Province of only rice farmers. WHAAAAAAAAA
1:20 to 1:55 sounds really groundbreaking but that's what everyone does, really. Every time you miss a spell your soul hurts because you wasted on opportunity which the enemy now has. Nothing new. It's the same with mana champions. the only different thing here is that losing your resource bar is not an issue. Else everything is the same.
EDIT: 2:29 confirms this. He has that knowledge that was talked about previously, so what does he do with that? The same thing as all the other Zed players.