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.
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.
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
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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
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?
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.
Actually i can relate to this guy Last game my team was inting hard except sion and we won that 2v8 game because of sion tanking all the dmg and me poking them constantly they had no chance on shasing while that raid boss was alive
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".
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
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.
wait... he's playing a side-grade version of azir??
lmao you are right
yes
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.
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
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
love this guy - both of you. keep wathcing him even if he's not speaking eng , its worth
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
I still remember discovering your channel through the yu-gi-oh card story, glad to see you're still making banger videos
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
Another great video as always.
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
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
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
0:34 "He's the self proclaimed best zed player in the entire world" 💀
Tbf he is
Best keeping up with doublelift episode yet. Berserker was great markz was great.
Would love a video on the #1 Cassio :) just a suggestion
another player that does this type of playstyle rn is 420weabooslayer, the best western Zed
I don’t watch much of league CZcamsr contents, but donghuap and Zed99 are the rare ones that can reel me in.
Check out Hoompty he makes amazing videos.
you just opened my mind so fucking dam hard thank you so much. im so glad i found that video
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.
quality content as always!
Could you do a video on the 2000lp Cassiopeia player
My guy just said there are millions of zed one tricks in Korea
Now I feel like I wasn't aware of what this champion was about for all that time
a video on ZED LETS GOO
Pzzzang yasuo or Irelking next pls ❤️
Amazing insightful video.
Yes I do know Zed99 from the Calvin Klein model Midbeast’s video, who in fact did beat Faker and Dopa.
I'm not sure who "Chon Hon Go" is, but his actual name is Choi Hyun Woo.
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
Can u do sylas next
I feel like the intro to this video played twice
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?
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!
Clean analysis
So he plays zed like he's ember spirit. Cool
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.
Thankyou for this, i can play zed again
Came in a heartbeat!
bruh
Just commenting to support this series.
That humble ending
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.
Great video.
"It's assassination if there's no witnesses"
Zed99 has entered the chat
I have seen him used ulty twice
DongHuaP!
"Just like real life assassinations"💀💀💀
Irelking next pls
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.
I couldn't follow a single shadow placement in the video.
isn't that how assassins are played now?
Wait isn't Onzed a challenger too ? Or did he demote to grandmaster .
onzed was gm when this vid came out
one about pzzzang yasuo please
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
Isn’t onzed in challenger too?
Great analyze, by watching this I already got higher level of percepsion
who made the thumbnail art?
real life assassinations? :O
I dont know about you but he really reminds me of laceration in his playstyle
Just like real life assassinations... HUH
Oh so it was Zed99.
He doesn't act like an assassin like 4 seasons ago. He acts like one now though.
"What if he finds himself in a bad game? Anyways, here's Faker."
LLstylish is also challenger, not saying he's better but he's also a one trick zed in challenger...
This is exactly how I play
An annie would never flash stun like that unless their jungler is nearby
Me, first timing annie: 🧍♂️
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
Niiice
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 😢
Woot
Onzed has left the chat
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 💀
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
max w after q on zed trust
Never heard about OnZed ?
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? Got something you want to tell us lol?
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?
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.
Zed99 is the best zed ngl
Herro
So he plays zed like lb
Wait wtf, so zed99 was a pro? I never knew that
These have to be the most disgusting zed clips I've ever seen, the level of outplay is insane. Great video.
Actually i can relate to this guy
Last game my team was inting hard except sion and we won that 2v8 game because of sion tanking all the dmg and me poking them constantly they had no chance on shasing while that raid boss was alive
was so confused on who it was because you didn't call him zed99 lmao
Zed99?
What did you mean by real life assassinations…what did this man do before he became a pro player…
arent zed99 and onzed challenger?
Aiye
Zigga balls 😍😍😍
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".
Just a nice analysis