It is high risk, very high reward, and it can absolutely be preferable to the first playstyle if played correctly.

The second, the one focusing on extreme aggression is a playstyle I would only recommend for people who are quite experienced with Zed, and knows their damage. ItвЂ™s low risk, high reward, which is wonderful. The first way is what I recommend for people learning Zed, as itвЂ™s the one with the least amount of risks. The third is pushing the waves to ignore lane and permanently roam.

The second is hyper-aggression, pushing the waves and trying to whittle your opponent down constantly with Qs and then going for a kill level 2 or 3. One is letting the waves push towards you, freezing and zoning your opponent. There are 3 main ways laning phase is usually played with Zed. Therefore, keep to the other side at around that time, and if possible, ward the side youвЂ™re occupying because they could always pull a fast one on you. If you arenвЂ™t against one of those enemy jungler, you can usually expect them to gank from the side opposite of what they started at, at approximately 3 minutes, level 3. This makes it a lot more difficult to gank you, because the distance between you and them is almost double of what it normally is-if you were in the middle of the lane. If they started Red, keep to the side your Red is at. Adding to this, play to the side opposite of what they started. Most of them start Brambleback (Red buff), which makes it a lot easier to predict their pathing. If youвЂ™re against an early game jungler, like Lee Sin, Elise, Shaco, warding the side they started on is highly recommended. You mainly want to farm here, throwing QвЂ™s to either last-hit or poke your laner. DonвЂ™t go further than that, though, any extended trades will most likely be lost, since you run out of steam very quickly after using your abilities (figures, youвЂ™re an assassin). In melee lanes, however, youвЂ™re actually pretty strong at doing quick trades. You can throw a few QвЂ™s, you can kill a few minions, but youвЂ™re generally helpless against ranged champions-which are the main adversaries you will be facing in the mid lane. This is the weakest point in your laning phase, and the stage of the game where you canвЂ™t really fight back.

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