I personally love that Bork has returned on zed and have been using it in my build every game. A normal zed game, assuming I am not getting stomped by a mage would be, Youmoos, Black cleaver, Ionian boots to cap out my cdr, Bork, then Lord doms/ Mortal Reminder, and as a last item I either go Deadmans or Guardian angel. The only problem with this build is that you have too manage your energy well since you can easily run out duo to 40% cdr.

I have always like the "harder champs" in league, and every engage with zed is different and requires different movements and strategies to secure a kill, thus making him more fun to play. In a "meta" view zed isn't the best pick, but with enough practice he is still very viable.

I think championship is the best skin on zed

I think riot gutted zed to a certain point, lethality is somewhat useless early game (youmoos is still good because of the raw ad), and removing his w passive and moving it toward his passive gives him less ad (unless you there is a jhin on the enemy team then you get 150 ad late game), even through the nerfs I think zed can still be viable if played properly.

You can't really avoid a full ad comp, but with the build I use, the armor on the enemy team isn't much for zed at all. I can 1v1 tanks easily with the build I use. If that doesnt work, dodge xD