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Mostly stuff that was cut for page count. Ultimately, this was a 20page per comic issue. Ashe was a 24 page per issue comic. Which I found much, much more manageable. Ashe still felt too short per issue. (God's how I long for an extra page or two for some of the fights in Ashe.) but 4 pages is a lot to lose.

Esp because I read more manga growing up than American comics (So my relationship to the medium is based on 30+pages per chapter). There was a lot of Akali scenes which were cut. Including a fight between Akali and Kayn. Some investigating scenes. A couple scenes that I cut or replaced because they would have been too hard to do with rating's restrictions. Three different scenes where Zed/Kayn were doing horrible stuff to monks and/or Vastaya. (In three different drafts... I tried to keep it alive.) . A couple flashbacks with Kusho... specifically one when Zed got banished from the temple for using the ichor while Yvenai and Shen watched helplessly (...

1. I'm pretty sure Zed is honorable but he's not a good guy, so I wouldn't hold my breath on him working for Karma... but who knows. I think his order is in a rough place. And he's going to need to do some unsavory things to keep it together... that's kinda the problem with taking a dark path... moral compromises inevitably lead to more compromises.
   
2. So this comic is very much favorable to Zed.. This is Zed's story... from Zed's perspective. And it intentionally avoided some of the darker parts of him. It doesn't mean the dark parts aren't true. Most of America's founding father's were slaving owning sh*t heads... but they had some radical ideas about freedom which were very cool. Real people are complicated. Good and evil are often perspective and time... And Zed's story isn't over.
   
3. Thank you for the kind words on the Ashe comic. That one holds a special place in my heart (in part because I had a lot more freedom on it narratively adn ...

It is a PRS Custom 24. I've wanted one since I was like 15 so finally decided to get one earlier this year :P

No idea on later lore releases I don't make those calls. I think he was a corrupt a-hole before the shadow magic. (i.e. Having his son, Shen relentlessly beat up an untrained boy seems pretty cruel to me; ditto letting your son believe you are dead ) . But certainly the ichor exaggerates your worst aspects-- (it feeds and gives you power based on your your worst aspects) So its a mix.

Almost like someone knew this duel was going to happen.. and even may have intended it to happen as a first act.

So mostly this puts limits on how Kayn wants to take over the Order. I think both Kayn and Zed are smart enough to know at some point they are going to duel. Maybe to the death. Maybe this will be because Kayn has become Rhaast, maybe because Zed has become a nocturne like thing. Maybe just because they disagree. But that fight will be a duel. Not some underhanded backstab. Because Kayn believes in the honor system Zed taught him, and in his master's values. And ultimately because they do care about each other.

Hey All,

Hope you liked this look at Zed boi. I'll try and answer some questions today if I have time.

FWIW, if I have the person correct, Nidalee was made as an homage to his real-life girlfriend. I absolutely don't remember all the details there, but the girlfriend came first. It's kinda like Ashe and Tryndamere marrying. Sure it can make sense in lore, but that's also literally Marc Merrill and his wife.

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I wish! Hopefully one day LECtronic can do some heavier genre's of music ;)

Much appreciated! It doesn't always sound this clean though haha

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Aye I’m sorry we lost that one. Hate Swain support :p

Very wholesome story. Thanks for sharing.

There are a lot of skills that you can test of a player to decide who is best. That doesn't mean the game needs to be chess. Seeing how a player adapts to things not going their way, or setting up a scenario to minimize the chance they lose from variance are valuable skill tests.

This is a fantastic point. (Edit: The point being that an effect that isn't reliable can be more powerful, and thus more satisfying)

Another to consider is that basic attacks are a very reliable source of damage output. Having a core mechanic that makes fights more unpredictable/unreliable can also be good for competition.

If everyone knew with 100% reliability what an ADCs damage output would be (Especially in high level play), you would never have any reason to take risks, or never get into fights that you would lose (Because you know you lose them 100% of the time).

This variance has value, and critical strike is an intuitive mechanic to achieve that. That doesn't mean league will use crit forever, but we would likely need another mechanic that has similar outputs before we would replace or remove it.