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Trivia[]
- Zed was designed by CertainlyT and Samizul.[1]
- Zed is the 1st champion whose death animation shows him escaping (via a shadow portal), rather than actually dying. Whether he actually manages to cheat death remains open to debate. A video can be seen here.
- Zed is the 5th champion to utilize energy as a resource.
- Zed's Razor Shuriken ability appears to be based off the Fūma Shuriken, a giant shuriken.
- It is also known as the "Shadow Windmill," "Ninja Star," "Ninja Shuriken," "Magic Shuriken," "Hellwind Shuriken," and "Evil Wind Shuriken."
- Zed is one of the 8 champions who do not have a single skill that scales off ability power; along with Template:Ci, Template:Ci, Template:Ci, Template:Ci, Template:Ci, Template:Ci and Template:Ci.
- Zed switches his running animation into Airplane Arms, seen here when moving at a high movement speed (such as using Template:Si)
- Template:Ci is the third dark-themed Ionian Champion along with Template:Ci and Template:Ci.
Quotes[]
- Zed's joke is a reference to the Template:W franchise.
- Zed shares a quote with Template:Ci: "Without a sound."
Design & Concept[]
- Zed bears some resemblance to the Template:W from the Template:W franchise, namely Shredder's later designs where his face cannot be seen and his facemask is a grill-like kenpo.
- Zed also serves as an antagonistic role to a group of ninjas in his backstory.
- Zed has similar powers over shadows and looks similar to Template:W from the Template:W series.
- Zed also bears some resemblance to Template:W from the Template:W franchise, mainly due to the name and similarities in the mask.
- Zed's Shockblade skin bears some resemblance to Template:W from the Template:W franchise.
- Zed's dance is inspired by various martial arts. The animator that formed the idea is a black belt.[1]
- Zed's name is similar to the name of the antagonist organization from the classic Template:W series, where the organization is known as "Zeed" and later "Neo Zeed". Furthermore, in the game "Revenge of Shinobi", Neo Zeed kills the protagonist's master.
Relations[]
- Zed and Template:Ci were taught under the same master, Shen's father, and were rivals to one another.
- Zed would later murder Shen's father and establish a new ninja order, the Order of the Shadow.
- Zed seeks to abolish the old ways of balance and replace them with the forbidden art of the shadow. Any ninja who refuses to learn will be eliminated.
- According to Runaan, Template:Ci may have some former connection to Zed. What that connection was has yet to be elaborated on.[2]
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