Zod made the game worse in the sense that he had probably the most lopsided matchup in the game in his favor and he had some frustrating interactible sheanigans....but both of these things can be fixed either through specific balance changes or overall system mechanics.
1. Like pig has said, MB dashes are a thing and the number of IAZB's on screen could be limited...so that fixes one problem.
2. I would argue that he should not be allowed to use interactibles while trait is active. OTG interactible combos from MMH and such should get the boot also, but this was an extra layer of horse crap.