Akali vs Zoe
How to Beat Zoe as Akali
based on 2,980 Akali vs Zoe matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Zoe Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Zoe Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zoe as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Zoe
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Zoe
Zoe's Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown.
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Stop Zoe from hiding in fog of war to prevent her from setting the spell up.
Zoe must return to her starting point after casting Portal Jump, making her vulnerable to a counterattack.
Akali vs Zoe Counter Stats
How to Counter Zoe with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some important Akali against Zoe matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zoe’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Zoe..
Akali usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes more damage than Zoe. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Zoe
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Who is Better, Akali or Zoe?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akali usually wins when playing against Zoe, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes a good counter to Zoe.
While Akali does have a higher win rate than Zoe, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Zoeas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Akali also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zoe. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akali vs Zoe matchups, Akali is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Akali is a decent counter to Zoe. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Zoe.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akali in order to counter Zoe during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Zoe. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Akali versus Zoe build consist of Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Akali incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Zoe than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 51.2% battling Zoe with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Zoe as Akali, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Akali vs Zoe face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.2% winrate overall.
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