Caitlyn vs Zoe
How to Beat Zoe as Caitlyn
based on 4,798 Caitlyn vs Zoe matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Zoe Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Zoe Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zoe as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Zoe
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Zoe Counter Stats
How to Counter Zoe with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown here feature some important Caitlyn vs. Zoe matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zoe’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Zoe..
Caitlyn normally has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Zoe. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Zoe
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Zoe?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually wins when taking on Zoe, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes a good counter to Zoe.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate than Zoe, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Zoe.
Additionally, Caitlyn has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zoe. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Zoe matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter for Zoe. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Zoe.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn to counter Zoe during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Zoe. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Caitlyn versus Zoe build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Rapid Firecannon. When Caitlyn combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs. Zoe than with many other common item sets. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 51.7% battling Zoe with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Zoe as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Caitlyn vs Zoe battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.
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