Talon vs Zoe
How to Beat Zoe as Talon
based on 1,054 Talon vs Zoe matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Zoe Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Zoe Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zoe as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Zoe
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
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.
Talon vs Zoe Counter Stats
How to Counter Zoe with Talon in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some critical Talon vs. Zoe matchup statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zoe’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zoe..
Talon usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Zoe. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Talon and Zoe
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Who is Better, Talon or Zoe?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Talon usually wins when trying to fight Zoe, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Talon makes a good counter to Zoe.
While Talon does have a higher winrate compared to Zoe, when facing one another, Talon also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Talon into Zoeas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Talon has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zoe. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Talon vs Zoe matchups, Talon is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Talon is a good counter for Zoe. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Talon against Zoe.
Other Champion Matchups Against Talon
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How We Calculated Our Talon vs Zoe Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Talon to counter Zoe during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Zoe. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Talon versus Zoe build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Axiom Arc. When Talon used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Zoe than with most other common item sets. In fact, Talon boasted an average winrate of 52.6% battling Zoe with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Zoe as Talon, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Talon vs Zoe counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.6% winrate overall.
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