Zilean vs Zoe
How to Beat Zoe as Zilean
based on 568 Zilean vs Zoe matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Zoe Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Zoe Counter Build
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Core Zilean Items
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Guide to Countering Zoe as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Zoe
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean vs Zoe Counter Stats
How to Counter Zoe with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several valuable Zilean against Zoe counter stats that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zoe’s ratio of NaN, showing that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zoe. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Zilean typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zoe. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Zoe
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Who is Better, Zilean or Zoe?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually wins when trying to fight Zoe, with a 55.1% win rate. As a result, Zilean makes a fantastic counter to Zoe.
While Zilean does have a much higher winrate compared to Zoe, when on opposite teams, Zilean also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zilean into Zoe.
Moreover, Zilean also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zoe. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Zoe matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Zilean is a great counter to Zoe. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Zoe.
Other Champion Matchups Against Zilean
Additional Information for Zilean Players
How We Calculated Our Zilean vs Zoe Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zilean to counter Zoe during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean typically gets less CS as Zoe. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Zilean versus Zoe build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Zoe than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 55.1% battling Zoe with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Zoe as Zilean, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Zilean vs Zoe matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 55.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zoe as Zilean are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.