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How to Win Zoe vs Katarina Counter MatchupZoe is in the b tier of champions

Zoe vs Katarina

How to Beat Katarina as Zoe in LoLZoe is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Katarina as Zoe

based on 1,715 Zoe vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
2.29
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked LoL matches that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Katarina as Zoe resulted from an analysis of 1715 ranked rounds where both champs faced each other. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Zoe encounters Katarina in only 3.5% of her rounds.

Zoe vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zoe has done a poor job of countering Katarina. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.5% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Zoe vs Katarina rounds, Zoe’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood versus Katarina.

Best Zoe vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Zoe Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneHorizon FocusShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zoe to level upq
>
Second ability for Zoe to level upe
>
Last skill for Zoe to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandScorch
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Zoe's passive ability p
Zoe's q ability q
Zoe's w ability w
Zoe's e ability e
Zoe's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Katarina as Zoe

Tips for Playing as Zoe against Katarina

Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.

Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.

Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.

Advice to Win Against Katarina

Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.

Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.

Zoe vs Katarina Counter Stats

Zoe Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Katarina Image
7
< Kills >
9.8
6.3
< Deaths >
7.1
7.4
< Assists >
5.3
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
2.15
131
< Minions Killed >
152
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.35
1,921
< Physical Damage >
1,892
17,793
< Magic Damage >
21,171
3,386
< True Damage >
955
23,101
< Damage Dealt >
24,018
19,005
< Damage Taken >
25,112
11,086
< Gold Earned >
12,192
1.7
< Towers >
1.5
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,079
< Total Healing >
3,265
13,121
< Experience >
14,085
25
< Vision Score >
17
12
< Wards Placed >
8
133
< Time Dealing CC >
34

How to Counter Katarina with Zoe in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some influential Zoe vs. Katarina matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Zoe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zoe may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Katarina..

Zoe normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Katarina. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zoe and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Zoe
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zoe
Katarina

Who is Better, Zoe or Katarina?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zoe usually loses when taking on Katarina, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Zoe makes a poor counter to Katarina.

While Zoe does have a lower winrate than Katarina, when they face off with one another, Zoe also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zoe into Katarina.

Additionally, Zoe has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zoe vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Zoe is a bad counter to Katarina. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Zoe against Katarina.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zoe

Zoe Loses Against

ZacZac42.7% winrateMorganaMorgana43.1% winrateUrgotUrgot43.2% winrateZyraZyra43.4% winrate

Zoe Wins Against

YuumiYuumi53.6% winrateRenektonRenekton53.4% winrateXayahXayah53.1% winrateKindredKindred52.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Zoe Players

How We Calculated Our Zoe vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Zoe, we analyzed 1,715 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Katarina as Zoe comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Zoe Build Katarina Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Zoe in order to counter Katarina during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zoe typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Katarina. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Zoe versus Katarina build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Katarina than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Zoe had an average win rate of 47.5% battling Katarina with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Katarina as Zoe, Zoe players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Zoe vs Katarina fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.5% winrate overall.

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