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

Zoe vs Nilah

How to Beat Nilah as Zoe in LoLZoe is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Nilah as Zoe

based on 774 Zoe vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
46.4 %
K/D/A
2.59
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League matches each and every week. Within our dataset, Zoe faced off against Nilah in 774 matches. Including so many games with Zoe vs Nilah provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare useful statistics and a recommended build to annihilate Nilah. This champ matchup is fairly rare. Zoe encounters Nilah in only 1.6% of her matches.

Zoe vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zoe does a awful job of countering Nilah. Typically, she wins a lowly 46.4% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Zoe against Nilah games, Zoe’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood against Nilah.

Best Zoe vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Zoe Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Lich BaneHorizon Focus

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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W
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Zoe

Tips for Playing as Zoe against Nilah

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.

Zoe vs Nilah Counter Stats

Zoe Image
Win Rate
46.4 %
VS
Win Rate
53.6 %
Nilah Image
6.8
< Kills >
7.6
5.6
< Deaths >
6.7
7.7
< Assists >
5.9
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
1.76
131
< Minions Killed >
167
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.51
1,707
< Physical Damage >
17,242
17,935
< Magic Damage >
168
3,460
< True Damage >
388
23,102
< Damage Dealt >
17,798
18,176
< Damage Taken >
24,292
10,935
< Gold Earned >
12,576
1.63
< Towers >
2.57
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
2,071
< Total Healing >
8,448
13,347
< Experience >
13,158
24
< Vision Score >
17
11
< Wards Placed >
8
136
< Time Dealing CC >
85

How to Counter Nilah with Zoe in LoL

The stats provided here show some critical Zoe versus Nilah counter stats that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Zoe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nilah’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zoe may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nilah..

Zoe normally has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Nilah. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zoe and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Zoe
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zoe
Nilah

Who is Better, Zoe or Nilah?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zoe usually loses when facing off against Nilah, with a 46.4% win rate. Therefore, Zoe makes a poor counter for Nilah.

While Zoe does have a lower win rate than Nilah, when facing one another, Zoe also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zoe into Nilah.

Moreover, Zoe also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nilah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Zoe vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Zoe is a trash counter for Nilah. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zoe against Nilah.

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

Dr. MundoDr. Mundo+ 51.1% 994 GamesNaafiriNaafiri+ 51.4% 251 GamesSkarnerSkarner+ 51.5% 171 GamesLissandraLissandra+ 52.7% 146 Games

Additional Information for Zoe Players

How We Calculated Our Zoe vs Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Zoe, we analyzed 774 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 Nilah 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 Nilah Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Zoe to counter Nilah during both the lane 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 listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zoe typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Nilah. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Zoe versus Nilah build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better countering Nilah than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zoe boasted an average winrate of 46.4% battling Nilah with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Nilah as Zoe, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Zoe vs Nilah battles, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nilah as Zoe are given for every ranked division. To scope the stats and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.