Zoe vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Zoe
based on 1,054 Zoe vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zoe vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Zoe vs Talon Counter Build
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Starter Items
Early Items
Core Zoe Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
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Guide to Countering Talon as Zoe
Tips for Playing as Zoe against Talon
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 Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Zoe vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Zoe in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several valuable Zoe versus Talon counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. Zoe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Talon’s ratio of NaN, showing that Zoe may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Talon..
Zoe normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Talon. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zoe and Talon
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Who is Better, Zoe or Talon?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zoe usually loses when facing off against Talon, with a 47.4% win rate. Therefore, Zoe makes a bad counter for Talon.
While Zoe does have a lower win rate than Talon, when on opposite teams, Zoe also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zoe into Talon.
Furthermore, Zoe has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Talon. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zoe vs Talon matchups, Talon is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Zoe is a terribly counter for Talon. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zoe against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zoe in order to counter Talon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zoe on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Talon. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Zoe versus Talon build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better when fighting Talon than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Zoe had an average win rate of 47.4% when countering Talon with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Talon as Zoe, you 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 combinations players picked for Zoe vs Talon battles, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Talon as Zoe are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.