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How to Synergize Zoe with Nidalee on the Same TeamZoe is in the b tier of champions

Zoe with Nidalee

How to Win With Zoe and Nidalee Paired TogetherZoe is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Zoe and Nidalee

based on 286 Zoe with Nidalee pairs
Win Rate
42.3 %
K/D/A
2.41
Pick Rate
0.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each week. Zoe has gone into battle with Nidalee in 286 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much complete data from the hosts of League, we have complete confidence that we can produce robust, usable builds to help Zoe synergize with Nidalee. It is very rare for Zoe to play alongside Nidalee as allies. This has only occurred in approx. 0.6% of rounds with Zoe.

Zoe Nidalee Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Zoe does a terrible job of fighting on the same side as Nidalee. Typically, she wins a dismal 42.3% of games the champs try and work together in. If you want to do better as Zoe when playing alongside Nidalee by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Zoe vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Zoe Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Rabadon's Deathcap

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zoe to level upq
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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
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
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Q
10
E
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R
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E
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Zoe and Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Zoe with Nidalee

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 Understand How Nidalee Will Play

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

Zoe Nidalee Synergy Stats

Zoe Image
Win Rate
42.3 %
VS
Win Rate
57.7 %
Nidalee Image
6.6
< Kills >
6.8
5.8
< Deaths >
5.9
7.4
< Assists >
7.3
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
133
< Minions Killed >
134
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.41
1,767
< Physical Damage >
1,724
17,354
< Magic Damage >
17,979
3,519
< True Damage >
3,443
22,641
< Damage Dealt >
23,147
18,968
< Damage Taken >
19,143
10,812
< Gold Earned >
11,083
1.55
< Towers >
1.68
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
2,121
< Total Healing >
2,280
12,868
< Experience >
13,374
27
< Vision Score >
25
12
< Wards Placed >
12
136
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Play with Nidalee as Zoe in LoL

The Zoe Nidalee synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nidalee, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Zoe sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nidalee. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Nidalee helps Zoe perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Zoe is an ally to Nidalee, she gets a small decrease in her complete damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Nidalee doesn't help cover for her to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Zoe is played together with Nidalee on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Nidalee.

Moreover, when Zoe plays with Nidalee on the same team, she typically receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Nidalee does a decent job of protecting Zoe during team fights.

Synergies between Zoe and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Zoe
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Zoe
Nidalee

Is Zoe better when played alongside Nidalee?

There is no perfect synergy for Zoe that will 100% of the time be her ideal teammate. However, Nidalee is a terrible companion for Zoe. By being on the same team as Zoe, she decreases their win rate by -4.7% to 42.3%. This clearly indicates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Zoe and Nidalee that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Nidalee has a greater difficulty than Zoe. That means Zoe players must be very careful when lining up Nidalee comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

In contrast, by pairing Zoe and Nidalee together, you may not be providing your side very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to include other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Nidalee ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Zoe Players

How We Calculated Our Zoe Nidalee Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Zoe and Nidalee, we analyzed 286 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Zoe with Nidalee comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Zoe to pair well with Nidalee during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to focus on in your Zoe and Nidalee synergy build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe combined at least these three great items in her build, she performed much better when paired up with Nidalee than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Zoe boasted an average winrate of 42.3% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Nidalee with this build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should use 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 this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 42.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Nidalee with Zoe are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu located above.