Why is Zoe Getting Nerfed so Much?

Raptor543210·2/22/2018, 11:24:32 PM·3 votes·1,708 views

Hey Guys,

After seeing these recent zoe nerfs, I just don't get why they are so sever. I really don't get why rito is reducing zoe's q damage. Zoe is sitting at a 49 percent win rate, which is not bad, but she relies on her q to one shot most people. By reducing her q's damage, you are basically throwing away what this champion is all about, dealing massive amounts of damage. I feel that these nerfs don't make sense mainly because you need ALOT of skill to land a successful e q, with the e range nerfs. Rito should be rewarding zoe players with MASSIVE damage for landing a q, which takes a lot of skill.

Thanks, please tell me what you guys think!

26 Comments

Dasdi962/22/2018, 11:27:15 PM5 votes

She deserves all of it. Have you seen the clips of her talking 100% hp from a single q?

Volibears Keeper2/22/2018, 11:29:35 PM4 votes

Did you watch lcs? :)

If not, go watch any game with Zoe.

Literally, one shotting people from across the map, at a professional level.

Also, it doesnt take ALOT of skill to do it, because she gets another attempt every 4-6 seconds.

I could understand your point if her Q and ult were switched. Because then she only gets one paddlestar every 40-50 seconds. (hypothetically) so if she lands that, sure let it 100-0 someone. But up every 4 seconds? That should do 33% hp at max range.

Douglas Funnie2/22/2018, 11:45:05 PM3 votes

Well deserved nerf that should have been implemented SOONER. In fact, I wish Riot goes a step further and remove that damage/RNG infested champion from the game.

Poeticas2/22/2018, 11:28:14 PM3 votes

Her damage was out of wack. You don't see other mages doing her type of damage. She kinda of stands out like a sore thumb in my opinion.

Death by Glamour2/22/2018, 11:26:53 PM3 votes

She was the best assasin in the game basically.

Riot thought it would be good giving a character with one damage ability the same damage as say an annie q r w

BlackEyesBlue2/22/2018, 11:40:37 PM2 votes

Have you been absent from these boards for awhile?

Since release there has been maybe 1000 "NERF ZOE NOW!!!!!!" topics from people exaggerating her abilitys. Everything from "she rewards bad game play" bull, to calling out Riot for releasing "such an under researched champ".

To some extent? I get it, there was too much pressure not to nerf her. But this was WAY to far; their handling of Zoe has taken the balance team down alot in my eyes.

Edit: just look at some of rhe comments here? That's the jist of it. Crybabies who refuse to understand her, and just come here to cryn

Malix Farwin2/23/2018, 12:16:01 AM2 votes

There is a such thing as an overnerf and they handled Zoe form release to now very poorly. Being OP does not mean you should be gutting to unviable. It should mean you should be nerfed to being balanced but it goes beyond that with ZoE. As far as total kit damage went she was properly budgetted the problem with her is that too much of her damage was loaded into her Q which created obvious problem. Thats why while her actual damage total and WR looked perfectly fine people called her OP.

Now the obvious problem with the nerf is that it put her power balance in a steep negative and Riot pretty much said it would till they "figure out what to do about it". They have had over 2 months to figure it out. If your solution is gut first balance later then that is terrible balancing. Disabling her until you got her just right would of been much more of an intelligent move then just essentially making her broken yet you can still lock her in.

So far out of all the balance changes they did this is the worst one by far, any joe with half a brain can gut a champion and to think that these people actually get paid to balance the game kinda makes me a little sick.

NæssOrSnæs2/23/2018, 5:37:01 AM1 votes

Zoe's laning phase is much easier punished it's utterly impossible to win against assassins now. her q base damage is 50% less and her q sacling is halved. the fact that she at most does 60% of peoples health bars with full build is just sad.

Raptor5432102/24/2018, 12:19:26 AM1 votes

Wait, did her q damage get reduced too stop her immense waveclear? or was it to stop bursting? If it was to stop waveclear, why not make q do less damage to minions?