A possible slight fix for Zoe

painteon·8/9/2018, 10:25:10 PM·1 votes·861 views

I dont really think zoe is an op champion but I do think she is a very oppressive champion to face in lane. The damage she gets from landing the e q is pretty nutty, however my best defense for that is just to stand behind the minions and it somewhat solves the problem of the constant q harass. Though, if its not the q harass its the w passive harass where she just uses summoners/item actives, w damage, and autos all in one quick rotation to do as much damage as her regular q damage. That might be a slight exaggeration but the point is she's pretty safe to play because her damage is too reliable: she misses her q and e she can still kill you with empowered auto's, item drops, and w damage. My fixes to this are separated into several options, Here we go..

Option 1: Give Zoe's q an indicator. The indicator will tell you the direction that Zoe's q is coming from (not exactly) just a split second before it becomes visible on your screen. This is a solution because too often Zoe's go off screen and throw out big q' that you cant see where its coming from and its a pretty fast projectile so its really hard to react too unless you've played hundreds of games against zoe. With any other champion you can see the windup of their ability before its launched, that way you have time to react to it. This will give zoe that weakness as well.

Option 2: reduce the sleep duration to one second or 1.5 seconds (i dont know the current number but im sure its longer than that). Sleep leaves you exposed for such a long time not to mention that drowsy slows you down before you sleep. It sort of gives zoe's more options to make mistakes instead of just making her another lux.

Option 3: Reduce how far back she can hold onto her Q before she launches it OR reducing the speed that the E travels through walls. basically just removing the super far back zoe q's that do a million damage or making her wall + E less of a reliable ganking tool.

Thank You for reading.

2 Comments

Beatrice falls8/9/2018, 10:45:08 PM1 votes

Mind if I suggest a few things from your ideas ? Anyway Imma do it

Option 2 : Make her bubble work the same as Morg Q or Xerath E. The duration increases with the distance, so she can't R+E in your face and go back to a safe zone, landing her Q nuke when you're stunned for 56465 seconds waiting to die

About the auto-attack enhancement, simply remove it, she doesn't need it at all. It's bullshit for a Zoe to miss her entire combo but still win a trade.

About the W, as asked like 6486548645 times, add a cooldown to it. This is the same spell as Ahri's W that deals more damage and doesn't have a cooldown

About W once again (because yeah let's give 645654 things in a single spell), remove the drop from minions. A level 3 Zoe getting a item 3030 by pure chance killed me because of it. Flash > GLP > I flash, she takes my flash > Bubble > Q > Ignite. This should never happen, she's an artillery mage, not an assassin