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Zoe nerf?

The Other Keller·11/24/2017, 4:34:20 PM·2 votes·2,204 views

Honestly, I think Zoe hasn’t been out long enough quite yet for some hard nerfs given her kit and skill ceiling. People just haven’t had time to learn how to correctly play against her.

That being said, in my opinion, one small nerf could help tone down a frustrating aspect of her kit and that is making it so when she backs her queued W spell shard thing goes away.

I believe that would do wonders in making her feel better to play against. Granted this won’t come into play every single game given the RNG aspect of her W. However in those games when she gets an early teleport it won’t just be a free refresh on her health and mana. It’s just so frustrating to put time, mana, and health into poking her down early game only for her to get a free back off of a minion.

In my opinion, it is in the same ballpark of unfairness if Ornn was able to buy potions with his passive and that’s for obvious reasons not a thing. If a player opps into taking Teleport as a summoner spell for that exact reason, then it’s fine. They are choosing to take tele over more safety or damage so there is the trade off.

I love that she can get teleport on her W it allows for some very cool plays to happen. An unexpected level 5 gank botlane, or to follow an enemy that ignorantly started TPing right in front of you for examples. I just would like it to not mean a (nearly instant) top off of her health and mana.

That all being said, I don’t really see a significant down side to this change. Most of the time the currently queued W will have nearly run out by the time you get back to lane after backing. So I find the positives of this change heavily out weigh the negatives.

TLDR: Make Zoe’s currently queued W spell go away after backing for no more early game RNG TP backs for refresh on health and mana.

6 Comments

ImPhinite11/30/2017, 3:52:43 AM1 votes

only her E needs a nerf, either on sleep duration or remove that pile of shit on the ground

Spudicas11/30/2017, 8:40:23 AM1 votes

Something need to be done about her e the sleep/damage that it provides is to crazy the more I think about it, it's a Malzahar ult. Sleep and suppression are the same thing the only difference is that one of them does bonus damage and is a basic ability.

Gives No Lux11/30/2017, 9:16:10 AM1 votes

You just made a case for nerfing Zoe by comparing her to Ornn...

You want to take a champ that spends 75% of the game with only 3 abilities and now make it 85%?

Please explain exactly how her using W is 'unexpected' when you can clearly see the shards she picks up. That sounds like a failing in her lane opponent rather than her kit.

She really has nothing in the way of aggressive gameplay, her entire kit is based around exploiting lack of awareness and positioning mistakes. This is why she can feel oppressive to play against because when you mess something up you are reminded of it in a very painful way.

Predator on Annie is a much more effective 'unexpected' gank strategy than the extremely rare occasional Zoe early TP drop and Annie is much more consistent and easier mechanically across the board.

Relatability12/4/2017, 6:05:04 PM1 votes

They could reduce q damage and give her more passive and w passive damage i would love that. I love that there are so many builds that work well with Zoe she dose need a Nerf just hope they don't touch her passive and w or better yet buff them :)

Rexxiee1/20/2018, 3:40:49 AM1 votes

zoe is not very good anymore.