The recent nerfs to Zoe have utterly destroyed her as a champion, they nerfed her Q so hard it does basically no damage now and since that is her main damage shes basically useless, especially in ranked play. As a Zoe main with close to 100 games with her in ranked play, I am BEYOND pissed. They need to buff her a bit or shes gonna stay useless
vgamedude2 votesWhat a stupid strategy so make her useless for god knows how long until the next patch?
PopcornBunni2 votesUntil her obnoxious Q QR interaction that throws 397.5 +82.5% AP nukes from off screen with a fucking 3 and a half second cooldown gets addressed, she can never be balanced. Have her Q recast be based only on Zoe's starting position when recast, not based on distance away from her. She could still Q R Q to throw long ranged shots, but doing so would at least pop her up visible to the enemy before 90% of their health bar is removed.
If she gets buffs, it should be to delayed burst damage -- W sparks each dealing increasing damage, for example. Maybe even to E's damage amp effect since it can now be properly cleansed.
nm10101 votesThey are eager to rebuff her, which I think might be a mistake. A lot of troubling statistics are starting to show up, mainly that her winrates with certain item combinations are still pretty high. I intend to make an analysis thread if this trend keeps up (to hopefully stop an overbuff to her) on her newly effective builds post nerf + item changes.
Win rate is definitely deceptive right now regardless, if I had to estimate I'd say she will stabilize to ~47%+ (47% being bare minimum) once people start to actually get good at her and build the correct items.
TheNthDimention1 votesThe problem was that her sleep lasts way too long. The problem was never the damage. Nerfing the damage was stupid.
Malix Farwin1 votesThe problem was that her sleep lasts way too long. The problem was never the damage. Nerfing the damage was stupid.
They would have to rework her Q if they nerfed the duration of her E(which is fine). The reason the E lasts that long is the help setup a max range Q. It lasts just barely enough to do that.
