What was Riot thinking when buffing Zoe?

Kowe The Ewok·10/24/2018, 1:15:52 PM·4 votes·1,082 views

They nerf champions for the pettiest reasons and then they grant a character who already can spam summoner spells on cooldown with one of the longest ranged hard CCs ingame a significant cooldown reduction on it... and since that wasn't enough they up the base damage on one of the hardest hitting abilities ingame so that it can with nothing more than 2 tomes take 70% of a mages hp in 1 strike. Not to mention the insane range on those abilities and the utter lack of noticeable mana consumption.

Yes, Zoe wasn't among the most picked champions for a while - but with abilities that are altogether so completely unhealthy for the game she should have been put back into the thought tank and restructured instead of buffing her into rediculousness yet again.

10 Comments

AbiwonKenabi10/24/2018, 1:25:52 PM6 votes

People like to say things are unhealthy for the game, but how? Are champions not allowed to have strengths of any kind? Zoe has very glaring weaknesses. She's a squishy immobile mage, and any mobility she may get from her W is unreliable and context sensitive. She deals a lot of damage, but if she's not bursting people, she doesn't have much to offer. Her team fight is just ok, and most of her kit can be body blocked.

I'll admit she is very annoying, but annoying does not equal unhealthy.

SuperLuigiLXIV10/24/2018, 1:26:42 PM4 votes

Riot hasn't made a sane decision in a year at this point.

Literally, it's been over a year since they let Galio and Janna's BS go live after being warned it was BS by literally everyone.

Anyone still expecting them to make sense has a lot more faith than I'm capable of mustering.

Pika Fox10/24/2018, 3:10:24 PM3 votes

her cc is only conditionally long ranged
its the single weakest hard CC in the game

Hayaishi210/24/2018, 2:58:58 PM2 votes

Riot playing favorites as they always have.

vgamedude10/24/2018, 10:52:57 PM1 votes

Yeah buffing one of the factually worst mid laners in the game what were they thinking?

KVbqbFsC8e10/26/2018, 10:09:21 PM1 votes

Maybe she's getting one of those winter themed skins soon.