Should zoe be gated by energy or some other similar mechanic?

Hammermancer··1 votes·737 views

So zoe is annoying to fight, arguably the most oppressive shit since I was bronze fighting the urgot rework, but the difference is zoe does this at all ranks where urgot simply needed people to learn the proper way to fight him..

Zoe has an interesting kit, but it costs next to nothing to spam, and I think what she has in her kit loses it's value and identity by it being so... spammy.

If zoe had to use energy, or even had a charge mechanic on her sleep bubble so she could use it just as fast in a fight, but only say.. once every 15 seconds on average due to charge rate instead of cdr. I think she'd actually be fine. Seriously make it like corki R but with only 2 charges max and some reset on kills or something to allow for high level plays

the issue is that she can spam things.

I'd also really reccomend a timer minimum on item and sum effects, something like barrier, heal, or randuins early on is one thing, Giving her a gunblade shot at level 1 is kinda... well it's too fucking much damagewise for an RNG mechanic. so maybe make the ranks unlock additional things she can proc, with them being better as it goes higher.

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Beatrice falls1 votes

Biggest issue with Zoe is that she got damage shafted randomly everywhere in her kit She's an artillery mage, yet she got an enhanced AA and melee damage after using any summoner spell (same as Ahri W but with higher damage and can potentially be casted 4 / 5 times in a teamfight, can you believe it ?)

It's just Rito not understanding classes weaknesses and trying to overcome them with each new design.

Hammermancer1 votes

fair but like

other champs with assloads of damage and mobility exist, it's her spammable hard cc that does damage that makes her so annoying

I'm surprised she's not a yordel..

like if I get killed by a zed ok, I got 1shot by a zed, that's zed being zed and at least there is a feeling of "I can fight this"

with kindred if she lands the first sleep, she's gonna land another

then another

then another.. if you're still alive even after the first one

and like with malz or other burst cc mages, at least they have glaring weaknesses or you can QSS them

with zoe, you qss that she's gonna just slow you with a free exhaust or gunblade and then sleep you after you qss

I shouldn't have to have QSS and cleanse just to handle a champion

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