Unpopular Opinion: Don't nerf Zoe to dust

ThatDamnedYordle·8/7/2018, 3:35:02 PM·7 votes·1,026 views

First let me start off by saying that yes, she is a tad strong and can use a nerf or two.

However, people keep calling for Riot to nerf her until she is literally useless. This is not the answer. In my opinion every champion should be at exactly a 50% winnrate and that should only vary based on matchup and experience level with a champion.

Zoe is intended as a high skill cap burst mage. There are ways to dodge her bubble and even counter getting hit by it. The main thing I'm saying is that it's just as easy, if not easier for someone like talon or Leblanc to burst and escape, because it's their job.

So stop complaining that you got one shot by a fed Zoe. Until riot nerfs damage in the game as a whole, one shots are gonna happen just about everywhere, by many champs.

15 Comments

Tormentula8/7/2018, 3:41:14 PM3 votes

While I agree with your reasoning,

I'd rather see Zoe gutted out of existence and reworked to become a healthier and fun addition to LoL with that 50% winrate. You can have an even winrate and be healthy, Zoe currently just cant

she doesn't really have to be fed to one shot

Hayaishi8/7/2018, 3:40:40 PM2 votes

If Azir can rot in F tier forever so can Zoe.

Rins Thigh Socks8/7/2018, 3:42:55 PM1 votes

Arcsecond does a great job explaining why having champions at exactly a 50% winrate is a terrible idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Jq1U9tw2U&t=1s

A champion as difficult as Zoe shouldn't be winning half her games. That means she's either far too easy or has too much in her kit and she'll overshadow other champions in her subclass until she gets nerfed into the dirt.

Oleandervine8/7/2018, 3:44:15 PM1 votes

Don't resist it. All CertainlyT champions are destined to be nerfed into the gutters, where they will rot indefinitely until Riot actually gets the gumption to look at their kits and carve the cancer out of it so they can be viable champions. It's happened with pretty much all of them so far, so you shouldn't try to stall it or resist it. The sooner it happens, the sooner they can get their kits addressed.

GreenEmionLion8/7/2018, 3:52:30 PM1 votes

They could nerf the scalling damage from the distance she spawns her q. That would make Zoe far more reliant on her r and thus the skill cap.

Vanëssa8/7/2018, 3:56:48 PM1 votes

The players just hate Zoe because the omly thing most of them can do is spam abilities to kill someone (see Brand, rengar, Kha) or are just able to right click. Dodging E, predicting the projectile direction while zoe R+Q, harass her when she wants to pick up spells in lane, or throwing a stun into her right when she returns to the first portal of R, staying in the damn back of minions in lane so you don't get E-ed require too much effort and possibly an average IQ.