How to play the Zoe matchup?

The following tips and strategies have been shared by players to help you win against Zoe.

How to lane against Zoe?

The following tips and strategies have been shared by players to help you win against Zoe.

Zoe Matchups Spreadsheet

Matchup	Difficulty	Win Rate	Games Played	Early	Mid	Late	Tips
Ahri		52.2%	2,615	Skill	Skill	Skill	When you cast Q, ahri will try to charm you, make sure you strafe while you Q so you can dodge her charm. Also when you R forward its likely she'll look for charms. You can Q auto her alot, she doesn't have a good response to empowered autos
Akali	7	50.85%	942	Win	Skill	Skill	Zoe wins this matchup but its tricky, R forward bait her E and look for sleep immidiently. If she's asleep you can still see her in shroud. Stay out of her Q range and hit her with your own q and autos, its easy to harass akali. Respect her Level 6 unless you have barrier
Akshan	6	50.72%	487	Lose	Win	Win
Anivia	10	49.46%	370	Skill	Skill	Skill	Oppressive dodgeworthy matchup, Don't R at all in this matchup If she walls you can use it to extend your bubble. You can try shoving her in early game and try to make something happen before Anivia spikes. Build small leads and focus on anywhere other than mid lane
Annie	8	47.56%	410	Skill	Skill	Skill	Only respect annie when she has 3 or more stacks under her passive bar activating her stun, go aggressive whenever this is down. She can burst you at 6 so merc treads is a great defensive option to coutner her burst and CC. Tibbers can be used to bodyblock your skillshots so make sure to aim around him.You are likely to die if you get too close to her
AurelionSol	2			Win	Skill	Skill	His slow moving Q is the only thing to watch out for which can be dodged by Zoe R. Stay outside or close to him to avoid his orb damage. Aurelion usually plays to shove and roam so make sure to ward and ping MIAS
Azir	8	51.8%	527	Skill	Skill	Skill	Respect his q poke range and stay out of his soldier range unless he uses e dash, be careful going in because he can counter trade you shielding some of your damage. At level 6, his wall can be used to extend your E. Be cautious trading near his towers to avoid getting swept behind
Brand	2			Win	Win	Win	Easy matchup but be careful when you R forward, he can just e q you for free which will lead into a W. When he w's the wave, he can use E to spread the flames to you which can lead into a Q stun so make sure you don't stand near the wave in this scenario to avoid his flame spread.
Cassiopeia	6	47.43%	253	Skill	Skill	Skill	When you R forward on Zoe, you're forced to look forwards. Cass can ult as soon as you R forward, and she can W right on top of where you land back. You have to be careful about that. You can harass her pre-tear but you must dodge cass Q's. Feast or famine matchup.
Cho'Gath	3			Win	Skill	Skill	When Zoe hits q, she usually walks in a linear line, making it easy for Chogath to hit his Q,letting him juts walk up silence and kill you, even if you hit him with sleep you need to be careful while you walk up because he can combo you before the sleep goes off, Do not be surprsed by Chogath's sustain, best to work with jungler to burst him
Corki	3	53.38%	637	Win	Win	Win	Easy lane but he scales well with 1-2 items be cautious of his powerspikes. When corki picks up package ping your teammates. His w has a long cooldown so bait it out by R'ing forward, look for a bubble after you bait out corki W.
Diana	7			Skill	Lose	Lose	She has kill threat from level 3 onwards, her w can block your abilities, its hard to kill diana. You'll require some jungle assitance for this matchup. You cannot side lane into her
Ekko	5	53.58%	614	Win	Lose	Lose	Take Barrier, when Ekko hits his spikes he gets huge kill threat being protobelt, and level 6 its hard to kill. A nice trick is if you land your bubble before Ekko uses his R, he will come out of his R slept, you get hard outscaled, but have a window to play this early game
Fizz	5	49.27%	479	Skill	Skill	Skill	Go Barrier, its a losing matchup in the fact that if you miss your bubble you are dead. If you R forward and he responds with R, you are dead. When he Q's onto you, you bubble him and let the minions hit him, thats the reliable way to win the lane, stay away from his R. When Fizz starts to roam, its risky to follow him especially if he's fake roaming, stay mid and get plating
Galio	5	50.25%	802	Skill	Skill	Skill	Even matchup, he can catch you out of position when you R forward be cautious, your R cannot be used to dodge his W in this matchup since he can juts hold it down. Keep dodging his Q's, recognize if he goes full ap you can play to 1 shot him. Ping his Roams for Galio R
Gangplank	4			Skill	Skill	Skill
Heimerdinger	4	53.76%	186	Skill	Skill	Skill
Irelia	9	51.45%	688	Lose	Skill	Win	Never take ignite here go Barrier, if Irelia lands her E, you're going to get destroyed. Once irelias gets Wit's Mercs, it will be hard to fight her, but you Outscale her out of laning phase. If she Q's onto you, bubble behind yourself and it will sleep her. If you land bubbles on her in teamfights, she should die
Jayce	5	52.86%	1,330	Lose	Skill	Win
Kassadin	10	48.27%	433	Skill	Lose	Lose	Dodgeworthy, you need a lot of jungle help to win this matchup. Level 11 onwards is extremely hard to play. It can be a good idea not to touch the wave and only harass Kass, forcing the wave to come into you forcing your jungler to assist mid
Katarina	3	51.43%	980	Win	Skill	Skill	If she gets 1 or 2 skills early, its 1 sided and you've lost, but if you play safely and disciplined or take barrier, she can't really do much. Its pretty easy to poke her down since she's melee. If she all ins you, you use barrier and steal her ignite, you should not die solo to her
Leblanc	6	52.09%	1,075	Lose	Win	Win	Take Barrier, If you play safe and scale, you hard outscale and you can outshove her. If you can barrier her combo and ignite, steal her ignite and turn it aroudn to kill her, When Leblanc chains you, R away from it. If she roams you can punish hard since Leblanc has to burn R to really clear the wave
Lissandra	2	55.97%	461	Win	Win	Win	Easy matchup, take cleanse and do not get hit by her q near minions, poke her with q autos and you should win the matchup by outranging her, if she uses E, you have a 25 second window to kill, but normally if she uses E it means she's getting a gank
Lucian	5	50.99%	2,067	Lose	Win	Win	Take Barrier, play this lane safely until he starts to fall off, you win at first item. R forward bait his dash into bubble is a good way to land bubble this matchup.
Lux	10			Lose	Lose	Lose	Take Cleanse, if the lux is good its one of lux's harder matchups. If zoe wants to Q R the wave from long range to get a cannon, Lux can just Q R E to get instant kills wheenver Zoe gets even slightly greedy. You need a lot of discipline and use cleanse, If you ever q the wave, lux can e slow you. Even if you somehow land your sleep, can she slow you so you can't land your Q.
Malphite		51.45%	760
Malzahar	4	48.77%	855	Skill	Skill	Skill	He outshoves you. Its hard to bubble him because of his passive shield, you will have to open with an auto into bubble. When he bubbles, he's able to create voidlines to tank your Q. When you R forward, its possible Malz may just Ult you for free. You have kill potential pre 6 but its usually a farm lane after
Neeko	7	52.65%	340	Skill	Skill	Skill	Watch out when you R forward, don't get snared. you can also use your ult to get out of Neeko ult. Whenever you are hit by Neeko Q, be careful to not walk into Neeko E as you walk out
Orianna	5	52.24%	917	Skill	Skill	Skill	Everytime you R forward, she can Q W you for a quick combo if she has a good reaction time. Keep tabs on where the ball is, never use bubble unless you're getting a gank. Ori's mana costs are super low which Zoe can't match unless you're playing off q. You can use your R to avoid Orianna's ultimate
Pantheon	5			Skill	Skill	Skill	When played well, Pantheon cannot do anything. If he tries to go for a W on you, you instantly E him and its a free kill. When he uses his shield, you can R behind him and you'll be able to hit him. Also in the early game when you bubble him after he tries to W you, make sure not to pop the bubble right away and let the minions hit him a bit, don't undersestimate early game minion damage. Sleeping him in your minion wave is a free kill
Qiyana	3	53.12%	401	Skill	Skill	Skill	Barrier is good for the matchup, if she e's onto you, it places her on the backside so you can bubble behind yourself to guarantee the sleep. Qiyana matchup you want to harass her, her level 1 is weak, and shove her in. Watch for the level 3 all in especially with cleanse. When Qiyana ults, you can R out of her R to avoid the stun
Ryze	7	50.23%	426	Skill	Skill	Skill
Swain	8	48.94%	331	Skill	Skill	Skill	Easy to harass, swain has high mana costs. When you shove him in, be careful because Swain has great gank set up. Swain will look to E when you q forward, if you can see what he's doing just make your Q miss and do not get rooted
Sylas	3	52.58%	1,550	Skill	Skill	Lose	Easy Matchup, Zoe shoves him in early and harasses him, Sylas can't use Zoe R at all, if he goes in with e or W you get a free bubble. Its easy to harass this lane but watch out if they go cleanse. You can also freeze if you're afraid of jungle pressure depending on the game and if you want to choke him out
Syndra	10	51.55%	1,226	Lose	Lose	Lose	Extremely difficult matchup, don't walk in straight lines, do not R forward or Syndra will land E for free. Syndra can side lane but you can't
Talon	4	50.86%	641	Skill	Skill	Skill	Talon has the highest base MR in the game, you need to rush Magic pen boots her, if he Q's onto you, bubble him for free. Play agro, When he's level 2, if has a stack on you with a W, you need to back off and wait for his stacks to expire before you try to harass him
Tristana	8			Skill	Skill	Skill	Tristana will always all in you level 2 and flash your bubble so back off and don't let her rocket jump on you, once you hit 2 you can move back up, make sure you land bubble when she W's, be cautious as she might try to flash it
TwistedFate	2			Win	Skill	Skill	Easy matchup, Take Cleanse, keep track of the 4 auto stack up and don't let the damage stack up. When he roams, you can get plating and if he doesn't get gold of his roam you will outscale him. Ping and ward for this matchup. Main threat here is that Twisted Fate can sidelane but you can't really sidelane on Zoe
Veigar	4	53.44%	421	Win	Skill	Skill	When you R forward he can just cage or QR you fairly easily, be scared of that mid-late game, look for opportunites to bubble him over a wall and he's a free kill. Don't fight him fairly use vision to win this game. If you are mid Q, never walk into a Veigar E juts fizzle your q
Velkoz	7	55.13%	419	Skill	Skill	Skill	Skill matchup, Velkoz shoves hard and Zoe doesn't have the greatest waveclear, but with a slight lead you hard snowball. Since you outscale, you can just freeze and last hit Or if he's also freezing you can look to poke him. If Velkoz uses E make sure to dodge, do not q into it
Vex	6	49.17%	362	Skill	Skill	Skill
Viktor	8	55.15%	1,262	Skill	Skill	Skill	Depends on Viktor skill, for most viktors its easy. Viktor wins most trades and he can just spam E on you. When you R forward, he can E you into R and put his gravity field on your old location. If he has cleanse be careful for his turnaroudn when you bubble him.
Vladimir	2	53.48%	748	Win	Skill	Skill	When vladimir gets 2 cdr items, do not fight him and just look to land bubbles. Until then you can harass him quite a bit
Xerath	7	53.46%	578	Skill	Skill	Skill	Tricky matchup, Be mindful of his q's and standing behind minions, when you approach him, he can W and E you to punish. If you are mid Q and he is looking for a stun, let you q fizzle and do not get hit. The key for the Xerath matchup is to let him shove you and get your jungler to kill him
Yasuo	6	51.33%	1,317	Skill	Skill	Skill	Tricky matchup, R forward and bait the windwall, if they usewindwall you can aim your abilities aroudn the windwall aim it carefully. You can bubble yourself if he dashes onto you. You need to weave autos and be tricky with your bubble, you need to E Q cancel properly to not let him see your animation coming.
Yone	9	54.12%	1,360	Skill	Skill	Skill
Zed	5	54.51%	1,341	Skill	Skill	Lose	Depends on Zed's skill level. When you R forward, bait out his ultimate and when he does you can bubble behind yourself to guarantee it. High elo Zed's will try to be cheeky by opening with W into R and instead of teleporting back to where the R was cast, they will W back from where the shadow was placed. Its easy to hit him instantly and you should be able to bubble him when he goes back. Do not try to match Zed in side lane
Ziggs	8	41.63%	221	Skill	Skill	Skill	Annoying matchup, Ziggs has low mana cost and high base damage. Do not stand next to minion or you will just get hit by q. When you R forward he'll be able to R to where you ulted giving him free damage. Look to poke him with long range q's, look for long range bubbles for a kill.
Zilean	2	47.98%	494	Win	Win	Win	When you R forward, he can just throw his double bombs right from where you ulted. In mid-game, its common for zilean's to just flash E slow you into double bombs as well. The way to beat zilean out of lane, is to play out of vision and land bubbles and bait his Ultimate and rinse and repeat. Never R in front of zilean or he will just land doubles for free. In lane, dodge his Q's and harass him. Zilean puts almost no pressure out