Mid

Zoe Build 26.22

Zoe is a coin flip you get to load in your favor. Land the sleep bubble and a fully charged star deletes whoever it touches from most of a screen away; miss it and you are just tossing sparkles and waiting on cooldowns. Well above the curve at 51.1% and slipping, though the number matters far less than your aim on the night. She is a one-shot pick threat, so hunt the angle and make the bubble count.

#34 of 125 mid this patch · 3.3k games

Win rate51.1%−0.6Games3.3kPick rate2.9%Ban rate7.3%Last 8 patches+0.1 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 76%AD 8%True 16%DifficultyiModerateRewards fundamentals

The 10-second answer standard · 51.1% WR

Spellslinger's Shoes SkillsQ›E›W Runes

Shards

ModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopB50.5%AhriMidA51.2%AkaliMidB49.4%AkshanMidC49.0%AlistarSupportS52.4%AmbessaTopC47.8%AmumuJungleC49.4%AniviaMidB49.9%AnnieMidA51.4%ApheliosAD CarryB49.5%AsheAD CarryC48.9%Aurelion SolMidA51.8%AuroraMidA52.1%AzirMidD47.8%BardSupportC48.9%Bel'VethJungleS52.7%BlitzcrankSupportS52.4%BrandSupportC48.7%BraumSupportA50.8%BriarJungleB49.7%CaitlynAD CarryC48.0%CamilleTopA51.0%CassiopeiaMidB49.9%Cho'GathJungleA51.4%CorkiAD CarryB50.7%DariusTopB50.5%DianaJungleB49.8%Dr. MundoTopB50.8%DravenAD CarryA51.4%EkkoMidA52.1%EliseJungleB50.5%EvelynnJungleA51.4%EzrealAD CarryD46.5%FiddlesticksJungleB50.4%FioraTopA51.7%FizzMidB50.1%GalioMidB49.6%GangplankTopA52.1%GarenTopB50.6%GnarTopC48.9%GragasTopB49.9%GravesJungleB49.6%GwenTopB50.0%HecarimJungleB50.6%HeimerdingerTopB50.6%HweiMidS52.6%IllaoiTopB49.5%IreliaTopB50.0%IvernJungleB50.6%JannaSupportB50.6%Jarvan IVJungleC49.2%JaxTopB50.2%JayceTopC47.9%JhinAD CarryB50.5%JinxAD CarryA51.5%K'SanteTopD47.7%Kai'SaAD CarryB49.5%KalistaAD CarryB50.0%KarmaSupportC48.1%KarthusJungleB49.7%KassadinMidA51.3%KatarinaMidS52.8%KayleTopA51.6%KaynJungleB50.3%KennenTopA52.0%Kha'ZixJungleC49.3%KindredJungleA51.4%KledTopB50.4%Kog'MawAD CarryA52.0%LeBlancMidA51.7%Lee SinJungleC48.7%LeonaSupportA51.5%LilliaJungleA52.0%LissandraMidB50.1%LockeMidB49.5%LucianAD CarryB49.4%LuluSupportB49.9%LuxSupportC49.2%MalphiteTopA51.1%MalzaharMidB50.1%MaokaiSupportA52.2%Master YiJungleB50.0%MelMidD47.4%MilioSupportB49.9%Miss FortuneAD CarryB50.2%MordekaiserTopA51.1%MorganaSupportA51.3%NaafiriJungleA50.8%NamiSupportB49.7%NasusTopB49.7%NautilusSupportB49.8%NeekoSupportC48.1%NidaleeJungleA51.8%NilahAD CarryS53.5%NocturneJungleB49.8%Nunu & WillumpJungleA51.6%OlafTopB49.6%OriannaMidD46.7%OrnnTopA51.0%PantheonTopB50.4%PoppySupportS53.0%PykeSupportB50.2%QiyanaJungleD47.5%QuinnTopC48.0%RakanSupportS52.7%RammusJungleS53.0%Rek'SaiJungleA51.0%RellSupportS52.5%Renata GlascSupportB50.8%RenektonTopB49.4%RengarJungleC48.8%RivenTopB50.0%RumbleTopC48.1%RyzeMidD47.0%SamiraAD CarryB49.5%SejuaniJungleA51.0%SennaSupportB50.8%SeraphineSupportB49.7%SettTopA51.3%ShacoJungleA51.0%ShenTopS53.3%ShyvanaJungleA51.7%SingedTopA51.2%SionTopA51.2%SivirAD CarryB50.6%SkarnerJungleA51.2%SmolderAD CarryA50.9%SonaSupportA51.7%SorakaSupportA51.0%SwainSupportA50.9%SylasMidC48.3%SyndraMidB50.1%Tahm KenchSupportB49.7%TaliyahJungleB50.8%TalonJungleA51.1%TaricSupportB50.8%TeemoTopA50.9%ThreshSupportB50.5%TristanaAD CarryB50.3%TrundleTopC48.2%TryndamereTopB49.9%Twisted FateMidB50.6%TwitchAD CarryB50.1%UdyrJungleB49.7%UrgotTopA50.9%VarusAD CarryC48.4%VayneAD CarryA51.4%VeigarMidC48.7%Vel'KozSupportA51.6%VexMidS53.1%ViJungleB49.7%ViegoJungleB49.5%ViktorMidB49.7%VladimirMidA51.0%VolibearTopB50.1%WarwickJungleA51.9%WukongJungleB50.8%XayahAD CarryS53.3%XerathMidA51.6%Xin ZhaoJungleA51.7%YasuoMidC48.7%YoneMidC49.1%YorickTopD47.6%YunaraAD CarryB49.4%YuumiSupportD47.7%ZaahenTopB50.1%ZacJungleB50.7%ZedMidB49.2%ZeriAD CarryA51.7%ZiggsAD CarryA51.2%ZileanSupportA50.9%ZoeMidA51.1%ZyraSupportA51.0%

When Is Zoe Strongest?

The win rate runs highest in the opening minutes and eases off later, and games at this rank average around 28 minutes. Zoe's win condition never changes: land a sleep, connect a max-range star, and delete someone before the fight is fair. Farm safely, hunt for a pick every time her combo is up, and turn one caught target into a numbers advantage.

Game timeline · Zoe drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end27:59

Ambush zone6:18–7:48 Power spike 22:58

20:58

11:45

18:58

22:58

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 61/100 · Even

Core 1/3 items

Gold ~4.9k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Spellslinger's Shoes · 20:58

Zoe Item Build

Zoe is a one-shot burst mage who sets up a single devastating pick from a screen away. The build stacks ability power and mana so her star hits like a truck at max charge and the doubled damage off a sleep can delete a target before they wake up.

Standard loadout · Zoe The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Ring×1

Health Potion×2 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes74% · 51.1%

Crimson Lucidity26% · 53.3%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.Z

Zhonya's Hourglass47254.2%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.V

Void Staff18256.6%S

Stormsurge44051.8%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.O

Oracle Lens70655.4%F

Farsight Alteration1.6k52.9%S

Stealth Ward1.0k45.2%

Best Zoe Runes

Electrocute is the obvious call, since her combo is built to set it off. A bubble into a charged star into the empowered auto lands three quick hits almost at once, tripping the rune right as the target is asleep and helpless. Nothing else keeps pace with that kind of front-loaded burst.

The pre-game page Electrocute · Domination + Sorcery · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Domination Primary

ElectrocuteHitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Sudden Impact41% · 50.1%

Grisly Mementos71% · 51.0%

Relentless Hunter75% · 51.1%

Keystone plus three minors from Domination, two from Sorcery, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Sorcery Secondary

Nimbus Cloak75% · 49.9%

Transcendence43% · 49.2%

Stat shards Offense

Attack Speed+10% Attack Speed

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Aim for Luden's Echo into Lich Bane and play for the moment her burst turns lethal. Stalling out hurts, so press any early edge you get. When Lich Bane comes online at about the 19-minute mark, a bubble into a charged Q stops chunking and simply one-shots a squishy. That breakpoint is the whole plan, so poke safely with stolen spells until you reach it.

Zoe Skill Order

Every point in Paddle Star through level 9 raises the ceiling on a fully flown missile; Sleepy Trouble Bubble tops out four levels later at 13, so the sleep setup lags the burst it is meant to feed.

Skill order · Zoe R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›E

E›W

WMax Q first; E at level 2.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W31415max 15

E28101213max 13

R611max 11

Zoe Abilities

Spell Thief is the wild card the pick talk ignores, letting her scoop the remnant of an enemy summoner spell or item and fire it back once, with three bonus missiles every time she casts a stolen summoner. More Sparkles rewards a spell-then-attack rhythm, loading her next auto with extra magic damage.

Abilities · Zoepatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

More Sparkles!PassiveP

Paddle Star!Max 1stQ

Spell ThiefMax lastW

Sleepy Trouble BubbleMax 2ndE

Portal JumpUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Paddle Star!Magic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXBase Damage+30 per ranklv 150lv 480lv 5110lv 7140lv 9170Cost+5 per ranklv 140lv 445lv 550lv 755lv 960Cooldown-0.5 per ranklv 18.5slv 48slv 57.5slv 77slv 96.5s

Zoe Base Stats

Base stats · ZoePatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD58+3.3AS0.658+2.5%MS340Range550HP630+106HP57.5+0.6Armor21+4.7MR30+1.3MP425+25MP58+0.65

Zoe Matchups

Zoe fires slow, dodgeable skillshots, so mobile champions who sidestep her star and sleep bubble frustrate her all game. Immobile targets with no dash to escape her long-range poke, and lanes that must stand still to farm, let her land the full combo and blow them up.

Lane matchups · Zoe click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs assassins 01Trade with Paddle Star and passive; do not overextend past river.02Ward both flanks; save Portal Jump to dodge their all-in engage.03Build armor or magic resist; land Sleepy Trouble Bubble before they leap. Win rate by game lengthZoe overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min54.0%20–28 min52.1%28–35 min50.0%Over 35 min48.6%

Anyone who can dash or flash through your bubble makes Zoe miserable, so respect LeBlanc, Vladimir, and Kassadin as the champions who punish a whiffed skillshot, and keep the portal jump ready to bail when they dive. She feasts on Azir, Diana, and Aurora instead, immobile targets who cannot sidestep the sleep and get deleted the moment it connects. Your whole game is winning that one skillshot exchange.

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