Nocturne vs Zoe
How to Beat Zoe as Nocturne
based on 2,608 Nocturne vs Zoe matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Zoe Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Zoe Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zoe as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Zoe
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
Advice to Win Against Zoe
Zoe's Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown.
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Stop Zoe from hiding in fog of war to prevent her from setting the spell up.
Zoe must return to her starting point after casting Portal Jump, making her vulnerable to a counterattack.
Nocturne vs Zoe Counter Stats
How to Counter Zoe with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several influential Nocturne against Zoe matchup stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zoe’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zoe..
Nocturne normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Zoe. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Zoe
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Zoe?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when playing against Zoe, with a 55.1% win rate. Thus, Nocturne makes a fantastic counter to Zoe.
While Nocturne does have a much higher winrate compared to Zoe, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Nocturne into Zoe.
Additionally, Nocturne has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zoe. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Zoe matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Nocturne is a great counter for Zoe. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nocturne against Zoe.
Other Champion Matchups Against Nocturne
Additional Information for Nocturne Players
How We Calculated Our Nocturne vs Zoe Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nocturne in order to counter Zoe during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne typically accumulates a lot less CS as Zoe. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Nocturne versus Zoe build include Guardian Angel, Experimental Hexplate, and Eclipse. When Nocturne included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Zoe than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average winrate of 55.1% when playing against Zoe with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Zoe as Nocturne, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Nocturne vs Zoe clashes, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 55.1% winrate overall.
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