Zoe vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Zoe
based on 1,452 Zoe vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zoe vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Zoe vs Kayle Counter Build
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Core Zoe Items
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Summoner Spells
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Zoe
Tips for Playing as Zoe against Kayle
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.
Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.
Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.
Advice to Win Against Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Zoe vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Zoe in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some valuable Zoe against Kayle matchup stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Zoe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zoe may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kayle..
Zoe usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Kayle. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zoe and Kayle
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Who is Better, Zoe or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zoe usually loses when trying to fight Kayle, with a 47.7% win rate. Thus, Zoe makes a bad counter to Kayle.
While Zoe does have a lower winrate than Kayle, when on opposite teams, Zoe also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zoe into Kayle.
Additionally, Zoe also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zoe vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Zoe is a terribly counter to Kayle. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zoe against Kayle.
Other Champion Matchups Against Zoe
Additional Information for Zoe Players
How We Calculated Our Zoe vs Kayle Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zoe to counter Kayle during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zoe on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kayle. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Zoe versus Kayle build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better against Kayle than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zoe had an average winrate of 47.7% when playing against Kayle with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Kayle as Zoe, Zoe players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Zoe vs Kayle counters, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.7% win rate overall.
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