Zoe vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Zoe
based on 2,608 Zoe vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zoe vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Zoe vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Core Zoe Items
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Zoe
Tips for Playing as Zoe against Nocturne
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 Nocturne
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
Zoe vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Zoe in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several significant Zoe vs. Nocturne counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Zoe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nocturne’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zoe may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nocturne..
Zoe normally has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Nocturne. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zoe and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Zoe or Nocturne?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zoe usually loses when playing against Nocturne, with a 44.9% win rate. Therefore, Zoe makes a poor counter for Nocturne.
While Zoe does have a much lower win rate than Nocturne, when they face off with one another, Zoe also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zoe into Nocturne.
Moreover, Zoe has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Zoe vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Zoe is a trash counter for Nocturne. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zoe against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zoe to counter Nocturne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into 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.
Zoe most often picks up much more CS relative to Nocturne. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Zoe versus Nocturne build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Nocturne than with most other typical builds. In fact, Zoe boasted an average win rate of 44.9% when playing against Nocturne with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Nocturne as Zoe, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Zoe vs Nocturne counters, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 44.9% win rate overall.
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