# Zoe Counters Who counters Zoe? Best and worst picks against Zoe by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Zoe in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) ## Page Content [Zoe guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) [Play against Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/how-to-play-against/) [Zoe counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/counters/) Best and worst picks against Zoe in Mid at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Naafiri, Malzahar and Kennen beat Zoe most often. Irelia, Mel and Malzahar win the laning phase against Zoe by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Zoe Highest win rate versus Zoe in Mid. - 1 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 190 games 59.5% - 2 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 491 games 57.6% - 3 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 469 games 56.1% - 4 [LeBlanc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leblanc/) 484 games 56.0% - 5 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 331 games 55.3% - 6 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 398 games 55.0% - 7 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 162 games 54.3% - 8 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 385 games 54.0% - 9 [Annie](https://baronbuff.com/champions/annie/) 167 games 53.3% - 10 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 313 games 53.0% - 11 [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) 577 games 53.0% - 12 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 276 games 52.9% - 13 [Galio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/) 273 games 52.8% - 14 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 455 games 52.5% - 15 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 382 games 52.4% ## Worst picks against Zoe Lowest win rate versus Zoe in Mid. - 1 [Azir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/) 148 games 39.2% - 2 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 761 games 46.2% - 3 [Cho'Gath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/) 334 games 46.4% - 4 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 157 games 46.5% - 5 [Akshan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akshan/) 189 games 46.6% - 6 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 234 games 46.6% - 7 [Orianna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/orianna/) 210 games 46.7% - 8 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 474 games 47.0% - 9 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 472 games 47.2% - 10 [Vladimir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/) 338 games 47.3% - 11 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 226 games 47.8% - 12 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 270 games 48.1% - 13 [Ahri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ahri/) 809 games 48.5% - 14 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 422 games 48.8% ## Best lane counters vs Zoe Largest gold lead over Zoe at 15 minutes in Mid. - 1 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 103 games +733 - 2 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 229 games +452 - 3 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 256 games +401 - 4 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 171 games +318 - 5 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 277 games +73 ## How to play against Zoe Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Step out of the wave so she must choose between Q poke and pushing. All-in after E misses, before she can reset the lane. - Punish her fixed return point after R with prepared skillshots or crowd control. Control side vision so she cannot fish through fog before objectives. - Keep carries away from walls and choke points where E creates a pick. Engage after she misses E or uses R forward without a safe follow-up. ## Where Zoe is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Zoe relies on long-range picks, so grouped teams with clean vision deny the fog angles she needs. - Zoe's portal gives a fixed return point, making committed poke attempts punishable when enemies prepare CC. ## Zoe counters: questions ### Who counters Zoe in Mid? At Gold+, Naafiri (59.5%), Malzahar (57.6%) and Kennen (56.1%) have the highest win rates against Zoe. ### Who does Zoe counter? Zoe wins most often against Azir (39.2%), Yasuo (46.2%) and Cho'Gath (46.4%). ### Who wins lane against Zoe? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Irelia (+733), Mel (+452) and Malzahar (+401) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Zoe. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Mid Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mid/) - [Irelia counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/counters/) - [Mel counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)