Zoe Mid Build

Zoe Champion Guide

Role: Mage

Lane: Midlane

Zoe Mid performs best with a build featuring Luden's Companion, Sorcerer's Shoes, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Void Staff. The most effective rune setup for Zoe Mid includes Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos, and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, paired with Nimbus Cloak and Transcendence in the secondary tree.

Zoe Champion Abilities

More Sparkles!

After using an ability, Zoe's next attack deals an additional 16−130 (+20% of ability power) magic damage. P

Paddle Star

Zoe fires a star that deals 7-50 (+50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170) (+60% of ability power) increasing damage the further it travels (up to 150% bonus damage) to the first enemy hit (depending on level). Enemies surrounding the target take 80% damage. Zoe can recast this ability to redirect the missile to a new position near Zoe. Q

Spell Thief

Passive: Enemies drop spell shards when casting a summoner spell or using an active item. Specific minions also drop a spell shard when Zoe kills them. Zoe can pick up this shard to cast that ability once.

Passive: When Zoe casts this ability or any summoner spell, she gains 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70% movement speed for 2 / 2.25 / 2.5 / 2.75 / 3 seconds and tosses 3 missiles at the target she attacked most recently. These missiles deal 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 (+13.3% of ability power) magic damage each.

Active: Cast the ability from a spell shard Zoe has picked up. W

Sleepy Trouble Bubble

Zoe dropkicks a bubble that deals 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+45% of ability power) magic damage, lingering as a trap if it hits nothing. The bubble's range is extended when flying over terrain.

After a delay, the victim falls asleep and have their magic resistance reduced by 30% for 2 seconds. Attacks and ability hits wake them up but deal double damage, up to 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+45% of ability power) true damage. E

Portal Jump

Zoe teleports to a nearby position for 1 second. Afterwards, she teleports back. Zoe can use abilities and attack, but can't move during this time. R

Zoe Summoner Spells

Flash

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Ignite

Ignite is a unit-targeted summoner spell that burns an enemy champion for a few seconds, dealing periodic true damage, applying healing reduction, and revealing the target over the duration.

Zoe Runes

Zoe Items

Zoe Ability Order

Zoe Matchups Overview

Strong against

Azir

Taliyah

Mel

Vladimir

Aurelion Sol

Cassiopeia

Weak against

Naafiri

Irelia

Twisted Fate

Diana

Fizz

Corki

Zoe Tips and Tricks

Extend the travel duration of your E by throwing it through terrain. The longer the terrain, the further it can travel. Utilizing your long-ranged poke from Q and the pick potential by E, look to poke the enemy as much as you can before a team fight occurs. Don’t like the Summoner Spell or active item you’ve picked up? Walk over and press W on another spell to replace your pre-existing W spell.

Zoe Best Build, Runes, Items

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Zoe Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Nimbus Cloak and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Luden's Companion as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Shadowflame. For your last three items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and finish with Zhonya's Hourglass. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Summon Aery as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Legend: Haste with Cut Down in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Blackfire Torch as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Riftmaker as a third item. You want to finish the build with Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame and Void Staff. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Zoe Mid build, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Legend: Haste with Cut Down as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Archangel's Staff as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Horizon Focus as third item. The last three options are Cosmic Drive, Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W.

Situational Zoe Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or taking specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state and your matchup to plan your Zoe build accordingly. For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.