Talk:Zoe/@comment-32156284-20171109185747

Overall her kit seems like it's more ment to push Zoe players to think creatively, and as her tease in the Roadmap post pointed out, approach fights from interesting angels that we're not used to seeing yet.

Currently, that use of summoner spells and active items is pretty linear. In trouble? Flash/heal/barrier/exhaust. Ganking? Flash/Teleport. Need life? Drop Redemption/Heal. A lot of these are automatic response or panic button actions. Half the time players dont even realize they did it, they just do. Zoe, to me at least, is designed to punish thoughtless play. If you are out of position with your minions or use an active item or summoner in a predictable or sloppy manner, she will punish you for it.

I was reading a comment about:

" summoner spells are meant to grant get-out-of-jail free cards in duels, so any extra chances to use them has an extremely high chance broken imo"

300% disagree. Summoner spells are meant to be used as additional tools for creative play/counter play. Gragas bodyslam flash, Urgot's disdain flash, or Shen's taunt flash, using teleport on a Zac blob to guarantee his revival, etc. I feel like Zoe will at least make you think about your Summoner spell uses rather than just panic buttoning them. If you want to stop her from chasing you, hard cc her, THEN decide if you should use your summoners. From what I've seen you'll generally create enough space to get away that way.

To top it off, literally none of her skills have any pass through. meaning that body blocking and minion positioning between her and her skills is key. So while yes, her damage is very high and has so awesome interesting ways to be used, it'll take a good Zoe player to reliably execute her kit in a frustrating way.

 I suspect that in large most Zoe's will be fairly clumbsy in their w and r uses and wouldn't present near the threat that people are thinking of while watching the teasers and play testers. Remember that these vids show the intended play of the champion not the ACTUAL play you'll see in game. With as squish as Zoe is you can punish her for her missteps just as well as she can for yours.