Zoe

Recommended Build

Patch 16.11 · Diamond+ Solo Queue · Updated 6/9/2026

53.2% Based on 378 games wr in Mid

Build path

1. Boots any step
   

   Sorcerer's Shoes

   1100 gold

   12 Magic Penetration
   45 Move Speed
   
   

   Sorcerer's Shoes

   50% pick · 49.7% Based on 187 picks wr
2. Item 1
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     Doran's Ring

     400 gold

     18 Ability Power
     90 Health
     
     Drain
     Restore 1 Mana every second, increased to 2 Mana per second for 5 seconds after dealing damage to an enemy champion. If you can't gain Mana, heal for 45% of this value instead.
     
     Helping Hand
     Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
     Doran's Ring

     100% pick · 53.2% Based on 378 picks wr
3. Item 2
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     Luden's Echo

     2750 gold

     100 Ability Power
     600 Mana
     10 Ability Haste
     
     Echo
     Damaging Abilities fire 6 Echoes that deal bonus magic damage to the target and nearby enemies. Remaining Echoes fire on the primary target, dealing 20% damage.
     
     Luden's Echo

     73% pick · 52.8% Based on 269 picks wr
4. Item 3 3 options
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     Lich Bane

     2900 gold

     100 Ability Power
     6% Move Speed
     10 Ability Haste
     
     Spellblade
     After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus magic damage On-Hit.
     Lich Bane

     31% pick · 50.5% Based on 103 picks wr
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     Shadowflame

     3200 gold

     110 Ability Power
     15 Magic Penetration
     
     Cinderbloom
     Magic and true damage Critically Strike enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
     or Shadowflame

     23% pick · 50.0% Based on 76 picks wr
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     Imperial Mandate

     2400 gold

     65 Ability Power
     15 Ability Haste
     150% Base Mana Regen
     
     Control
     Gain 15 Ability Haste for your abilities with Immobilizing effects.
     
     Command
     On Immobilizing an enemy champion, mark them as 6% Vulnerable for 4 seconds.
     
     or Imperial Mandate

     12% pick · 66.7% Based on 39 picks wr
5. Item 4 3 options
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     Rabadon's Deathcap

     3500 gold

     130 Ability Power
     
     Magical Opus
     Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
     Rabadon's Deathcap

     28% pick · 58.9% Based on 56 picks wr
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     Horizon Focus

     2700 gold

     75 Ability Power
     25 Ability Haste
     
     Hypershot
     Dealing Ability damage to champions at 600 range or greater Reveals them for 6 seconds.
     
     Focus
     When Hypershot is triggered, Reveal all other enemy champions within 1400 range of them for 3 seconds.
     or Horizon Focus

     17% pick · 72.7% Based on 33 picks wr
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     Zhonya's Hourglass

     3250 gold

     105 Ability Power
     50 Armor
     
     
     
     Time Stop
     Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
     or Zhonya's Hourglass

     15% pick · 63.3% Based on 30 picks wr

Most-built legendary at each step (purchase order).

Summoner spells

Flash

Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.

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Ignite

Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.

Ignite 98% · 53.4% Based on 369 picks wr

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Q Paddle Star!

Zoe fires a missile that she can redirect in flight. Deals more damage the longer it flies in a straight line.

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W Spell Thief

Zoe can pick up the remnants of enemy summoner spell and active item casts and cast them once herself. Whenever she casts a summoner spell, she gains 3 missiles that fire at the nearest target.

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E Sleepy Trouble Bubble

Causes the target to become drowsy, then fall asleep. While asleep, the target's Magic Resist is reduced. The first source of damage that breaks the sleep is doubled, up to a cap.

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R Portal Jump

Blink to a nearby position for 1 second. Then blink back.

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Domination

Electrocute · selected

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Hail of Blades

Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.

Cheap Shot

Deal bonus true damage to enemy champions with impaired movement or actions.

Taste of Blood

Heal when you damage an enemy champion.

Sudden Impact · selected

Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal bonus true damage to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth.

Sixth Sense

On a long Cooldown, automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the team.

Level 11: Also reveal the ward for 10s.

Grisly Mementos · selected

Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.

Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected.

Deep Ward

Your wards in the enemy jungle are Deep, gaining Health and Duration.

Level 9: Wards in the river are also Deep.

Treasure Hunter

Unique takedowns grant additional gold the first time they are collected.

Relentless Hunter · selected

Unique takedowns grant permanent out of combat MS.

Ultimate Hunter

Unique takedowns grant permanent cooldown reduction on your Ultimate.

Sorcery

Axiom Arcanist

Your Ultimate has increased damage, healing, and shielding. Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown.

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

Nimbus Cloak · selected

After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short Move Speed increase that allows you to pass through units.

Transcendence · selected

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Celerity

All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Absolute Focus

While above 70% health, gain extra adaptive damage.

Scorch

Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.

Waterwalking

Gain MS and AP or AD, adaptive in the river.

Gathering Storm

Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP, adaptive over the course of the game.

Stat shards

Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Attack Speed · selected

+10% Attack Speed.

Ability Haste

+8 Ability Haste.

Adaptive Force · selected

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Move Speed

+2% Move Speed.

Bonus Health

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).

Health

+65 flat Health.

Tenacity & Slow Resist

+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist.

Bonus Health · selected

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).