Tahm Kench vs Zoe Counter Pick

Zoe deals conditional damage, which suits a tank. Sleepy Trouble Bubble has to land and then wait out a drowsy period before the target falls asleep, and the payoff, reduced magic resist plus a large hit from the first source of damage that wakes the target, depends on the whole sequence completing. Against 640 base health, 39 armor and Thick Skin storing part of what gets through, one interrupted sequence is often the whole fight. The recorded 62.2% for Tahm Kench across 127 games on patch 16.13.1 reflects that, on a small sample.

Practical notes:

• Portal Jump is a one-second blink and return, so her escape leaves her where she started.
• Paddle Star! gains damage the longer it flies straight, meaning close-range casts are her weakest ones.
• Spell Thief copies summoner spell effects, which makes her movement unpredictable rather than her damage larger.

Zoe travels at 340 base move speed while her opponent manages 335, and she strikes from 550 units against 175, so she chooses when the fight happens. What she cannot choose is durability: 21 base armor and 100.9 at level 18, against a champion who reaches 118.9 and 2,391 health while converting that pool into extra damage. More Sparkles! adds bonus magic damage to her first attack after any spell, which keeps her poke alive between bubbles. Both sides are rated difficulty 5, and her 30 base magic resist is the number under strain whenever Tongue Lash lands on a champion and heals him.