Both are immobile skillshot champs, but Zoe's Paddle Star! (Q) outranges Veigar's Baleful Strike (Q), giving her a one-sided poke advantage in lane. When Sleepy Trouble Bubble (E) lands the sleep, she piles on More Sparkles! (P)-empowered damage to one-shot him.

Malphite must close to melee range, but if Sleepy Trouble Bubble (E) puts him to sleep he melts before he can engage with Unstoppable Force (R). Long-range Paddle Star! (Q) poke keeps chipping his health and steals lane priority.

Annie's Pyromania (P) stun has short range, so she gets poked from outside Paddle Star! (Q) range first. Zoe uses Sleepy Trouble Bubble (E)'s sleep to shut down her Summon: Tibbers (R) stun-combo engage entirely.

Nasus has his Siphoning Strike (Q) farming disrupted by Paddle Star! (Q) ranged poke, and if Sleepy Trouble Bubble (E)'s sleep catches him he takes heavy More Sparkles! (P)-empowered damage without stacking.

Zed uses Living Shadow (W) to instantly close the gap, dodge the slow Paddle Star! (Q), and land his burst combo. Immobile Zoe has no way to escape Death Mark (R) and the follow-up.

Fizz uses the untargetability of Playful / Trickster (E) to shrug off Sleepy Trouble Bubble (E)'s sleep and Paddle Star! (Q), then closes in for the kill. Once Zoe's key spells are dodged she has no way to fight back.

Kassadin uses Riftwalk (R) to dodge Zoe's skillshots while closing in, and his high magic resist lets him tank her poke before all-inning one-sidedly after level 5.

Katarina instantly closes with Bouncing Blade (Q) and Shunpo (E), sticking to Zoe during her long cast times to burst her down. Zoe struggles to catch Katarina's Shunpo (E) movement with Sleepy Trouble Bubble (E)'s sleep.

Akali uses Twilight Shroud (W)'s smoke to neutralize the aiming of Paddle Star! (Q) and Sleepy Trouble Bubble (E), then closes in to all-in. Zoe struggles to land skillshots on Akali inside the shroud.