DOTA IDEAS A DOTA 2 INTERACTIVE FORUM

Zoe is an annoying nuker with good mobility, kind of like Puck but with more focus on single-target damage. She is ideally a mid laner as she scales well with hero levels due to her primary source of damage: Sparkles. Landing attacks after casting each spell like Storm Spirit. Hop is a spammable way to trigger her innate by closing the distance and attacking, but the distance is not too far. Her only other source of damage is Paddle Star that has a low cooldown, but the damage only gets better from further away. If an enemy is close to her, Sleepy Trouble Bubble helps peel off. It is good for crowd control but the inherent knock back makes it not great for initiating.

But that's where Portalpalooza comes in! After selecting a vector direction, that is where your spells will fly in. Just remember that it can't be changed.
Combos:
If you hit a Portal while using Hop, you will teleport to the other Portal! Use it to cover greater distances. You can use 1 charge to enter the portal, then use the 2nd charge to retreat back.
With Paddle Star, hit enemies even further away or angle interesting shots. You can also aim it such that it deals max damage to nearby enemies by spawning the portal further away from you. Note that the distance scaling will be based on the distance it travels after going through the portal, not from where you are to its current location.
Put the Portal right behind an enemy then use Sleepy Trouble Bubble to knock it back into your team. Since it has a slow travel speed, just dropping the portal on top of the enemy to instantly sleep it is great.

Her main weakness is her low durability, so she relies on Hop to dodge projectiles and creating space between her and other enemies. She also lacks good area of effect until she gets Scepter and Shard. Her Scepter is great for more control and damage, but keep in mind the area is applied at the end of the knock back, not upon impact. The damage also only triggers when waking up from damage, so not being able to immediately follow up will not activate this bonus. Her Shard is also great but requires setup to make the most of. While her ultimate is versatile, it only has 2 uses so plan wisely.

For facets, Now You're Thinking With Portals lets you use your ultimate more frequently but reduces its cast range. If you think you need to preserve the range, Shhh, It's Pranking Time lets you deal as much damage as possible to targets hit by Sleepy Trouble Bubble, especially with Sparkles. The idea is for this to work with other sources of sleep like Nightmare.

Zoe is a dimension hopper from League of Legends, and has accidentally stumbled into the DotA universe. I've tried to preserve the concept of her without making it a 1-1 copy.