Best Of

Vox can do alright, one degen cycle can finish off Zola pretty quickly. You are reliant on reparries and a compliant AI (or a striker) to land heavies and control his sleep though, but Vox’s degens get the job done pretty fast if you manage to set up.

I don’t have a pic of it but I also think I had a decent fight or two with Gladiator before I benched him once I reached the GC last season. Building confidence can be a bit awkward since you have to hit Zola’s block and feed him some ESP charges, but the fact you can easily combo into heavy to remove them offsets that. Once you’re at ultra confidence his burst damage cleans up shop, helped by the fact that Zola’s specials are decently long.

The best counter by far though is probably just Deathless Thanos.