Annie vs Ziggs
How to Beat Ziggs as Annie
based on 904 Annie vs Ziggs matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Ziggs Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Ziggs Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Ziggs
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Advice to Win Against Ziggs
Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.
Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.
Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.
Annie vs Ziggs Counter Stats
How to Counter Ziggs with Annie in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some significant Annie versus Ziggs counter statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Ziggs..
Annie usually has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Ziggs. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Annie and Ziggs
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Who is Better, Annie or Ziggs?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Annie usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Ziggs, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Annie makes an ok counter for Ziggs.
While Annie does have a higher win rate than Ziggs, when on opposite teams, Annie also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Annie into Ziggs.
Furthermore, Annie has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ziggs. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Annie vs Ziggs matchups, Annie is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Annie is a decent counter to Ziggs. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Annie against Ziggs.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Annie in order to counter Ziggs during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie typically gets a similar amount of CS as Ziggs. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Annie versus Ziggs build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Ziggs than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Annie had an average win rate of 50.7% battling Ziggs with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Ziggs as Annie, you should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Annie vs Ziggs battles, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
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