Darius vs Ziggs
How to Beat Ziggs as Darius
based on 1,985 Darius vs Ziggs matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Ziggs Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Ziggs Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Ziggs
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Ziggs Counter Stats
How to Counter Ziggs with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some critical Darius against Ziggs counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ziggs..
Darius typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Ziggs. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Ziggs
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Who is Better, Darius or Ziggs?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Darius usually wins when playing against Ziggs, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Darius makes a good counter to Ziggs.
While Darius does have a higher winrate compared to Ziggs, when facing one another, Darius also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Darius into Ziggs.
Furthermore, Darius has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Darius vs Ziggs matchups, Darius is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Darius is a decent counter to Ziggs. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Ziggs.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Darius in order to counter Ziggs during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Ziggs. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Darius versus Ziggs build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Darius included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Ziggs than with many other common builds. In fact, Darius had an average win rate of 51.5% battling Ziggs with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Ziggs as Darius, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Darius vs Ziggs face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.5% winrate overall.
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