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How to Win Gragas vs Ziggs Counter MatchupGragas is in the a tier of champions

Gragas vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Gragas in LoLGragas is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ziggs as Gragas

based on 863 Gragas vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
2.36
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends games every week. In our database, Gragas faced Ziggs in 863 rounds. Having so many games with Gragas versus Ziggs gives us a lot of faith in our capability to provide useful stats and a pro build to annihilate Ziggs. This particular champion matchup is relatively rare. Gragas encounters Ziggs in only 1.3% of his matches.

Gragas vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Gragas does a good job of beating Ziggs. On average, he wins a fantastic 52.4% of games the champions fight each other in. In Gragas versus Ziggs games, Gragas’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood versus Ziggs.

Best Gragas vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneCosmic DriveZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gragas to level upq
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Second ability for Gragas to level upe
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Last skill for Gragas to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Gragas's passive ability p
Gragas's q ability q
Gragas's w ability w
Gragas's e ability e
Gragas's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against Ziggs

Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.

Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.

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.

Gragas vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
Ziggs Image
6
< Kills >
4.9
5.5
< Deaths >
5.8
7
< Assists >
7.7
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.14
112
< Minions Killed >
172
0.62
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.52
1,471
< Physical Damage >
821
18,553
< Magic Damage >
23,837
649
< True Damage >
292
20,674
< Damage Dealt >
24,950
30,417
< Damage Taken >
17,511
11,399
< Gold Earned >
11,490
1.5
< Towers >
2.9
0.14
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
13,055
< Total Healing >
1,504
14,273
< Experience >
13,439
21
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
10
426
< Time Dealing CC >
253

How to Counter Ziggs with Gragas in LoL

The stats provided here show several critical Gragas versus Ziggs counter stats that may help you realize the differences between this pair of champions. Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ziggs..

Gragas usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Ziggs. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Gragas and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
Ziggs

Who is Better, Gragas or Ziggs?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gragas usually wins when facing off against Ziggs, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Gragas makes a good counter to Ziggs.

While Gragas does have a higher win rate compared to Ziggs, when facing one another, Gragas also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Gragas into Ziggs.

Moreover, Gragas has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ziggs. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Ziggs matchups, Gragas is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Gragas is a good counter for Ziggs. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Gragas against Ziggs.

Other Champion Matchups Against Gragas

Gragas Loses Against

SingedSinged43.2% winrateLeonaLeona43.5% winrateNilahNilah43.8% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench43.9% winrate

Gragas Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee53.5% winrateYuumiYuumi53.3% winrateAkshanAkshan52.6% winrateKarthusKarthus52.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Gragas, we analyzed 863 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ziggs as Gragas comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Gragas Build Ziggs Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Gragas in order to counter Ziggs during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas on average picks up less CS compared to Ziggs. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Gragas versus Ziggs build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Gragas combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Ziggs than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gragas had an average win rate of 52.4% battling Ziggs with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Ziggs as Gragas, you should equip the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Gragas vs Ziggs counters, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.4% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ziggs as Gragas are shown for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.