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How to Win Hwei vs Ziggs Counter MatchupHwei is in the b tier of champions

Hwei vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Hwei in LoLHwei is in the b tier of champions
Mage
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How to Beat Ziggs as Hwei

based on 2,718 Hwei vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
46.2 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each week. In our data, Hwei battled Ziggs in 2718 matches. Having so many games with Hwei vs Ziggs provides us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare enlightening data and a supported build to smash Ziggs. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Hwei has to counter Ziggs in only 1.5% of their games.

Hwei vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Hwei does a awful job of countering Ziggs. Typically, they wins a lowly 46.2% of games the champs fight each other in. In Hwei vs Ziggs matches, Hwei’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, implying that they probably will be able to get first blood versus Ziggs.

Best Hwei vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Hwei Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceLiandry's TormentZaz'Zak's RealmspikeHorizon Focus

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotGhost PoroUltimate Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Hwei's passive ability p
Hwei's q ability q
Hwei's w ability w
Hwei's e ability e
Hwei's ultimate ability r
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Q
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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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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Hwei

Tips for Playing as Hwei against Ziggs

Calm down, breathe, and focus.

Each stroke requires precision and intention.

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.

Hwei vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Hwei Image
Win Rate
46.2 %
VS
Win Rate
53.8 %
Ziggs Image
5.4
< Kills >
5.4
6
< Deaths >
5.6
8.6
< Assists >
7.9
1.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.28
144
< Minions Killed >
174
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.62
873
< Physical Damage >
736
21,425
< Magic Damage >
24,484
540
< True Damage >
375
22,839
< Damage Dealt >
25,596
19,692
< Damage Taken >
18,162
11,019
< Gold Earned >
11,789
1.76
< Towers >
3.02
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
2,051
< Total Healing >
1,739
13,918
< Experience >
13,995
27
< Vision Score >
21
13
< Wards Placed >
10
581
< Time Dealing CC >
256

How to Counter Ziggs with Hwei in LoL

The stats provided here feature some important Hwei vs. Ziggs counter stats that may help you explain the differences between the pair. Hwei’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Hwei may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Ziggs..

Hwei usually has a similar longest killing spree as their counter does. Commonly, they receives a similar amount of damage to Ziggs. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Hwei and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Hwei
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Hwei
Ziggs

Who is Better, Hwei or Ziggs?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Hwei usually loses when taking on Ziggs, with a 46.2% win rate. Thus, Hwei makes a bad counter to Ziggs.

While Hwei does have a lower win rate than Ziggs, when they face off with one another, Hwei also has a much greater learning curve that makes them a more complex champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Hwei into Ziggsas their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Hwei also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ziggs. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Hwei vs Ziggs matchups, Ziggs is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Hwei is a bad counter for Ziggs. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Hwei against Ziggs.

Other Champion Matchups Against Hwei

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Hwei Wins Against

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Additional Information for Hwei Players

How We Calculated Our Hwei vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Hwei, we analyzed 2,718 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 Hwei 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

Hwei Build Ziggs Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Hwei to counter Ziggs during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Hwei typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Ziggs. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Hwei versus Ziggs build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Hwei bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better versus Ziggs than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Hwei had an average winrate of 46.2% battling Ziggs with these items in their kit.

To have the highest probability of defeating Ziggs as Hwei, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Ghost Poro, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Hwei vs Ziggs face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ziggs as Hwei are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.