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How to Win Ivern vs Ziggs Counter MatchupIvern is in the s tier of champions

Ivern vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Ivern in LoLIvern is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ziggs as Ivern

based on 556 Ivern vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
3.23
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends rounds that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Ziggs as Ivern resulted from an examination of 556 ranked games where both champs engaged each other. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Ivern encounters Ziggs in only 1.4% of his matches.

Ivern vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ivern does a poor job of beating Ziggs. On average, he wins a lowly 48.0% of games the champs fight each other in. In Ivern vs Ziggs rounds, Ivern’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood against Ziggs.

Best Ivern vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Ivern Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

DawncoreArdent CenserShurelya's Battlesong

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryNimbus CloakTranscendenceWaterwalking
DominationEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Ivern's passive ability p
Ivern's q ability q
Ivern's w ability w
Ivern's e ability e
Ivern's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
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E
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Ivern

Tips for Playing as Ivern against Ziggs

Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!

Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!

Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!

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.

Ivern vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Ivern Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Ziggs Image
2.6
< Kills >
5
4.8
< Deaths >
5.6
12.9
< Assists >
7.5
0.56
< Killing Sprees >
1.15
21
< Minions Killed >
167
1.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.62
2,883
< Physical Damage >
794
6,380
< Magic Damage >
23,618
1,063
< True Damage >
292
10,327
< Damage Dealt >
24,705
18,433
< Damage Taken >
17,257
9,995
< Gold Earned >
11,460
1.58
< Towers >
3.06
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,553
< Total Healing >
1,614
12,918
< Experience >
13,289
26
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
11
268
< Time Dealing CC >
262

How to Counter Ziggs with Ivern in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several critical Ivern vs. Ziggs matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. Ivern’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ivern may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ziggs. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Ivern often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ziggs. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ivern and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Ivern
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ivern
Ziggs

Who is Better, Ivern or Ziggs?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ivern usually loses when facing off against Ziggs, with a 48.0% win rate. Thus, Ivern makes a poor counter for Ziggs.

While Ivern does have a lower win rate than Ziggs, when facing one another, Ivern also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ivern into Ziggsas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Ivern also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ivern vs Ziggs matchups, Ziggs is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Ivern is a trash counter for Ziggs. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ivern against Ziggs.

Additional Information for Ivern Players

How We Calculated Our Ivern vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Ivern, we analyzed 556 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 Ivern 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Ivern to counter Ziggs during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ivern on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Ziggs. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Ivern versus Ziggs build consist of Redemption, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Ivern used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Ziggs than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Ivern had an average win rate of 48.0% battling Ziggs with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Ziggs as Ivern, you should take the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Ivern vs Ziggs clashes, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ziggs as Ivern are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.