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How to Win Jhin vs Ziggs Counter MatchupJhin is in the s tier of champions

Jhin vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Jhin in LoLJhin is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ziggs as Jhin

based on 6,350 Jhin vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
53.5 %
K/D/A
3.06
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends matches that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Ziggs as Jhin resulted from an examination of 6350 ranked rounds where both champions opposed one another. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Jhin fights Ziggs in only 1.5% of his rounds.

Jhin vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Jhin has done a good job of countering Ziggs. On average, he wins a terrific 53.5% of the time the champions clash against one another in. In Jhin vs Ziggs rounds, Jhin’s side is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Ziggs.

Best Jhin vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Boots of SwiftnessSerrated Dirk

Core Jhin Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeRapid FirecannonStormrazor

Optional Items

OpportunityHubrisGuardian AngelVoltaic Cyclosword

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Jhin to level upq
>
Second ability for Jhin to level upw
>
Last skill for Jhin to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
SorceryCelerityGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Jhin's passive ability p
Jhin's q ability q
Jhin's w ability w
Jhin's e ability e
Jhin's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Q
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W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Ziggs as Jhin

Tips for Playing as Jhin against Ziggs

Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.

Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.

You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.

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.

Jhin vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Jhin Image
Win Rate
53.5 %
VS
Win Rate
46.5 %
Ziggs Image
8.1
< Kills >
4.9
5.2
< Deaths >
6.1
7.8
< Assists >
7.5
1.85
< Killing Sprees >
1.12
178
< Minions Killed >
172
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.55
19,368
< Physical Damage >
807
1,073
< Magic Damage >
23,710
411
< True Damage >
358
20,852
< Damage Dealt >
24,876
20,327
< Damage Taken >
18,295
12,639
< Gold Earned >
11,540
2.18
< Towers >
2.8
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
5,725
< Total Healing >
1,539
13,449
< Experience >
13,638
17
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
11
150
< Time Dealing CC >
253

How to Counter Ziggs with Jhin in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some valuable Jhin versus Ziggs matchup stats that can help you understand the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ziggs. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Jhin normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Ziggs. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Jhin and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Jhin
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Jhin
Ziggs

Who is Better, Jhin or Ziggs?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jhin usually wins when facing off against Ziggs, with a 53.5% win rate. As a result, Jhin makes a great counter to Ziggs.

While Jhin does have a higher win rate than Ziggs, when they face off with one another, Jhin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Jhin into Ziggs.

Moreover, Jhin has some amount of utility and CC, 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 overall in League of Legends, in Jhin vs Ziggs matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Jhin is a great counter to Ziggs. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Jhin against Ziggs.

Additional Information for Jhin Players

How We Calculated Our Jhin vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Jhin, we analyzed 6,350 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 Jhin 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Jhin in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Jhin usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Ziggs. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Jhin versus Ziggs build include Infinity Edge, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Jhin combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Ziggs than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Jhin boasted an average win rate of 53.5% when countering Ziggs with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Ziggs as Jhin, Jhin players should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Jhin vs Ziggs matchups, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.5% winrate overall.

If you want to view Jhin vs Ziggs tips and counter builds for a a particular player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and strategies shown are computed using every match finished with these champs.