Kalista vs Ziggs
How to Beat Ziggs as Kalista
based on 452 Kalista vs Ziggs matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Ziggs Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Ziggs Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Ziggs
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista vs Ziggs Counter Stats
How to Counter Ziggs with Kalista in LoL
The stats provided here show some strategic Kalista versus Ziggs matchup statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Ziggs..
Kalista often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she takes more damage than Ziggs. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kalista and Ziggs
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Who is Better, Kalista or Ziggs?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually fairs equally well when playing against Ziggs, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes an ok counter for Ziggs.
While Kalista does have a lower win rate than Ziggs, when facing one another, Kalista also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kalista into Ziggsas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kalista 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 fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Ziggs matchups, Ziggs is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kalista is a somewhat poor counter to Ziggs. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kalista against Ziggs.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kalista in order to counter Ziggs during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista on average gets a similar amount of CS as Ziggs. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Kalista versus Ziggs build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when facing Ziggs than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 49.6% when playing against Ziggs with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Ziggs as Kalista, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Kalista vs Ziggs counters, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.6% winrate overall.
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