Karthus vs Ziggs
How to Beat Ziggs as Karthus
based on 716 Karthus vs Ziggs matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Ziggs Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Ziggs Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Ziggs
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
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.
Karthus vs Ziggs Counter Stats
How to Counter Ziggs with Karthus in LoL
The stats shown here show some critical Karthus vs. Ziggs counter stats that may help you realize the differences between the pair. Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ziggs..
Karthus usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Ziggs. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Karthus and Ziggs
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Who is Better, Karthus or Ziggs?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Ziggs, with a 49.6% win rate. Therefore, Karthus makes an ok counter for Ziggs.
While Karthus does have a lower winrate compared to Ziggs, when facing one another, Karthus also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Karthus into Ziggsas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Karthus has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karthus 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 team members during teamfights.
Karthus is a somewhat poor counter to Ziggs. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Karthus against Ziggs.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Karthus to counter Ziggs during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus on average picks up less CS relative to Ziggs. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Karthus versus Ziggs build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Ziggs than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Karthus boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when countering Ziggs with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Ziggs as Karthus, Karthus players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Karthus vs Ziggs face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.6% win rate overall.
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