Kassadin vs Ziggs
How to Beat Ziggs as Kassadin
based on 718 Kassadin vs Ziggs matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Ziggs Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Ziggs Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Ziggs
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
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.
Kassadin vs Ziggs Counter Stats
How to Counter Ziggs with Kassadin in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several influential Kassadin versus Ziggs counter statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kassadin 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.
Kassadin usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Ziggs. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kassadin and Ziggs
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Ziggs?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually wins when playing against Ziggs, with a 57.0% win rate. Therefore, Kassadin makes a fantastic counter for Ziggs.
While Kassadin does have a much higher winrate than Ziggs, when on opposite teams, Kassadin also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kassadin into Ziggsas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kassadin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Ziggs matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Kassadin is a great counter to Ziggs. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kassadin against Ziggs.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin to counter Ziggs during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Ziggs. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Kassadin versus Ziggs build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Malignance. When Kassadin combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Ziggs than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 57.0% when countering Ziggs with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Ziggs as Kassadin, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kassadin vs Ziggs counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 57.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ziggs as Kassadin are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.