Kayn vs Ziggs
How to Beat Ziggs as Kayn
based on 2,604 Kayn vs Ziggs matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Ziggs Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Ziggs Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Ziggs
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Ziggs Counter Stats
How to Counter Ziggs with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several significant Kayn versus Ziggs counter stats that may help you realize the distinctions between this set of champs. Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ziggs..
Kayn often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Ziggs. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Ziggs
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Who is Better, Kayn or Ziggs?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually wins when taking on Ziggs, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes a good counter to Ziggs.
While Kayn does have a higher win rate than Ziggs, when on opposite teams, Kayn also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Ziggsas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayn also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Ziggs matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kayn is a decent counter to Ziggs. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayn against Ziggs.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to counter Ziggs during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Ziggs. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Kayn versus Ziggs build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Kayn used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Ziggs than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kayn boasted an average win rate of 51.0% when playing against Ziggs with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Ziggs as Kayn, Kayn players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kayn vs Ziggs counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.0% win rate overall.
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