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How to Win Nidalee vs Ziggs Counter MatchupNidalee is in the b tier of champions

Nidalee vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Nidalee in LoLNidalee is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ziggs as Nidalee

based on 390 Nidalee vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
47.7 %
K/D/A
2.46
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each week. In our dataset, Nidalee did battle with Ziggs in 390 rounds. With so many matchups for Nidalee versus Ziggs provides us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare useful data and a supported build to obliterate Ziggs. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Nidalee fights Ziggs in only 1.5% of her games.

Nidalee vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee has done a below average job of countering Ziggs. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.7% of matches the champions battle each other in. In Nidalee versus Ziggs rounds, Nidalee’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood against Ziggs.

Best Nidalee vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHextech Alternator

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nidalee to level upq
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Second ability for Nidalee to level upe
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Last skill for Nidalee to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nidalee's passive ability p
Nidalee's q ability q
Nidalee's w ability w
Nidalee's e ability e
Nidalee's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Ziggs

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

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.

Nidalee vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
47.7 %
VS
Win Rate
52.3 %
Ziggs Image
7.5
< Kills >
5.6
6.3
< Deaths >
5.7
8
< Assists >
8.2
1.69
< Killing Sprees >
1.33
43
< Minions Killed >
173
1.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.63
1,219
< Physical Damage >
833
17,834
< Magic Damage >
25,570
1,028
< True Damage >
362
20,083
< Damage Dealt >
26,766
33,437
< Damage Taken >
18,286
11,987
< Gold Earned >
12,066
1.46
< Towers >
3.17
0.25
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
17,752
< Total Healing >
1,698
13,686
< Experience >
14,182
28
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
11
183
< Time Dealing CC >
255

How to Counter Ziggs with Nidalee in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify some critical Nidalee against Ziggs matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Ziggs..

Nidalee normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Ziggs. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nidalee and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Ziggs

Who is Better, Nidalee or Ziggs?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when trying to fight Ziggs, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Nidalee makes a poor counter to Ziggs.

While Nidalee does have a lower win rate compared to Ziggs, when on opposite teams, Nidalee also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Nidalee into Ziggsas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Nidalee also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs Ziggs matchups, Ziggs is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Nidalee is a trash counter for Ziggs. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nidalee against Ziggs.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Nidalee, we analyzed 390 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 Nidalee 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 Nidalee to counter Ziggs during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee usually gets a lot less CS relative to Ziggs. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The top items to have in your Nidalee versus Ziggs build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Ziggs than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nidalee had an average winrate of 47.7% when playing against Ziggs with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Ziggs as Nidalee, Nidalee players should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Nidalee vs Ziggs counters, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.7% win rate overall.

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