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How to Win Sett vs Ziggs Counter MatchupSett is in the a tier of champions

Sett vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Sett in LoLSett is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ziggs as Sett

based on 1,657 Sett vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
52.2 %
K/D/A
1.81
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League games every week. Within our database, Sett did battle with Ziggs in 1657 games. Using so many matchups for Sett versus Ziggs provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce enlightening data and a solid build to suppress Ziggs. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Sett is forced to battle against Ziggs in only 1.5% of his games.

Sett vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Sett has done a good job of beating Ziggs. On average, he wins a whopping 52.2% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Sett vs Ziggs matches, Sett’s side is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Ziggs.

Best Sett vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordGlowing Mote

Core Sett Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

HullbreakerForce of NatureBlack CleaverBlade of The Ruined King

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sett to level upq
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Second ability for Sett to level upw
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Last skill for Sett to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Sett's passive ability p
Sett's q ability q
Sett's w ability w
Sett's e ability e
Sett's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Sett

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.

Sett vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Sett Image
Win Rate
52.2 %
VS
Win Rate
47.8 %
Ziggs Image
6.4
< Kills >
5.1
6.4
< Deaths >
5.7
5.2
< Assists >
8
1.48
< Killing Sprees >
1.16
158
< Minions Killed >
164
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.55
18,398
< Physical Damage >
782
259
< Magic Damage >
24,501
5,204
< True Damage >
346
23,862
< Damage Dealt >
25,630
37,226
< Damage Taken >
17,583
11,966
< Gold Earned >
11,370
2.63
< Towers >
2.83
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
6,718
< Total Healing >
1,575
14,943
< Experience >
13,508
18
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
10
181
< Time Dealing CC >
256

How to Counter Ziggs with Sett in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature some influential Sett versus Ziggs matchup stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. Sett’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sett may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ziggs..

Sett usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Ziggs. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Sett and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Sett
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sett
Ziggs

Who is Better, Sett or Ziggs?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sett usually wins when playing against Ziggs, with a 52.2% win rate. As a result, Sett makes a good counter for Ziggs.

While Sett does have a higher winrate than Ziggs, when they face off with one another, Sett also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Sett into Ziggs.

Moreover, Sett has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ziggs. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sett vs Ziggs matchups, Sett is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Sett is a good counter for Ziggs. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sett against Ziggs.

Other Champion Matchups Against Sett

Sett Loses Against

TaricTaric45.9% winrateSingedSinged46.4% winrateLilliaLillia46.6% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune46.7% winrate

Sett Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.9% winrateEliseElise56% winrateLuluLulu55% winrateNunu & WillumpNunu & Willump54.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

MaokaiMaokai+ 54.4% 3554 GamesSingedSinged+ 55.5% 535 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.9% 6401 GamesTeemoTeemo+ 56.1% 4446 Games

Additional Information for Sett Players

How We Calculated Our Sett vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Sett, we analyzed 1,657 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 Sett 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Sett to counter Ziggs during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sett often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Ziggs. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Sett versus Ziggs build include Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Sett incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Ziggs than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Sett boasted an average win rate of 52.2% battling Ziggs with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Ziggs as Sett, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Sett vs Ziggs face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Ziggs as Sett are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.