Varus vs Ziggs
How to Beat Ziggs as Varus
based on 2,223 Varus vs Ziggs matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Ziggs Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Ziggs Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Ziggs
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
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.
Varus vs Ziggs Counter Stats
How to Counter Ziggs with Varus in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several strategic Varus vs. Ziggs matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences between these two champs. For instance, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ziggs..
Varus usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Ziggs. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Ziggs
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Who is Better, Varus or Ziggs?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when taking on Ziggs, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Varus makes an ok counter for Ziggs.
While Varus does have a higher win rate compared to Ziggs, when they face off with one another, Varus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Ziggs.
Furthermore, Varus has only a small 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus vs Ziggs matchups, Varus is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Varus is a decent counter for Ziggs. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Ziggs.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Varus to counter Ziggs during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Ziggs. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Varus versus Ziggs build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Varus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Ziggs than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 50.9% when playing against Ziggs with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Ziggs as Varus, Varus players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Varus vs Ziggs counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.
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