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How to Win Vayne vs Ziggs Counter MatchupVayne is in the s tier of champions

Vayne vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Vayne in LoLVayne is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ziggs as Vayne

based on 2,866 Vayne vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
52.8 %
K/D/A
2.18
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked League matches that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Ziggs as Vayne resulted from an analysis of 2866 ranked games where both champs faced off against each other. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Vayne encounters Ziggs in only 1.4% of her matches.

Vayne vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Vayne has done a good job of beating Ziggs. Typically, she wins a terrific 52.8% of games the champions fight each other in. In Vayne versus Ziggs matches, Vayne’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood against Ziggs.

Best Vayne vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Vayne Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelGuinsoo's RagebladeBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Experimental HexplateWit's EndEssence ReaverTerminus

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Vayne's passive ability p
Vayne's q ability q
Vayne's w ability w
Vayne's e ability e
Vayne's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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W
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Ziggs as Vayne

Tips for Playing as Vayne against Ziggs

Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.

Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.

Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.

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.

Vayne vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Vayne Image
Win Rate
52.8 %
VS
Win Rate
47.2 %
Ziggs Image
7.9
< Kills >
5.2
6.1
< Deaths >
5.8
5.4
< Assists >
7.8
1.83
< Killing Sprees >
1.22
167
< Minions Killed >
168
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.56
15,175
< Physical Damage >
829
1,684
< Magic Damage >
23,307
4,579
< True Damage >
356
21,440
< Damage Dealt >
24,493
22,664
< Damage Taken >
17,284
12,416
< Gold Earned >
11,507
2.23
< Towers >
2.94
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
6,717
< Total Healing >
1,496
13,434
< Experience >
13,465
18
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
10
74
< Time Dealing CC >
251

How to Counter Ziggs with Vayne in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several influential Vayne versus Ziggs counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Vayne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vayne may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Ziggs..

Vayne often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Ziggs. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Vayne and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Vayne
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Vayne
Ziggs

Who is Better, Vayne or Ziggs?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vayne usually wins when trying to fight Ziggs, with a 52.8% win rate. Thus, Vayne makes a good counter for Ziggs.

While Vayne does have a higher win rate compared to Ziggs, when they face off with one another, Vayne also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vayne into Ziggsas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Vayne also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vayne vs Ziggs matchups, Vayne is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Vayne is a good counter to Ziggs. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Vayne against Ziggs.

Additional Information for Vayne Players

How We Calculated Our Vayne vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Vayne, we analyzed 2,866 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 Vayne 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 truly master Vayne to counter Ziggs during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Vayne on average gets a similar amount of CS as Ziggs. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The top items to have in your Vayne versus Ziggs build consist of Guardian Angel, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Vayne bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Ziggs than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vayne had an average winrate of 52.8% battling Ziggs with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Ziggs as Vayne, Vayne players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Vayne vs Ziggs matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.8% winrate overall.

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