Xerath vs Ziggs
How to Beat Ziggs as Xerath
based on 2,405 Xerath vs Ziggs matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Ziggs Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Ziggs Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Ziggs
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Ziggs Counter Stats
How to Counter Ziggs with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several significant Xerath versus Ziggs counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between the two. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ziggs..
Xerath usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ziggs. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Ziggs
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Who is Better, Xerath or Ziggs?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when facing off against Ziggs, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a good counter to Ziggs.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate than Ziggs, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Xerath into Ziggsas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Ziggs matchups, Xerath 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 teamfights.
Xerath is an above average counter for Ziggs. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Ziggs.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically accumulates less CS compared to Ziggs. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Xerath versus Ziggs build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Ziggs than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 52.6% when countering Ziggs with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Ziggs as Xerath, Xerath players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Xerath vs Ziggs counters, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.6% winrate overall.
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