Ziggs vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Ziggs
based on 2,616 Ziggs vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Aatrox
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Ziggs vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Ziggs in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some strategic Ziggs against Aatrox counter stats that may help us understand the differences between the two. Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Aatrox..
Ziggs often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Aatrox. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ziggs and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Ziggs or Aatrox?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ziggs usually loses when taking on Aatrox, with a 46.3% win rate. Therefore, Ziggs makes a bad counter for Aatrox.
While Ziggs does have a lower winrate than Aatrox, when facing one another, Ziggs also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ziggs into Aatrox.
Additionally, Ziggs has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Ziggs is a terribly counter for Aatrox. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ziggs against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ziggs to counter Aatrox during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Aatrox. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Ziggs versus Aatrox build include Seraph's Embrace, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Ziggs combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Aatrox than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Ziggs had an average win rate of 46.3% when playing against Aatrox with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Aatrox as Ziggs, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Ziggs vs Aatrox clashes, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.3% win rate overall.
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