Ziggs vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Ziggs
based on 3,362 Ziggs vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Brand
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 Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Ziggs vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Ziggs in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several critical Ziggs against Brand counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Brand..
Ziggs often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Brand. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ziggs and Brand
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Who is Better, Ziggs or Brand?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ziggs usually loses when playing against Brand, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Ziggs makes a bad counter for Brand.
While Ziggs does have a lower winrate than Brand, when on opposite teams, Ziggs also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ziggs into Brand.
Additionally, Ziggs has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Brand. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Ziggs is a garbage counter for Brand. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ziggs against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ziggs in order to counter Brand during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs often picks up more CS relative to Brand. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Ziggs versus Brand build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Brand than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ziggs boasted an average win rate of 47.8% when playing against Brand with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Brand as Ziggs, Ziggs players should use 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 sets players chose for Ziggs vs Brand matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.8% winrate overall.
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