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How to Win Ziggs vs Galio Counter MatchupZiggs is in the b tier of champions

Ziggs vs Galio

How to Beat Galio as Ziggs in LoLZiggs is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Galio as Ziggs

based on 1,432 Ziggs vs Galio matchups
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
2.32
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends matches that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Galio as Ziggs resulted from an evaluation of 1432 ranked matches where both champions battled each other. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Ziggs fights Galio in only 2.6% of his matches.

Ziggs vs Galio Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ziggs does a dismal job of countering Galio. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.0% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Ziggs against Galio games, Ziggs’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood against Galio.

Best Ziggs vs Galio Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Ziggs Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameLuden's Companion

Optional Items

StormsurgeSeraph's EmbraceLiandry's TormentMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ziggs to level upq
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Second ability for Ziggs to level upe
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Last skill for Ziggs to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Ziggs's passive ability p
Ziggs's q ability q
Ziggs's w ability w
Ziggs's e ability e
Ziggs's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Galio as Ziggs

Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Galio

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 Galio

Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.

Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.

Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.

Ziggs vs Galio Counter Stats

Ziggs Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
Galio Image
4.9
< Kills >
5.8
5.7
< Deaths >
5.9
8.3
< Assists >
9.3
1.13
< Killing Sprees >
1.32
165
< Minions Killed >
137
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.43
953
< Physical Damage >
484
22,371
< Magic Damage >
19,844
386
< True Damage >
554
23,710
< Damage Dealt >
20,883
17,300
< Damage Taken >
25,314
11,313
< Gold Earned >
10,958
2.8
< Towers >
1.64
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,503
< Total Healing >
2,792
13,266
< Experience >
13,826
21
< Vision Score >
23
10
< Wards Placed >
11
254
< Time Dealing CC >
120

How to Counter Galio with Ziggs in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some significant Ziggs against Galio counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Galio’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Galio..

Ziggs usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Galio. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ziggs and Galio

Damage Types Compared

Ziggs
Galio
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ziggs
Galio

Who is Better, Ziggs or Galio?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ziggs usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Galio, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Ziggs makes an ok counter to Galio.

While Ziggs does have a lower winrate compared to Galio, when they face off with one another, Ziggs also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Ziggs into Galio.

Furthermore, Ziggs has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Galio. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Ziggs is a somewhat poor counter to Galio. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Ziggs against Galio.

Additional Information for Ziggs Players

How We Calculated Our Ziggs vs Galio Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Galio as Ziggs, we analyzed 1,432 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 Galio as Ziggs 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ziggs in order to counter Galio during both the lane 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 stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ziggs usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Galio. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Ziggs versus Galio build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Galio than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ziggs had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Galio with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Galio 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. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Ziggs vs Galio battles, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.

If you want to get Ziggs x Galio tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a distinct player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies given are calculated using all games completed with both champions.