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

Ziggs vs Jax

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

based on 3,814 Ziggs vs Jax matchups
Win Rate
47.1 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
6.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked LoL rounds each and every week. In our dataset, Ziggs did battle with Jax 3814 times. Including so many matchups for Ziggs versus Jax provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to provide useful statistics and a solid build to shatter Jax. This particular champion pairing is somewhat uncommon. Ziggs encounters Jax in only 6.9% of his games.

Ziggs vs Jax Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ziggs does a below average job of countering Jax. On average, he wins a lowly 47.1% of matches the champs clash against one another in. In Ziggs against Jax rounds, Ziggs’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Jax.

Best Ziggs vs Jax Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeTear of the Goddess

Core Ziggs Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRabadon's DeathcapLuden's Companion

Optional Items

StormsurgeHorizon FocusVoid StaffLiandry's Torment

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
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Jax as Ziggs

Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Jax

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 Jax

Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.

Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.

Ziggs vs Jax Counter Stats

Ziggs Image
Win Rate
47.1 %
VS
Win Rate
52.9 %
Jax Image
5.1
< Kills >
6.9
5.8
< Deaths >
6.3
7.9
< Assists >
5.3
1.2
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
168
< Minions Killed >
118
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.71
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.5
771
< Physical Damage >
12,578
23,770
< Magic Damage >
8,049
391
< True Damage >
706
24,932
< Damage Dealt >
21,334
17,468
< Damage Taken >
31,519
11,510
< Gold Earned >
12,296
2.88
< Towers >
2.15
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.18
1,535
< Total Healing >
9,831
13,589
< Experience >
14,880
21
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
9
251
< Time Dealing CC >
198

How to Counter Jax with Ziggs in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some critical Ziggs vs. Jax matchup stats that can help you explain the differences between the pair. Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jax’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jax..

Ziggs typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Jax. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ziggs and Jax

Damage Types Compared

Ziggs
Jax
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ziggs
Jax

Who is Better, Ziggs or Jax?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ziggs usually loses when facing off against Jax, with a 47.1% win rate. As a result, Ziggs makes a poor counter for Jax.

While Ziggs does have a lower win rate compared to Jax, when they face off with one another, Ziggs also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Ziggs into Jax.

Additionally, Ziggs has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jax. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter 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 Jax matchups, Jax is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Ziggs is a garbage counter to Jax. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ziggs against Jax.

Other Champion Matchups Against Ziggs

Ziggs Loses Against

KassadinKassadin43% winrateTrundleTrundle43.9% winrateDr. MundoDr. Mundo44.1% winrateNilahNilah44.3% winrate

Ziggs Wins Against

TaliyahTaliyah55.5% winrateYuumiYuumi55.4% winrateHweiHwei53.8% winrateGnarGnar53.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

MaokaiMaokai+ 51.8% 1877 GamesZyraZyra+ 52.3% 1858 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 52.6% 3878 GamesBriarBriar+ 53.2% 2803 Games

Additional Information for Ziggs Players

How We Calculated Our Ziggs vs Jax Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Jax as Ziggs, we analyzed 3,814 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 Jax 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.

Other Useful Resources

Ziggs Build Jax Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ziggs in order to counter Jax during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ziggs often picks up a similar amount of CS as Jax. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Ziggs versus Jax build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Jax than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Ziggs boasted an average win rate of 47.1% battling Jax with this build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Jax as Ziggs, Ziggs 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 that we analyzed for Ziggs vs Jax matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.1% winrate overall.

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