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

Ziggs vs Maokai

How to Beat Maokai as Ziggs in LoLZiggs is in the s tier of champions
Mage
TankMage

How to Beat Maokai as Ziggs

based on 2,112 Ziggs vs Maokai matchups
Win Rate
45.3 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Maokai as Ziggs came out of an analysis of 2112 ranked rounds where both champs engaged one another. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Ziggs is forced to battle against Maokai in only 3.8% of his rounds.

Ziggs vs Maokai Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ziggs has done a pathetic job of countering Maokai. Typically, he wins a lowly 45.3% of the time the champs battle each other in. In Ziggs vs Maokai games, Ziggs’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Maokai.

Best Ziggs vs Maokai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalLost Chapter

Core Ziggs Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Void StaffZaz'Zak's RealmspikeLiandry'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
>
Last skill for Ziggs to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
2
E
3
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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E
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Ziggs

Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Maokai

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 Maokai

The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.

Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.

Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous.

Ziggs vs Maokai Counter Stats

Ziggs Image
Win Rate
45.3 %
VS
Win Rate
54.7 %
Maokai Image
4.9
< Kills >
3
5.8
< Deaths >
5.4
8
< Assists >
12.6
1.13
< Killing Sprees >
0.62
165
< Minions Killed >
49
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.32
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.44
908
< Physical Damage >
1,748
24,067
< Magic Damage >
11,399
352
< True Damage >
1,041
25,328
< Damage Dealt >
14,189
17,539
< Damage Taken >
30,109
11,296
< Gold Earned >
9,436
2.7
< Towers >
1.42
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.09
1,501
< Total Healing >
10,185
13,201
< Experience >
11,635
21
< Vision Score >
45
11
< Wards Placed >
18
250
< Time Dealing CC >
433

How to Counter Maokai with Ziggs in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature several valuable Ziggs versus Maokai counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Maokai’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Maokai..

Ziggs normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Maokai. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ziggs and Maokai

Damage Types Compared

Ziggs
Maokai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ziggs
Maokai

Who is Better, Ziggs or Maokai?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ziggs usually loses when playing against Maokai, with a 45.3% win rate. Thus, Ziggs makes a poor counter to Maokai.

While Ziggs does have a much lower win rate compared to Maokai, when they face off with one another, Ziggs also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ziggs into Maokai.

Furthermore, Ziggs also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Maokai. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Ziggs is a bad counter to Maokai. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ziggs against Maokai.

Additional Information for Ziggs Players

How We Calculated Our Ziggs vs Maokai Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Maokai as Ziggs, we analyzed 2,112 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 Maokai 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 to counter Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ziggs typically gets much more CS as Maokai. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Ziggs versus Maokai build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Ziggs combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Maokai than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Ziggs had an average win rate of 45.3% battling Maokai with this counter build.

To have the best chance of beating Maokai as Ziggs, you 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 that we analyzed for Ziggs vs Maokai LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.3% win rate overall.

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