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

Ziggs vs Sylas

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

based on 1,714 Ziggs vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
46.5 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League rounds that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Sylas as Ziggs resulted from an evaluation of 1714 ranked matches where both champs faced off against each other. This matchup is somewhat rare. Ziggs encounters Sylas in only 3.1% of his rounds.

Ziggs vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ziggs has done a pathetic job of beating Sylas. On average, he wins a lowly 46.5% of games the champs fight each other in. In Ziggs against Sylas games, Ziggs’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Sylas.

Best Ziggs vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Ziggs Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceShadowflameLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeVoid StaffLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ziggs to level upq
>
Second ability for Ziggs to level upe
>
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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Ziggs

Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Sylas

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 Sylas

Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!

Ziggs vs Sylas Counter Stats

Ziggs Image
Win Rate
46.5 %
VS
Win Rate
53.5 %
Sylas Image
5
< Kills >
8.8
6.1
< Deaths >
6.8
8.1
< Assists >
6.4
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.99
161
< Minions Killed >
122
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.4
821
< Physical Damage >
573
23,498
< Magic Damage >
22,080
327
< True Damage >
808
24,647
< Damage Dealt >
23,462
17,173
< Damage Taken >
31,062
11,152
< Gold Earned >
11,671
2.75
< Towers >
1.52
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
1,331
< Total Healing >
8,283
13,062
< Experience >
13,864
20
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
9
244
< Time Dealing CC >
274

How to Counter Sylas with Ziggs in LoL

The stats provided here show several important Ziggs vs. Sylas counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champs. Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sylas’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sylas..

Ziggs often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Sylas. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ziggs and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Ziggs
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ziggs
Sylas

Who is Better, Ziggs or Sylas?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ziggs usually loses when facing off against Sylas, with a 46.5% win rate. Therefore, Ziggs makes a poor counter to Sylas.

While Ziggs does have a lower win rate than Sylas, when facing one another, Ziggs also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ziggs into Sylas.

Additionally, Ziggs also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Sylas matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Ziggs is a terribly counter for Sylas. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ziggs against Sylas.

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

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Additional Information for Ziggs Players

How We Calculated Our Ziggs vs Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Ziggs, we analyzed 1,714 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 Sylas 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Ziggs to counter Sylas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ziggs usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Sylas. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Ziggs versus Sylas build include Seraph's Embrace, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Sylas than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ziggs had an average winrate of 46.5% battling Sylas with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Sylas 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 runes players picked for Ziggs vs Sylas battles, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Sylas as Ziggs are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.