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How to Win Zilean vs Ziggs Counter MatchupZilean is in the s tier of champions

Zilean vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Zilean in LoLZilean is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ziggs as Zilean

based on 587 Zilean vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
3.35
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL matches each and every week. Within our dataset, Zilean faced off against Ziggs 587 times. Including so many matchups for Zilean vs Ziggs gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to provide informative statistics and a recommended build to defeat your foe. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Zilean has to counter Ziggs in only 1.3% of his matches.

Zilean vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Zilean does a decent job of countering Ziggs. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.4% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Zilean versus Ziggs rounds, Zilean’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood against Ziggs.

Best Zilean vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Zilean Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongSolstice SleighImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassMorellonomiconLuden's CompanionSeraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceWaterwalking
DominationCheap ShotRelentless Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Zilean's passive ability p
Zilean's q ability q
Zilean's w ability w
Zilean's e ability e
Zilean's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Zilean

Tips for Playing as Zilean against Ziggs

Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.

Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.

You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.

Advice to Win Against Ziggs

Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.

Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.

Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.

Zilean vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Zilean Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
Ziggs Image
2.5
< Kills >
4.9
4.6
< Deaths >
5.4
12.9
< Assists >
7
0.53
< Killing Sprees >
1.11
65
< Minions Killed >
176
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.54
969
< Physical Damage >
819
10,107
< Magic Damage >
24,743
707
< True Damage >
373
11,783
< Damage Dealt >
25,935
19,445
< Damage Taken >
17,200
9,144
< Gold Earned >
11,548
1.74
< Towers >
2.91
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
7,220
< Total Healing >
1,637
12,608
< Experience >
13,663
51
< Vision Score >
20
22
< Wards Placed >
10
189
< Time Dealing CC >
256

How to Counter Ziggs with Zilean in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some strategic Zilean against Ziggs counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ziggs. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Zilean typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Ziggs. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zilean and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Zilean
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zilean
Ziggs

Who is Better, Zilean or Ziggs?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually wins when facing off against Ziggs, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Zilean makes a good counter to Ziggs.

While Zilean does have a higher win rate compared to Ziggs, when facing one another, Zilean also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Ziggs.

Furthermore, Zilean also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Ziggs matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Zilean is a decent counter for Ziggs. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Ziggs.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zilean

Zilean Loses Against

LilliaLillia46.8% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune46.8% winrateViVi47% winrateJayceJayce47% winrate

Zilean Wins Against

SkarnerSkarner58.2% winrateRenata GlascRenata Glasc57.3% winrateYuumiYuumi56.8% winrateSivirSivir56.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Zilean Players

How We Calculated Our Zilean vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Zilean, we analyzed 587 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 Ziggs as Zilean 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

Zilean Build Ziggs Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Zilean in order to counter Ziggs during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zilean often accumulates less CS relative to Ziggs. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot 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 top items to use in your Zilean versus Ziggs build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Ziggs than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 51.4% battling Ziggs with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Ziggs as Zilean, Zilean players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Zilean vs Ziggs fights, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ziggs as Zilean are given for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.