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How to Synergize Akali with Ziggs on the Same TeamAkali is in the a tier of champions

Akali with Ziggs

How to Win With Akali and Ziggs Paired TogetherAkali is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Akali and Ziggs

based on 1,784 Akali with Ziggs pairs
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the results of from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Akali has been on the same team as Ziggs in 1784 recently played, ranked matches. By accumulating so much relevant data straight from the developers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can provide you with high-quality, usable builds to help Akali play with Ziggs. It is very rare for Akali to play alongside Ziggs as teammates. This has only happened in approximately 0.8% of rounds with Akali.

Akali Ziggs Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Akali has done a awful job of playing alongside Ziggs. Typically, she wins a poor 46.8% of games the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to maximize your potential as Akali when playing with Ziggs by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Akali vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassHextech RocketbeltVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Ziggs

Tips for Playing as Akali with Ziggs

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

Advice to Understand How Ziggs Will Play

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.

Akali Ziggs Synergy Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Ziggs Image
9
< Kills >
9
6.4
< Deaths >
6
4.7
< Assists >
5.1
2.06
< Killing Sprees >
2.03
150
< Minions Killed >
155
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,391
< Physical Damage >
1,335
21,169
< Magic Damage >
21,516
778
< True Damage >
759
23,338
< Damage Dealt >
23,611
27,581
< Damage Taken >
26,832
11,730
< Gold Earned >
11,741
1.28
< Towers >
1.46
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,305
< Total Healing >
3,315
14,346
< Experience >
14,415
18
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
73
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Ziggs as Akali in LoL

The Akali Ziggs synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ziggs, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Akali sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ziggs. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Ziggs helps Akali perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Akali tries to synergize with Ziggs, she observes a small decrease in her full damage dealt. This difference may signal that Ziggs does not help protection for her to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played alongside Ziggs on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Ziggs.

Moreover, when Akali plays with Ziggs on the same side, she usually receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Ziggs does a poor job of covering Akali during team fights.

Synergies between Akali and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Akali
Ziggs

Is Akali better when played alongside Ziggs?

There is no ideal synergy for Akali that will no matter what be her ideal ally. Yet, overall, Ziggs is a relatively poor companion for Akali. By playing on the same side as Akali, he decreases their win rate by -2.3% to 46.8%. This proves that there is a negative strategic relationship between Akali and Ziggs that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Ziggs has a much lower diffuclty than Akali. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Ziggs comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Fighting together, Akali players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by grouping Akali and Ziggs together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates very much support. We recommend you have other champions on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Ziggs ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali Ziggs Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Akali and Ziggs, we analyzed 1,784 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Akali with Ziggs comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali to synergize with Ziggs during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most important items to focus on in your Akali and Ziggs synergy build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Akali incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when paired up with Ziggs than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 46.8% when playing alongside Ziggs with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Akali and Ziggs pairings, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.8% win rate overall.

If you want to see Akali and Ziggs synergy tips and stats for a an individual division rank, please select one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and strategies shown are computed using all games finished with both champs.