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How to Synergize Garen with Ziggs on the Same TeamGaren is in the b tier of champions

Garen with Ziggs

How to Win With Garen and Ziggs Paired TogetherGaren is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Garen and Ziggs

based on 2,112 Garen with Ziggs pairs
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
1.94
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download data from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Garen has gone into battle with Ziggs in 2112 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much relevant data directly from the publishers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Garen play with Ziggs. It is relatively rare for Garen to play alongside Ziggs on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 1.6% of rounds with Garen.

Garen Ziggs Synergy Summary

Garen does a ok job of synergizing with Ziggs. On average, he wins an acceptable 49.7% of rounds the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Garen when playing alongside Ziggs by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Garen vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceSundered SkyStridebreaker

Optional Items

Sterak's GageHullbreakerForce of NatureDead Man's Plate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Garen's passive ability p
Garen's q ability q
Garen's w ability w
Garen's e ability e
Garen's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Garen and Ziggs

Tips for Playing as Garen with Ziggs

Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.

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.

Garen Ziggs Synergy Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Ziggs Image
6.3
< Kills >
6.1
5.2
< Deaths >
5.1
3.8
< Assists >
4
1.43
< Killing Sprees >
1.39
172
< Minions Killed >
177
0.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.6
< Inhibitors >
0.6
14,433
< Physical Damage >
14,138
201
< Magic Damage >
217
4,847
< True Damage >
4,716
19,481
< Damage Dealt >
19,071
32,183
< Damage Taken >
31,656
12,154
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.51
< Towers >
2.76
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,333
< Total Healing >
3,226
15,294
< Experience >
15,287
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
146
< Time Dealing CC >
142

How to Play with Ziggs as Garen in LoL

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

Overall, Garen sees a very large drop in his 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 Garen perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Garen plays on the same team as Ziggs, he observes a little increase in his total damage dealt. This difference could signal that Ziggs helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played together with Ziggs on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Ziggs.

Additionally, when Garen plays with Ziggs on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Ziggs does a poor job of protecting Garen during team fights.

Synergies between Garen and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Garen
Ziggs

Is Garen better when played alongside Ziggs?

There is no one best companion for Garen that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, Ziggs is a pretty good companion for Garen. By being on the same side as Garen, he improves their win rate by 1.0% to 49.7%. This shows that there is a somewhat important bond between Garen and Ziggs that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.

Ziggs has a lower difficulty than Garen. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Ziggs teammates to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Working alongside, Garen players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. When paired, these two will be a great protective duo.

Conversely, by aligning Garen and Ziggs together, you probably will not be granting your team a lot of utility. We recommend you include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Ziggs ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen Ziggs Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Garen and Ziggs, we analyzed 2,112 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 Garen 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Garen to pair well with Ziggs during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to have in your Garen and Ziggs synergy build consist of Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Stridebreaker. When Garen used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Ziggs than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 49.7% helping carry Ziggs with this build.

To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Garen and Ziggs pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.

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