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How to Synergize Ziggs with Alistar on the Same TeamZiggs is in the b tier of champions

Ziggs with Alistar

How to Win With Ziggs and Alistar Paired TogetherZiggs is in the a tier of champions
Mage
TankSupport

How to Synergize Ziggs and Alistar

based on 735 Ziggs with Alistar pairs
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.41
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of League matches straight from Riot Games each week. Ziggs has gone into battle with Alistar in 735 recent, competitive matches. By amassing so much relevant data from the makers of LoL, we are confident that we can give you robust, accurate builds to help Ziggs play with Alistar. It is very rare for Ziggs to play alongside Alistar as allies. This has only happened in about 1.3% of rounds with Ziggs.

Ziggs Alistar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Ziggs does a dismal job of fighting on the same side as Alistar. Usually, he wins a lowly 48.0% of the time the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to play better as Ziggs when playing with Alistar by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ziggs vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Ziggs Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameLuden's Companion

Optional Items

StormsurgeLiandry's TormentSeraph's Embrace

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
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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
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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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Guide to Synergizing Ziggs and Alistar

Tips for Playing as Ziggs with Alistar

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 Understand How Alistar Will Play

Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.

Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.

Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.

Ziggs Alistar Synergy Stats

Ziggs Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Alistar Image
5.3
< Kills >
5.1
5.4
< Deaths >
5.8
7.7
< Assists >
7.9
1.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
181
< Minions Killed >
168
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.55
872
< Physical Damage >
798
24,887
< Magic Damage >
23,900
311
< True Damage >
363
26,071
< Damage Dealt >
25,063
17,188
< Damage Taken >
17,689
11,523
< Gold Earned >
11,503
2.82
< Towers >
2.86
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,443
< Total Healing >
1,554
13,472
< Experience >
13,572
17
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
10
252
< Time Dealing CC >
253

How to Play with Alistar as Ziggs in LoL

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

Overall, Ziggs sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Alistar helps Ziggs perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Ziggs is an ally to Alistar, he observes a small increase in his complete damage output. This could signal that Alistar provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Ziggs is played together with Alistar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Alistar. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Alistar.

Additionally, when Ziggs plays with Alistar on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Alistar does a decent job of protecting Ziggs in team fights.

Synergies between Ziggs and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Ziggs
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ziggs
Alistar

Is Ziggs better when played alongside Alistar?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Ziggs that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. However, Alistar is a very typical companion for Ziggs. By being on the same side as Ziggs, he decreases their win rate by -0.1% to 48.0%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Ziggs and Alistar that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Alistar has a greater difficulty than Ziggs. That means Ziggs players must be very careful when arranging Alistar allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.

When playing alongside, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by grouping Ziggs and Alistar together, you may not be giving your team very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Alistar ally's skill level, you should 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, regardless.

Additional Information for Ziggs Players

How We Calculated Our Ziggs Alistar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ziggs and Alistar, we analyzed 735 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 Ziggs with Alistar 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 Ziggs to work well with Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to get in your Ziggs and Alistar synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Alistar than with most other common builds. In fact, Ziggs boasted an average winrate of 48.0% helping carry Alistar with this build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, Ziggs players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Alistar with Ziggs are presented for all skill levels, merged. To filter the stats and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.