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

Ziggs with Garen

How to Win With Ziggs and Garen Paired TogetherZiggs is in the b tier of champions
Mage
FighterTank

How to Synergize Ziggs and Garen

based on 2,112 Ziggs with Garen pairs
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
2.19
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Ziggs has fought alongside Garen in 2112 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much complete data from the creators of LoL, we are completely sure that we can produce robust, usable builds to help Ziggs play with Garen. It is relatively rare for Ziggs to play alongside Garen as allies. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 3.8% of rounds with Ziggs.

Ziggs Garen Synergy Summary

Ziggs does a average job of playing alongside Garen. Typically, he wins an acceptable 49.7% of games the champs try and work together in. If you want to maximize your potential as Ziggs when playing with Garen by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ziggs vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Ziggs Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRabadon's DeathcapLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Horizon FocusStormsurgeLiandry's TormentShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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 Garen

Tips for Playing as Ziggs with Garen

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 Garen Will Play

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.

Ziggs Garen Synergy Stats

Ziggs Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Garen Image
4.9
< Kills >
5.1
5.8
< Deaths >
5.8
7.8
< Assists >
7.9
1.12
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
164
< Minions Killed >
168
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.55
781
< Physical Damage >
798
24,046
< Magic Damage >
23,900
371
< True Damage >
363
25,199
< Damage Dealt >
25,063
17,420
< Damage Taken >
17,689
11,327
< Gold Earned >
11,503
2.84
< Towers >
2.86
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,515
< Total Healing >
1,554
13,356
< Experience >
13,572
20
< Vision Score >
21
10
< Wards Placed >
10
254
< Time Dealing CC >
253

How to Play with Garen as Ziggs in LoL

The Ziggs Garen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Garen, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Garen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Garen helps Ziggs perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Ziggs plays on the same team as Garen, he observes a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This could signal that Garen provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Ziggs is played together with Garen on the same team, 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 Garen.

Moreover, when Ziggs plays with Garen on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Garen does a decent job of covering Ziggs during teamfights.

Synergies between Ziggs and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Ziggs
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ziggs
Garen

Is Ziggs better when played alongside Garen?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Ziggs that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Garen is a decent ally for Ziggs. By being on the same side as Ziggs, he increases their win rate by 1.6% to 49.7%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Ziggs and Garen that results in them performing better together than without each other.

Garen has a greater difficulty than Ziggs. That means you must be careful when lining up Garen comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Fighting together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.

In contrast, by aligning Ziggs and Garen together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates a lot of support. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Garen ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Ziggs Players

How We Calculated Our Ziggs Garen Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ziggs and Garen, 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 Ziggs with Garen 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 truly master Ziggs in order to work well with Garen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to build first in your Ziggs and Garen synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Garen than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Ziggs boasted an average winrate of 49.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Garen with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.7% winrate overall.

If you would like to get Ziggs with Garen collaboration tips and stats for a a distinct rank, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and strategies shown are computed using all matches played with both champs.