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

Ziggs with Karthus

How to Win With Ziggs and Karthus Paired TogetherZiggs is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Ziggs and Karthus

based on 477 Ziggs with Karthus pairs
Win Rate
41.9 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each week. Ziggs has fought alongside Karthus in 477 recent, competitive matches. By gathering so much complete data straight from the creators of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can provide you with high-quality, usable builds to help Ziggs play with Karthus. It is very rare for Ziggs to play with Karthus on the same team. This pairing has only happened in approx. 0.9% of games with Ziggs.

Ziggs Karthus Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Ziggs does a pathetic job of fighting on the same side as Karthus. Typically, he wins a dismal 41.9% of games the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to win more matches as Ziggs when playing alongside Karthus by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ziggs vs Karthus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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E
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Ziggs and Karthus

Tips for Playing as Ziggs with Karthus

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 Karthus Will Play

Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.

Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.

Ziggs Karthus Synergy Stats

Ziggs Image
Win Rate
41.9 %
VS
Win Rate
58.1 %
Karthus Image
5
< Kills >
5.1
6.3
< Deaths >
5.8
8.1
< Assists >
7.9
1.18
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
170
< Minions Killed >
168
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.55
814
< Physical Damage >
798
23,356
< Magic Damage >
23,900
419
< True Damage >
363
24,590
< Damage Dealt >
25,063
19,121
< Damage Taken >
17,689
11,781
< Gold Earned >
11,503
2.78
< Towers >
2.86
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,685
< Total Healing >
1,554
14,163
< Experience >
13,572
22
< Vision Score >
21
11
< Wards Placed >
10
257
< Time Dealing CC >
253

How to Play with Karthus as Ziggs in LoL

The Ziggs Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, 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 Karthus. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Karthus helps Ziggs perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Ziggs plays on the same team as Karthus, he observes a little drop in his total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Karthus does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Ziggs is played together with Karthus 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 with Karthus.

Moreover, when Ziggs plays with Karthus on the same team, he often receives more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Karthus does a poor job of protecting Ziggs in team fights.

Synergies between Ziggs and Karthus

Damage Types Compared

Ziggs
Karthus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ziggs
Karthus

Is Ziggs better when played alongside Karthus?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Ziggs that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Karthus is a very bad ally for Ziggs. By being on the same team as Ziggs, he decreases their win rate by -6.2% to 41.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a terrible bond between Ziggs and Karthus that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Karthus has a greater difficulty than Ziggs. That means you should be careful when finding Karthus allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Playing alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by aligning Ziggs and Karthus together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates very much attack damage. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Karthus ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Ziggs Players

How We Calculated Our Ziggs Karthus Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ziggs and Karthus, we analyzed 477 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 Karthus 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 Karthus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to get in your Ziggs and Karthus synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Karthus than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ziggs had an average win rate of 41.9% helping carry Karthus with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Ziggs and Karthus pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 41.9% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Karthus with Ziggs are presented for every ranked division. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.