Not a Ziggs player myself, but I use this guide as something to aspire to aesthetically. Amazing presentation!

You know you've got something special when more than one of your guides wins the aesthetic category for the contest. Great job on taking the extra time and effort to put your own spin on the visuals. Congrats on another contest win! :)

Greeting Dzo i just wanted to say that im glad you keep updating this guide ziggs is so powerfull champ and i have one really hard question for you what would you take first teemo or ziggs both are awesome and so strong and i cant pick one they both are awesome im conufsed when im about to pick what i will play teemo top or ziggs mid sometimes i play one game teemo and after that one game ziggs . Teemo will never get nerfed i can feel that and i have same feel for ziggs i hope they dont nerf them and if they nerf them i wont have the great devil of power. What would you do if riot nerf them?

Hey Dzo! I want to start by saying that you have a wonderful guide, both aesthethically and for the content! I really love everything and it's perfect for me that I want to start playing ziggs that has always been a secret love (you know, because explosions and stuff)

First some little mistakes/bugs/thing to fix:

• Unfortunately you fell victim of the summoner spells disappearence in the cheatsheet. You'll have to put them a couple of times before the decide that they want to stay there :<
• ... and the rune stats too, same problem
• In the synergies section classic nunu has... run away, maybe because he was late for his rework?

Now it's question time!

• Have you tried the new Dark Harvest? Do you think it could replace Arcane Comet, become a secondary option or directly to be not worth?
• For the starting items, a Sapphire Crystal+some degrees of pots or Refillable Potion could be worth since it accelerates the purchase of tear?
• For the secondary tree, Presence of Mind could be an alternative? If yes, when is it preferable?
• I see that you don't build Lich Bane. Which is the reason?
• Now that turrets have the external armor until 15 min., is worth to roam more or to push tirelessy?
• Which is the best ziggs's skin? And why is it Battle Boss Ziggs ? :D

Ok, sorry for the question spam, again nice work!

Hi Dzopilant, i see you made great guide for ziggs i like it i wish you made more like this i was wondering what are you thinking about this build: Archangel's Staff Sorcerer's Shoes, Liandry's Torment, Void Staff, Rabadon's Deathcap and instead of Morellonomicon taking Rylai's Crystal Scepter. Anyway i think this is great guide i will try it sometimes.

is there any counter play for this Xd

hey dzo long time no see i have a suggestion since you aren't taking much cdr only cdr is from Archangel's Staff so if you have Nimbus Cloak it'll be better to take Celerity since if they aren't dead from your ult you could definitely catch up to them and deal bonus damage <3 <3

just a suggestion sweetie, shado~ <3

Hey Dzopilant, great guide. But, I have some questions about the runes, don't you think, presence of mind is better on Ziggs, instead of Triumph? Your ult is gonna be the main way you finish kills, and with the 10% cdr for your ult after every takedown, it seems like it was made for Ziggs. Would love to hear your thoughts! :D

Glad you decided to expand out from the Teeto guide. Clean looking and humerous. I like it!

I liked this, it had a **** ton of mana and you could almost one shot people LMAO 13/0 KD.

All right, here's the critique you requested. I'll be mostly focusing on the build going from top to bottom. In the interest of brevity, I won't be talking about anything I like/agree with (so just assume if I don't mention something, it's good).

Summoners

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While Ignite did recently receive a buff, I still don't think it's Ziggs' best summoner, at least in most cases. Barrier and Heal are both much more common and more successful statistically. Cleanse and Teleport are also options depending on matchup. Maybe Exhaust against a couple AD mids like Zed.

I wouldn't recommend Ignite because Ziggs has both high DPM and long range. Mages with consistent damage output (usually via a spammable low cooldown spell like Bouncing Bomb) tend to benefit more from defensive summoners compared to the extra damage from Ignite. The longer you stay alive, the more damage you'll deal in fights. The range is also an issue since all of Ziggs' spells outrange Ignite, so it's still quite likely that you'll miss out on kills simply due to not being in range to cast the summoner, or worse, walking closer to cast Ignite and then dying due to poor positioning.

Overall, I'd definitely pick something else for your main summoner in the cheatsheet at the very least. Probably Barrier or Heal.

Runes

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I can't speak to the efficacy of the new Manaflow Band but I would consider switching to that over The Ultimate Hat, simply because Ziggs' ultimate is not something you can proactively force plays with. It's much more likely that you'll sit on the cooldown until you need it in a team fight, to last-hit an enemy or to clear a wave. You won't be itching to cast R as soon as it comes up too often, so the extra ult CDR will go to waste. Nullifying Orb could also be an option here, given the matchup.

Possibly controversial, but I would actually take Gathering Storm on Ziggs, at least in some cases. Ziggs doesn't strike me as a champion that's likely to solo-kill his lane opponent early in the laning phase, so I don't see Scorch as a must-have. It's definitely beneficial against melee mids or perhaps some ranged champions that you can bully, but I personally would opt for the better scaling since Ziggs is in the same vein as other high waveclear mids like Anivia who tend to farm into mid game.

Precision is an unfortunate path for most mages since it cuts your AP and gives you attack speed instead, which is not very useful on Ziggs. The only rune here worth considering is Presence of Mind if you really need the mana. Since this rune has been reworked and no longer offers reliable early waveclear, combined with the reasons stated above why I don't think ult CDR is a high priority stat on Ziggs, I would look elsewhere for your secondary tree.

Here's my suggestion for secondary:
Inspiration with Magical Footwear and Minion Dematerializer. Magical Footwear will give you 10 movement speed and save you 300g on your boots, while Dematerializer improves your waveclear throughout the game. Use 1 Dematerializer on a caster minion, one on a siege and the rest on melees. Or just do 1 melee, 1 caster and the rest siege if you really want to kill those cannon minions. :P

Items

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Quite frankly the defensive items in the cheatsheet are absolute trash. Zz'Rot Portal is a bit of a joke item now that the portal is so easy to clear. It also grants no offensive stats at all for a carry champion so that's not worth it at all. Iceborn Gauntlet will make it a tad easier to land skillshots but you could accomplish the same thing with Rylai's Crystal Scepter and actually get useful stats out of the item instead of armor + mana which is pretty weak without HP. Finally, Spirit Visage offers no synergy with Ziggs' kit and no AP at all. Not sure why it's here.

The standard defensive items for mages (which applies to Ziggs) are as follows:
Banshee's Veil, Zhonya's Hourglass (real defense)
Liandry's Torment, Morellonomicon, Rylai's Crystal Scepter (gives health so it kinda counts)
Rod of Ages (not worth on Ziggs)

Up to you whether or not you think Rylai's Crystal Scepter is worth a buy. I don't really think it's worth sacrificing better damage options for it, but it did get buffed recently so it's not awful.

Lich Bane may also be an option worth exploring but you'll have to figure that one out for yourself or ask around. I don't play enough Ziggs to comment on its power compared to buying pure ability damage.

To sum up, I think replacing your defensive items with more appropriate options for a mage ( Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil) would be a huge step in the right direction. Maybe look into Lich Bane as well.

One last thing I'll say is that I'm not sure if I'm on board with rushing Liandry's Torment. The stats seem to favor Morellonomicon into Rabadon's Deathcap instead, with Liandry's as a late game buy. You'll have to figure out if Liandry's is worth keeping early though since I can't say for sure.

Guide

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Technically Varus' Piercing Arrow is longer range than Bouncing Bomb, sorry. :(

I would definitely not recommend Demolish on Ziggs as again, you're cutting stats to go into resolve and Demolish isn't even the highest priority rune there. If you were to cut your AP to dip into resolve, I'd recommend getting Bone Plating and Chrysalis for survivability (against someone like Zed perhaps). Not sure how viable that setup is now that Resolve doesn't give much health early game anymore.

I covered summoner spells above, but there should be more options here. Cleanse is absolutely necessary in some cases (if you're playing against a Twisted Fate and a Sejuani and you don't have Cleanse, it's a massive disadvantage). Barrier is also a great option against assassins like Fizz, and Exhaust is also pretty good against all-in champions like Zed.

"ATTACK POWER" should probably be renamed to Ability Power. Kinda misleading.

I actually removed the Jungle Monsters sections of my jungle guides (sorry, haha) but the plants are still there. Might want to fix that credit to my Rek'Sai guide so people don't go looking for jungle monster breakdowns that aren't there. :(

I said I wouldn't comment much on things I liked, but I have to take a moment and applaud you for how much personality you cram into this guide. I'm reading through the gameplay section and it's pretty entertaining while also containing really good tips. Well done. :)

You can add Rakan to your Taunt or Charm list. He's pretty reliable setup for your ult and can even group enemies closer together.

Remove Alistar's Trample from tower-destroying effects as it's his E now and doesn't affect towers.

I feel like this synergies section is a bit bloated in that you mention nearly every champion with some sort of CC and then go on to list a ton of champions with small amounts of bonus damage against towers. I think a more focused section highlighting key pairings with Ziggs might be more beneficial for players looking for creative ways to draft compositions that set Ziggs up for success.

Example, maybe the dream for Ziggs is AoE CC, so you list champions like Rakan, Galio, Wukong and Alistar as great setups for your ult and other skillshots. You have a lot of skillshots and not much setup, so maybe list some junglers that can pin down the enemy mid laner to set up a free kill. You could also consider listing some disengage champions like Janna and Nami along with long-ranged ADCs like Tristana and Caitlyn that excel at sieging towers, which plays to your win condition.

I would also avoid mentioning champions like Twisted Fate and Veigar -- mid laners that are very unlikely to appear on your team as this guide is primarily aimed at mid lane players.

I think after reading a synergies section, the reader should be able to put together a dream comp (or you put it together for them) but right now your section has so many champions that things get a bit muddled.

Again, in the counters section I think there's simply too much stuff here. Condense it to champions which really cause problems by killing Ziggs or offering reliable hard engage to prevent him from poking or sieging. The assassins are good here, but someone like Malphite or Malzahar aren't strong because they can block (most of) one attack, they're strong because they can force fights that you might not want to take. Lane matchups are most important here, but it wouldn't hurt to include a few champions from other roles that are particularly awful to play against.

Conclusion

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I have a few nitpicks about the guide content and a couple AP items, but the real problems I see with this guide are the secondary runes and the defensive items (and maybe the summoners). If you only fix a few things, those would be my highest priority.

My reviews tend to be a bit on the longer side so don't feel the need to respond to everything I've said if you don't want to. If you have any questions or feel like you want to argue about some specific points, feel free, I'll be around. Hopefully you find some aspects of this review useful even if you don't agree with all of it. Happy writing!

dang, lookin good dzo well done