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[13.9] [Master] Free Elo Ziggs Guide

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Runes:

Sorcery

Arcane Comet

Manaflow Band

Transcendence

Gathering Storm

Inspiration

Biscuit Delivery

Cosmic Insight

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10% Tenacity/Slow Resist

Spells:

1 2 3

Standard

Flash

Teleport

Items

Starting Items

First Back (Tear only if you have mana probs)

Core Items normal

Example Build (Tear)

Example Build (no Tear)

Situational Items

Ability Order

Ziggs Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Fizz

Extreme

Amumu

Ideal

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Amumu

Ideal

Champion Build Guide

Introduction

Hey, I'm FFrostbite and this guide is about my ! Im a high elo EUW streamer and player, often sitting in mid master. I've played hundreds of games as Ziggs and always perform well!
In this guide I'm gonna show you how to play him to climb easily in SoloQ! Ziggs is a super strong midlaner who doesnt have alot of losing matchups. This makes him a safe pick in midlane. You either go even or win lanes and scale super well, up to the point where you can easily poke down the enemy team within seconds - which makes him a godlike pick in soloq.

These are my stats in Season 12 on one of my master accounts

You can find me streaming at my TWITCH CHANNEL. Ask questions if you have any!

Pro and Con

Pros

→ Good Waveclear
→ Long Range Poke
→ Insane Burst Damage
→ Low Cooldowns
→ Huge AOE Ultimate
→ One of the fastest Pushers in the game

Cons

→ Squishy
→ Immobile
→ Weak vs Hard CC
→ Assasins counter you
→ all your abilities are skillshots -> you can miss them
→ Dead if you have bad positioning

Abilities

| Passive - Short Fuse |
Every 12 seconds, Ziggs' next attack deals an additional magic damage (depending on level). It deals 150% more damage to structures.

Ziggs' abilities reduce this cooldown by 4 / 5 / 6 seconds.

| Q - Bouncing Bomb |
Ziggs throws a bouncing bomb that deals magic damage.

| W - Satchel Charge |
Ziggs flings an explosive charge that detonates after 4 seconds, or when this ability is Recast. It deals magic damage to enemies and knocks them back. Ziggs is also knocked away, but takes no damage.

Satchel Charge will automatically destroy towers below 25 / 27.5 / 30 / 32.5 / 35% of their health.

| E - Hexplosive Minefield |
Ziggs scatters proximity mines that detonate on enemy contact, dealing magic damage and slows by for 1.5 seconds. Mines last 10 seconds.

| R - Mega Inferno Bomb |
Ziggs hurls his ultimate creation, dealing magic damage in the center of the blast radius, or less magic damage at the edge.

Combos

Poke Combo

> > Passive Autoattack > >

Start of the Combo with a quick Q into E on the enemy laner. Use your empowered passive Autoattack. He will most likely run out of the Minefield, so try to use your W to push him into the Minefield again. - Your Q should be up again - throw it at him and use your empowered passive Autoattack again after.

All In

Poke Combo >

Try to poke the enemy down with either your poke combo or alot of Q spells. Follow up with your ultimate - make sure to be close to the enemy while casting it so the travel time will be low.

Kobe

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1. use it on the enemy laner to push him into the direction you will use your Q. Theres a small duration where he is not able to move which makes it a free Q hit.
2. use it on yourself to reposition for your Q usage. While midair use your Q - it makes it hard for the enemy laner to react to this

Best way to Push Turrets

Passive Auto > > > Passive Autoattack

Use your passive Autoattack - use 2 spells to have your empowered Auttoattack ready again, since the cooldown gets reduced by 4/5/6 seconds per spell use. - This way you push the most efficient way

General Playstyle

IN LANE

In lane you should focus on last hitting. You shouldnt focus on killing the enemy early since you only have a limited manapool and once youre out of mana its doomed.
Try to farm as much as possible using autoattacks only.

Use your empowered autoattacks to harass the enemy laner. Use your Q only when its a safe hit. The best times to use it is when he is going for a last hit or when he is standing in his minion wave.

If your Jungler is ganking try to use your W to knock the enemy laner into you.

Try to reset at 1300G for . Afterwards your mana issues should be solved and you can begin to push or roam

MID GAME

After laning phase you can go to the sidelane and continue farming while your botlane/jgl stays midlane. If you have you can always join your team for teamfights - if you dont have it always be rdy to join them!
Continue gaining experience and farm there to get even stronger. With the help of your jungler you can get easy kills and easy turrets, so try to play together with him.

Before teamfights you want to poke as much as you can. Use your E in a tactic way which denies the enemys from walking up into team. If you have Hard CC on your team, such as Malphite, you can wait for him to use his ultimate and follow it up with an easy hit of your Ultimate .

After won teamfights you can easily go for turret kills with your team and your W .

If youre behind you can just waveclear until eternity, so keep on scaling until youre strong enough to easily poke them down.

LATE GAME

In late game you can be the gamechanger. Poke as much as you can before teamfights. If youre full build one Q into your R is often enough to oneshot enemy carries, so dont be too shy to try that!

Try to position in a safe way and keep on throwing Qs and Es at the enemy team. Use your R on enemy carrys if you can.

Keep on grouping and sieging with your team. If you poke alot they shouldnt be able to defend turrets and with your W you should be able to push turrets super fast.

IN GENERAL

Play safe early game!
Use your pushing potential to open the map!
Try to poke people with your insane range!
Be a backbone and major carry in teamfights!