Hey, I'm Oxxy! I am a huge Ziggs player and have been for quite a while. I peaked Season 11 at Platinum 2 playing Ziggs with a 58% win rate. I fell in love with everything about Ziggs from his character model, personality, and play style!

If you want high bursting poke damage, burn damage, objective stealing potential, great wave clear, self peel, a global ult, and a character who laughs maniacally while doing it.. You've come to the right place.

Your Bouncing Bomb will have the enemy questioning how the damage is balanced. You'll catch people window shopping while backing with your Mega Inferno Bomb. A well placed Satchel Charge will surely boop a poor mage right back into your team once they think they have escaped.

To figure out the best way to do all of these things, continue reading below!

Pros				Cons
		High Poke Damage				Need to Land Skillshots
		Abilities are AoE				Mana Hungry Early
		Strong Even From Behind				Very Squishy
		Late Game Scaling				Countered by Mobility
		Great Sieging Power				No Personal Defensives
		Powerful Zone Control				Requires Teamwork

With the Arcane Comet rune selected you open yourself up to a lot of laning poke damage. Most of this will be coming from Bouncing Bomb hits. We will talk more below in the gameplay section about how to make hitting your Bouncing Bomb easier.

As a relatively mana hungry champion without Blue Buff or Seraph's Embrace, you will be running Manaflow Band to further deepen your mana pool. Make sure to hit an ability every time you have a Manaflow Band proc.

Transcendence brings Ability Haste that is crucial to Ziggs' kit. This Ability Haste on top of that provided by Liandry's Torment will have you feeding bombs to the enemy like candy on Halloween. It also allows for more ultimate opportunities, which means more objective stealing potential, pick potential, and teamfight pressure.

Scorch is my go-to third minor rune due to the extra poke you receive in lane. I can't tell you how many times I've finished a 1 HP target off with an Arcane Comet + Scorch hit. You may choose to opt into Gathering Storm for further late game scaling. This would be useful in lanes that will be relatively tame and you are looking to outperform your opponent in teamfights. Matchups like Twisted Fate, Azir, and even the likes of Qiyana if you're looking to passively farm and avoid trading.

Your second set of runes will be that of Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight. Magical Footwear and Perfect Timing are potential alternatives to Cosmic Insight. The biscuits you receive are very oppressive for extra mana in lane and more HP for sustain. Cosmic Insight will allow your teleport/barrier to be available quicker, as well as any active items.

Magical Footwear is a good money saver, but limits when you are able to buy boots. I have found myself against a Xerath far too many times with no ability to rush boots because the rune prevents you. If you are going to opt into Magical Footwear just be aware of how the rune effects your ability to purchase boots.

Perfect Timing is a good pickup in a difficult lane ESPECIALLY if they have an oppressive early jungler. You will save gold for not having to purchase the Stopwatch and will also acquire it in lane which can give you huge outplay potential against your lane opponent.

Quick High Damage Trade: E -> Q -> Enhanced Auto

If someone is pathing towards you, or they're cc'ed, you can use this combo for a high damage trade. Your Hexplosive Minefield have a small setup time. If you throw your mines and your Bouncing Bomb immediately after with a Short Fuse proc following your Q, the damage will all burst at once. This is a great way to catch your enemy off guard. If you catch them in the middle of your mines then they will also be forced to walk through more mines to get out. If they aren't being clearly aggressive toward you then a good rule of thumb is to throw the abilities towards where they will feel the safest. That is most likely where they will path. (Adjust accordingly) If you feel that you have one shot potential you can use your Mega Inferno Bomb to finish them off at the end of this combo.

Lane Phase