Malphite vs Ziggs
How to Beat Ziggs as Malphite
based on 2,241 Malphite vs Ziggs matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Ziggs Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Ziggs Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Ziggs
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
Advice to Win Against Ziggs
Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.
Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.
Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.
Malphite vs Ziggs Counter Stats
How to Counter Ziggs with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some influential Malphite vs. Ziggs matchup statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between the two. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ziggs..
Malphite often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Ziggs. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Ziggs
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Who is Better, Malphite or Ziggs?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when taking on Ziggs, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes an ok counter for Ziggs.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate than Ziggs, when facing one another, Malphite also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Malphite into Ziggs.
Additionally, Malphite also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Ziggs matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Malphite is a decent counter to Ziggs. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Ziggs.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malphite in order to counter Ziggs during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Ziggs. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Malphite versus Ziggs build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Ziggs than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 50.6% battling Ziggs with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Ziggs as Malphite, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Malphite vs Ziggs battles, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
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