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How to Win Taliyah vs Ziggs Counter MatchupTaliyah is in the s tier of champions

Taliyah vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Taliyah in LoLTaliyah is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ziggs as Taliyah

based on 571 Taliyah vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
44.5 %
K/D/A
2.22
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League rounds that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Ziggs as Taliyah came out of an examination of 571 ranked games where both champions opposed one another. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Taliyah is forced to battle against Ziggs in only 1.4% of her rounds.

Taliyah vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Taliyah does a awful job of countering Ziggs. On average, she wins a lowly 44.5% of matches the champs face one another in. In Taliyah versus Ziggs rounds, Taliyah’s side is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Ziggs.

Best Taliyah vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeTear of the Goddess

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceShadowflameLiandry's TormentZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taliyah to level upq
>
Second ability for Taliyah to level upe
>
Last skill for Taliyah to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
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Q
10
E
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R
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Ziggs as Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Ziggs

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

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.

Taliyah vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Taliyah Image
Win Rate
44.5 %
VS
Win Rate
55.5 %
Ziggs Image
6
< Kills >
5.6
6.3
< Deaths >
5.6
8
< Assists >
8
1.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
125
< Minions Killed >
178
0.57
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.58
721
< Physical Damage >
775
20,018
< Magic Damage >
25,415
1,117
< True Damage >
383
21,857
< Damage Dealt >
26,574
22,590
< Damage Taken >
17,549
12,251
< Gold Earned >
12,026
1.49
< Towers >
3.06
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
4,895
< Total Healing >
1,639
14,680
< Experience >
14,000
24
< Vision Score >
22
10
< Wards Placed >
11
551
< Time Dealing CC >
256

How to Counter Ziggs with Taliyah in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several strategic Taliyah versus Ziggs matchup stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Ziggs..

Taliyah typically has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. On average, she takes more damage than Ziggs. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Taliyah and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Taliyah
Ziggs

Who is Better, Taliyah or Ziggs?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Taliyah usually loses when taking on Ziggs, with a 44.5% win rate. Thus, Taliyah makes a bad counter to Ziggs.

While Taliyah does have a much lower win rate than Ziggs, when facing one another, Taliyah also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Taliyah into Ziggs.

Furthermore, Taliyah also has a good 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 is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Ziggs matchups, Ziggs is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Taliyah is a terribly counter for Ziggs. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taliyah against Ziggs.

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Taliyah, we analyzed 571 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ziggs as Taliyah comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Taliyah in order to counter Ziggs during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Taliyah on average gets a similar amount of CS as Ziggs. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Taliyah versus Ziggs build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when facing Ziggs than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Taliyah had an average win rate of 44.5% battling Ziggs with this counter build.

To have the best probability of crushing Ziggs as Taliyah, Taliyah players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Taliyah vs Ziggs counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 44.5% win rate overall.

If you would like to view Taliyah versus Ziggs tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a distinct player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and build suggestions shown are calculated using every match finished with both champs.