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How to Win Warwick vs Ziggs Counter MatchupWarwick is in the a tier of champions

Warwick vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Warwick in LoLWarwick is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ziggs as Warwick

based on 2,604 Warwick vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
53.8 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of rated LoL matches that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Ziggs as Warwick resulted from an evaluation of 2604 ranked rounds where both champs opposed one another. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Warwick is forced to battle against Ziggs in only 1.6% of his matches.

Warwick vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Warwick does a good job of countering Ziggs. Typically, he wins a fantastic 53.8% of games the champs face one another in. In Warwick vs Ziggs rounds, Warwick’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood versus Ziggs.

Best Warwick vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTunneler

Core Warwick Items

~22 Mins
Titanic HydraSundered SkyJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Sterak's GageSpirit VisageExperimental HexplateBlack Cleaver

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Warwick to level upq
>
Second ability for Warwick to level upw
>
Last skill for Warwick to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Warwick's passive ability p
Warwick's q ability q
Warwick's w ability w
Warwick's e ability e
Warwick's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
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R
12
W
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W
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Countering Ziggs as Warwick

Tips for Playing as Warwick against Ziggs

Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.

Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.

Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.

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.

Warwick vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Warwick Image
Win Rate
53.8 %
VS
Win Rate
46.2 %
Ziggs Image
7.6
< Kills >
5
6.7
< Deaths >
5.8
6.9
< Assists >
8
1.78
< Killing Sprees >
1.15
54
< Minions Killed >
158
1.46
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.49
7,760
< Physical Damage >
806
9,287
< Magic Damage >
24,025
881
< True Damage >
387
17,929
< Damage Dealt >
25,218
41,633
< Damage Taken >
17,435
11,829
< Gold Earned >
11,175
1.37
< Towers >
2.67
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
23,150
< Total Healing >
1,467
13,670
< Experience >
13,237
19
< Vision Score >
21
7
< Wards Placed >
10
300
< Time Dealing CC >
250

How to Counter Ziggs with Warwick in LoL

The stats provided here clarify some critical Warwick versus Ziggs matchup statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ziggs..

Warwick typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Ziggs. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Warwick and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Warwick
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Warwick
Ziggs

Who is Better, Warwick or Ziggs?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Warwick usually wins when playing against Ziggs, with a 53.8% win rate. As a result, Warwick makes a great counter for Ziggs.

While Warwick does have a higher winrate than Ziggs, when on opposite teams, Warwick also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Warwick into Ziggs.

Moreover, Warwick also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Ziggs matchups, Warwick is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Warwick is a great counter for Ziggs. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Warwick against Ziggs.

Other Champion Matchups Against Warwick

Warwick Loses Against

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Warwick Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.1% winrateGwenGwen54.7% winrateZoeZoe54.6% winrateLee SinLee Sin54.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Warwick Players

How We Calculated Our Warwick vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Warwick, we analyzed 2,604 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 Warwick 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.

Other Useful Resources

Warwick Build Ziggs Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Warwick in order to counter Ziggs during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Warwick most often racks up less CS relative to Ziggs. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to have in your Warwick versus Ziggs build include Titanic Hydra, Sundered Sky, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Warwick used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Ziggs than with most other common builds. In fact, Warwick boasted an average win rate of 53.8% battling Ziggs with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Ziggs as Warwick, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Warwick vs Ziggs counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.8% winrate overall.

If you need to view Warwick x Ziggs tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a distinct player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and guides given are calculated using every match run with these champs.