Ziggs vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Ziggs
based on 2,241 Ziggs vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Malphite
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
Advice to Win Against Malphite
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
Ziggs vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Ziggs in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several critical Ziggs versus Malphite counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite..
Ziggs normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Malphite. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ziggs and Malphite
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Who is Better, Ziggs or Malphite?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ziggs usually fairs equally well when taking on Malphite, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Ziggs makes an ok counter for Malphite.
While Ziggs does have a lower win rate than Malphite, when they face off with one another, Ziggs also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Ziggs into Malphite.
Furthermore, Ziggs has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Ziggs is a somewhat poor counter to Malphite. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ziggs against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ziggs to counter Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs often picks up a similar amount of CS as Malphite. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Ziggs versus Malphite build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs used at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Malphite than with most other typical builds. In fact, Ziggs had an average win rate of 49.4% when countering Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Malphite as Ziggs, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Ziggs vs Malphite LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.4% win rate overall.
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