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How to Win Ziggs vs Nilah Counter MatchupZiggs is in the b tier of champions

Ziggs vs Nilah

How to Beat Nilah as Ziggs in LoLZiggs is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Nilah as Ziggs

based on 847 Ziggs vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
44.3 %
K/D/A
2.35
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Nilah as Ziggs came out of an examination of 847 ranked rounds where both champions engaged each other. This matchup is relatively rare. Ziggs fights Nilah in only 1.5% of his games.

Ziggs vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ziggs has done a awful job of countering Nilah. Normally, he wins a lowly 44.3% of matches the champs clash against one another in. In Ziggs against Nilah matches, Ziggs’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood. This implies that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Nilah.

Best Ziggs vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Ziggs Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameLuden's Companion

Optional Items

StormsurgeSeraph's EmbraceMalignanceLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Ziggs's passive ability p
Ziggs's q ability q
Ziggs's w ability w
Ziggs's e ability e
Ziggs's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Nilah as Ziggs

Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Nilah

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.

Ziggs vs Nilah Counter Stats

Ziggs Image
Win Rate
44.3 %
VS
Win Rate
55.7 %
Nilah Image
5.1
< Kills >
8.2
5.7
< Deaths >
6.5
8.3
< Assists >
5.9
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.86
167
< Minions Killed >
171
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.6
817
< Physical Damage >
18,214
23,941
< Magic Damage >
177
352
< True Damage >
439
25,110
< Damage Dealt >
18,830
16,659
< Damage Taken >
25,682
11,358
< Gold Earned >
12,856
2.85
< Towers >
2.6
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
1,381
< Total Healing >
9,480
13,410
< Experience >
13,646
20
< Vision Score >
17
10
< Wards Placed >
9
255
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Counter Nilah with Ziggs in LoL

The stats shown here feature several strategic Ziggs against Nilah counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nilah’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nilah..

Ziggs often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Nilah. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ziggs and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Ziggs
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ziggs
Nilah

Who is Better, Ziggs or Nilah?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ziggs usually loses when taking on Nilah, with a 44.3% win rate. Thus, Ziggs makes a bad counter to Nilah.

While Ziggs does have a much lower winrate compared to Nilah, when they face off with one another, Ziggs also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Ziggs into Nilah.

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

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Ziggs is a garbage counter to Nilah. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ziggs against Nilah.

Additional Information for Ziggs Players

How We Calculated Our Ziggs vs Nilah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nilah as Ziggs, we analyzed 847 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 Nilah as Ziggs 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ziggs to counter Nilah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ziggs most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Nilah. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Ziggs versus Nilah build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Nilah than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Ziggs boasted an average winrate of 44.3% when countering Nilah with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Nilah as Ziggs, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Ziggs vs Nilah matchups, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 44.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nilah as Ziggs are displayed for every ranked division. To filter the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.