Ziggs vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Ziggs
based on 2,068 Ziggs vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Thresh
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 Thresh
Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.
Ziggs vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Ziggs in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several strategic Ziggs against Thresh matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Thresh. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Ziggs typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Thresh. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ziggs and Thresh
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Who is Better, Ziggs or Thresh?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ziggs usually fairs equally well when facing off against Thresh, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Ziggs makes an ok counter to Thresh.
While Ziggs does have a lower win rate than Thresh, when on opposite teams, Ziggs also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Ziggs into Thresh.
Additionally, Ziggs has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Thresh matchups, Thresh is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Ziggs is a somewhat poor counter for Thresh. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Ziggs against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ziggs to counter Thresh during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs on average picks up much more CS compared to Thresh. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Ziggs versus Thresh build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Thresh than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ziggs had an average win rate of 49.4% battling Thresh with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Thresh as Ziggs, Ziggs players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Ziggs vs Thresh LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
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