Ziggs vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Ziggs
based on 2,223 Ziggs vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Ziggs vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Ziggs in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some important Ziggs vs. Varus counter statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Varus..
Ziggs often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Varus. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ziggs and Varus
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Who is Better, Ziggs or Varus?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ziggs usually fairs equally well when facing off against Varus, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Ziggs makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Ziggs does have a lower winrate compared to Varus, when they face off with one another, Ziggs also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Ziggs into Varus.
Furthermore, Ziggs also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Varus matchups, Varus 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 late stage team fights.
Ziggs is a somewhat poor counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Ziggs against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ziggs to counter Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs on average gets a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Ziggs versus Varus build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Ziggs used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Varus than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Ziggs had an average winrate of 49.1% battling Varus with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Varus as Ziggs, Ziggs players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Ziggs vs Varus fights, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.1% winrate overall.
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