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How to Synergize Ziggs with Gragas on the Same TeamZiggs is in the b tier of champions

Ziggs with Gragas

How to Win With Ziggs and Gragas Paired TogetherZiggs is in the a tier of champions
Mage
FighterMage

How to Synergize Ziggs and Gragas

based on 666 Ziggs with Gragas pairs
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Ziggs has been on the same team as Gragas in 666 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much relevant data straight from the hosts of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can provide you with high quality, accurate builds to help Ziggs synergize with Gragas. It is very rare for Ziggs to play alongside Gragas on the same side. This has only happened in about 1.2% of rounds with Ziggs.

Ziggs Gragas Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Ziggs has done a awful job of synergizing with Gragas. Usually, he wins a poor 46.8% of matches the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Ziggs when playing alongside Gragas by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ziggs vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeTear of the Goddess

Core Ziggs Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

MalignanceSeraph's EmbraceLiandry's TormentRabadon's Deathcap

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ziggs to level upq
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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
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
E
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Guide to Synergizing Ziggs and Gragas

Tips for Playing as Ziggs with Gragas

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 Understand How Gragas Will Play

Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.

Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.

Ziggs Gragas Synergy Stats

Ziggs Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Gragas Image
5.2
< Kills >
5.1
6
< Deaths >
5.8
8.3
< Assists >
7.9
1.21
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
171
< Minions Killed >
168
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.55
826
< Physical Damage >
798
23,927
< Magic Damage >
23,900
372
< True Damage >
363
25,125
< Damage Dealt >
25,063
18,331
< Damage Taken >
17,689
11,834
< Gold Earned >
11,503
2.97
< Towers >
2.86
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,574
< Total Healing >
1,554
13,923
< Experience >
13,572
23
< Vision Score >
21
11
< Wards Placed >
10
256
< Time Dealing CC >
253

How to Play with Gragas as Ziggs in LoL

The Ziggs Gragas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gragas, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Ziggs sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gragas. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Gragas helps Ziggs perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Ziggs is an ally to Gragas, he gets a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Gragas supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Ziggs is played alongside Gragas on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gragas.

Additionally, when Ziggs plays with Gragas on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Gragas does a poor job of protecting Ziggs in teamfights.

Synergies between Ziggs and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Ziggs
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ziggs
Gragas

Is Ziggs better when played alongside Gragas?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Ziggs that will always be his ideal ally. However, overall, Gragas is a below average ally for Ziggs. By locking into the same side as Ziggs, he drops their win rate by -1.3% to 46.8%. This demonstrates that there is a negative bond between Ziggs and Gragas that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Gragas has a greater difficulty than Ziggs. That means Ziggs players need to be very careful when finding Gragas allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to fight well with you.

Fighting on the same side, Ziggs players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by grouping Ziggs and Gragas together, you probably will not be granting your other allies very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that offsets this hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Gragas ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Ziggs Players

How We Calculated Our Ziggs Gragas Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ziggs and Gragas, we analyzed 666 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Ziggs with Gragas comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Ziggs in order to pair well with Gragas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to prioritize in your Ziggs and Gragas synergy build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Gragas than with most other typical builds. In fact, Ziggs boasted an average winrate of 46.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gragas with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should equip 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 sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Gragas with Ziggs are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.