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

Ziggs with Graves

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

How to Synergize Ziggs and Graves

based on 2,616 Ziggs with Graves pairs
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
4.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Ziggs has gone into battle with Graves in 2616 recent, ranked games. By accumulating so much great data from the publishers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can present to you robust, accurate builds to help Ziggs synergize with Graves. It is somewhat uncommon for Ziggs to play alongside Graves on the same side. This has only happened in approximately 4.7% of games with Ziggs.

Ziggs Graves Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Ziggs does a dismal job of fighting on the same side as Graves. Typically, he wins an acceptable 48.5% of matches the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Ziggs when playing with Graves by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ziggs vs Graves 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 DeathcapLiandry's TormentLuden's Companion

Optional Items

StormsurgeShadowflameSeraph's EmbraceMalignance

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
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
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Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Ziggs and Graves

Tips for Playing as Ziggs with Graves

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 Graves Will Play

Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.

Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.

Ziggs Graves Synergy Stats

Ziggs Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Graves Image
4.9
< Kills >
5.1
5.7
< Deaths >
5.8
7.8
< Assists >
7.9
1.12
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
174
< Minions Killed >
168
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.55
799
< Physical Damage >
798
23,464
< Magic Damage >
23,900
338
< True Damage >
363
24,603
< Damage Dealt >
25,063
17,328
< Damage Taken >
17,689
11,469
< Gold Earned >
11,503
2.88
< Towers >
2.86
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,479
< Total Healing >
1,554
13,432
< Experience >
13,572
21
< Vision Score >
21
10
< Wards Placed >
10
250
< Time Dealing CC >
253

How to Play with Graves as Ziggs in LoL

The Ziggs Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Graves helps Ziggs perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Ziggs plays on the same team as Graves, he observes a barely noticable drop in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Graves does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Ziggs is played alongside Graves on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Graves.

Moreover, when Ziggs plays with Graves on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Graves does a decent job of covering Ziggs during team fights.

Synergies between Ziggs and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Ziggs
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ziggs
Graves

Is Ziggs better when played alongside Graves?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Ziggs that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, Graves is a very typical ally for Ziggs. By playing on the same side as Ziggs, he increases their win rate by 0.4% to 48.5%. This proves that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Ziggs and Graves that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Graves has a lower difficulty than Ziggs. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Graves teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Fighting alongside, Ziggs players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Conversely, by pairing Ziggs and Graves together, you may not be giving your side a great deal of utility. Make sure to have other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Graves ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Ziggs Players

How We Calculated Our Ziggs Graves Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ziggs and Graves, we analyzed 2,616 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 Graves 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 learn all of the intricacies of Ziggs to pair well with Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial items to build first in your Ziggs and Graves synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Graves than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ziggs had an average win rate of 48.5% helping carry Graves with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Ziggs players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Ziggs and Graves pairings, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Graves with Ziggs are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.