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

Ziggs with Irelia

How to Win With Ziggs and Irelia Paired TogetherZiggs is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Ziggs and Irelia

based on 1,518 Ziggs with Irelia pairs
Win Rate
49.4 %
K/D/A
2.3
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Ziggs has fought alongside Irelia in 1518 recent, competitive matches. By amassing so much relevant data straight from the publishers of League, we are confident that we can give you high quality, accurate builds to help Ziggs play with Irelia. It is relatively rare for Ziggs to play alongside Irelia on the same team. This pairing has only happened in about 2.7% of rounds with Ziggs.

Ziggs Irelia Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Ziggs has done a below average job of playing alongside Irelia. On average, he wins an acceptable 49.4% of the time the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Ziggs when playing alongside Irelia by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ziggs vs Irelia 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
Seraph's EmbraceShadowflameLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

StormsurgeRabadon's DeathcapLuden's CompanionMalignance

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
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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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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Ziggs and Irelia

Tips for Playing as Ziggs with Irelia

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 Irelia Will Play

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

Ziggs Irelia Synergy Stats

Ziggs Image
Win Rate
49.4 %
VS
Win Rate
50.6 %
Irelia Image
5.1
< Kills >
5.1
5.6
< Deaths >
5.8
7.8
< Assists >
7.9
1.19
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
167
< Minions Killed >
168
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.55
784
< Physical Damage >
798
23,754
< Magic Damage >
23,900
350
< True Damage >
363
24,888
< Damage Dealt >
25,063
16,885
< Damage Taken >
17,689
11,430
< Gold Earned >
11,503
2.94
< Towers >
2.86
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,490
< Total Healing >
1,554
13,204
< Experience >
13,572
21
< Vision Score >
21
10
< Wards Placed >
10
249
< Time Dealing CC >
253

How to Play with Irelia as Ziggs in LoL

The Ziggs Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, 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 Irelia. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Irelia helps Ziggs perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Ziggs is paired with Irelia, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage output. This change could indicate that Irelia doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Ziggs is played together with Irelia on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Irelia. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Irelia.

Additionally, when Ziggs plays with Irelia on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Irelia does a decent job of covering Ziggs in teamfights.

Synergies between Ziggs and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Ziggs
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ziggs
Irelia

Is Ziggs better when played alongside Irelia?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Ziggs that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. However, Irelia is a good ally for Ziggs. By playing on the same side as Ziggs, she increases their win rate by 1.3% to 49.4%. This signals that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Ziggs and Irelia that results in them performing better together than alone.

Irelia has a greater difficulty than Ziggs. That means you should be careful when arranging Irelia teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.

Working cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Conversely, by aligning Ziggs and Irelia together, you may not be providing your side enough cover. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Irelia teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Ziggs Players

How We Calculated Our Ziggs Irelia Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ziggs and Irelia, we analyzed 1,518 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 Irelia 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 in order to synergize with Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to build first in your Ziggs and Irelia synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Ziggs combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Irelia than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Ziggs had an average win rate of 49.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Irelia with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against 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 rune combinations players picked for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.

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