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

Ziggs with Kassadin

How to Win With Ziggs and Kassadin Paired TogetherZiggs is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Ziggs and Kassadin

based on 341 Ziggs with Kassadin pairs
Win Rate
47.8 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
0.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download data from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Ziggs has fought alongside Kassadin in 341 recent, competitive games. By accumulating so much accurate data from the hosts of LoL, we are confident that we can showcase robust, insightful builds to help Ziggs play with Kassadin. It is very rare for Ziggs to play alongside Kassadin on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in approximately 0.6% of games with Ziggs.

Ziggs Kassadin Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Ziggs does a below average job of playing alongside Kassadin. Normally, he wins a dismal 47.8% of rounds the champions try and work together in. If you want to do better as Ziggs when fighting on the same team as Kassadin by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ziggs vs Kassadin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Ziggs Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceLiandry's Torment

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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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Ziggs and Kassadin

Tips for Playing as Ziggs with Kassadin

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 Kassadin Will Play

Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.

Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.

Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.

Ziggs Kassadin Synergy Stats

Ziggs Image
Win Rate
47.8 %
VS
Win Rate
52.2 %
Kassadin Image
4.6
< Kills >
5.1
6.6
< Deaths >
5.8
8.8
< Assists >
7.9
1.06
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
155
< Minions Killed >
168
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.55
817
< Physical Damage >
798
22,893
< Magic Damage >
23,900
325
< True Damage >
363
24,036
< Damage Dealt >
25,063
18,264
< Damage Taken >
17,689
11,264
< Gold Earned >
11,503
2.64
< Towers >
2.86
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,558
< Total Healing >
1,554
12,923
< Experience >
13,572
24
< Vision Score >
21
12
< Wards Placed >
10
249
< Time Dealing CC >
253

How to Play with Kassadin as Ziggs in LoL

The Ziggs Kassadin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kassadin, 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 Kassadin. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Kassadin helps Ziggs perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Ziggs is paired with Kassadin, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This may signal that Kassadin does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Ziggs is played alongside Kassadin on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kassadin.

Moreover, when Ziggs plays with Kassadin on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Kassadin does a poor job of covering Ziggs during team fights.

Synergies between Ziggs and Kassadin

Damage Types Compared

Ziggs
Kassadin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ziggs
Kassadin

Is Ziggs better when played alongside Kassadin?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Ziggs that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, Kassadin is a very typical teammate for Ziggs. By locking into the same team as Ziggs, he decreases their win rate by -0.3% to 47.8%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Ziggs and Kassadin that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Kassadin has a much greater difficulty compared to Ziggs. That means you need to be very careful when enlisting Kassadin teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much greater level of skill to do well with you.

When playing on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by bringing Ziggs and Kassadin together, you probably will not be providing your team very much attack damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their kit.

Regardless of your Kassadin ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Ziggs Players

How We Calculated Our Ziggs Kassadin Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ziggs and Kassadin, we analyzed 341 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 Kassadin 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

To truly master Ziggs to pair well with Kassadin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to include in your Ziggs and Kassadin synergy build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Kassadin than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Ziggs had an average winrate of 47.8% when playing alongside Kassadin with this build.

To have the best chance of beating your oponents, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Ziggs and Kassadin pairings, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.8% winrate overall.

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