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

Ziggs with Nidalee

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

based on 268 Ziggs with Nidalee pairs
Win Rate
40.7 %
K/D/A
1.95
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of League matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Ziggs has gone into battle with Nidalee in 268 recent, competitive games. By pooling so much relevant data from the developers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can showcase high-quality, insightful builds to help Ziggs play with Nidalee. It is very rare for Ziggs to play with Nidalee as allies. This pairing has only occurred in about 0.5% of matches with Ziggs.

Ziggs Nidalee Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Ziggs does a pathetic job of fighting on the same side as Nidalee. Usually, he wins a dismal 40.7% of games the champions try and work together in. If you want to play better as Ziggs when playing with Nidalee by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ziggs vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Ziggs Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceStormsurgeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

ShadowflameLuden's Companion

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
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Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Ziggs and Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Ziggs with Nidalee

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 Nidalee Will Play

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

Ziggs Nidalee Synergy Stats

Ziggs Image
Win Rate
40.7 %
VS
Win Rate
59.3 %
Nidalee Image
4.3
< Kills >
5.1
5.9
< Deaths >
5.8
7.2
< Assists >
7.9
0.99
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
167
< Minions Killed >
168
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.55
740
< Physical Damage >
798
22,514
< Magic Damage >
23,900
371
< True Damage >
363
23,626
< Damage Dealt >
25,063
17,967
< Damage Taken >
17,689
11,194
< Gold Earned >
11,503
2.71
< Towers >
2.86
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,446
< Total Healing >
1,554
13,208
< Experience >
13,572
22
< Vision Score >
21
11
< Wards Placed >
10
246
< Time Dealing CC >
253

How to Play with Nidalee as Ziggs in LoL

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

When Ziggs is an ally to Nidalee, he observes a little drop in his full damage output. This change may demonstrate that Nidalee does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Ziggs is played with Nidalee on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Nidalee. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Nidalee.

Additionally, when Ziggs plays with Nidalee on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Nidalee does a poor job of covering Ziggs in teamfights.

Synergies between Ziggs and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Ziggs
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ziggs
Nidalee

Is Ziggs better when played alongside Nidalee?

There is no ideal companion for Ziggs that will always be his ideal synergy. However, Nidalee is a terrible ally for Ziggs. By being on the same side as Ziggs, she lowers their win rate by -7.4% to 40.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad synergy between Ziggs and Nidalee that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Nidalee has a much greater difficulty compared to Ziggs. That means Ziggs players should be cautious when enlisting Nidalee allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Fighting on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by aligning Ziggs and Nidalee together, you will not be providing your other teammates a lot of attack damage. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Nidalee 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 will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Ziggs Players

How We Calculated Our Ziggs Nidalee Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ziggs and Nidalee, we analyzed 268 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 Nidalee 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 learn all of the intricacies of Ziggs in order to work well with Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to include in your Ziggs and Nidalee synergy build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Ziggs used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Nidalee than with most other common builds. In fact, Ziggs boasted an average winrate of 40.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nidalee with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of beating 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 that we analyzed for Ziggs and Nidalee pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 40.7% win rate overall.

If you want to see Ziggs with Nidalee synergy tips and builds for a a specific player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using every round with data with both champs.