Ziggs Counters: How To Counter Pick Ziggs

Ziggs was born with a talent for tinkering, but his chaotic, hyperactive nature was unusual among yordle scientists. Aspiring to be a revered inventor like Heimerdinger, he rattled through ambitious projects with manic zeal, emboldened by both his explosive failures and his unprecedented discoveries. In this article, we explain how to effectively counter Ziggs.

Best Ziggs Counters

• LeBlanc
• Brand
• Syndra
• Talon
• Yasuo
• Xerath

Master Arcanist Ziggs

Ziggs Counter Picks

Now that you know who counters Ziggs, you can finally counter pick Ziggs in any matchup. Let’s take you through some tips on how to use a few of these champions who are counters to Ziggs. After, there is a general section explaining how to use any LoL champion as counters for Ziggs. After all, if you know how to play against Ziggs, you can play safely and effectively to defeat Ziggs in a lane.

Battle Boss Ziggs

Tips For Playing Against Ziggs

• Getting early Boots of Speed will allow you to better avoid Bouncing Bomb.
  • Later in the game, it can be upgraded into Boots of Swiftness giving you an easier time avoiding all of his spells.
• With proper timing, Ziggs’ Bouncing Bomb can be dodged by running underneath it in between bounces.
• Try to avoid fighting Ziggs in the jungle, as Hexplosive Minefield can block off potential escape routes and the narrow pathways make it easier for him to land all his abilities, including Mega Inferno Bomb.
• Ziggs deals mostly magic damage. Building magic resistance items will reduce your damage taken.
• All of Ziggs’ spells except Bouncing Bomb have a very long cooldown at early levels; engage him after he finishes casting his abilities.
• Stay away from the center of his Mega Inferno Bomb, as the spell will deal less damage if you are outside the center. You can tell when where it will land by the circle it creates before it lands.
• Stay away from his Hexplosive Minefield to avoid the slow.
  • Keep in mind that spell shields will only allow you to avoid a single Minefield. All other will still detonate. Don’t use spell shields to block that ability; instead, save them for Satchel Charge or Mega Inferno Bomb.
• Ziggs main champion counterpicks tend to be assassins with strong gap closers. Ziggs is not very mobile, is squishy, and is reliant on abilities that are rather easy to dodge. For those reasons, champions like Zed, LeBlanc, and Katarina. They all have means of avoiding Hexplosive Minefield and killing Ziggs.
  • Another assassin worthy of mention is Master Yi. He has difficulties dodging Hexplosive Minefield, but that is not a problem since he can’t be slowed, and as long as he avoids Satchel Charge, he can stick very well to Ziggs, as well as being able to dodge all of Ziggs‘ abilities (including Mega Inferno Bomb) with a single Alpha Strike.
• Apart from assassins, champions such as Vladimir and Nidalee have the sustain needed to shrug off Ziggs‘ poke. Nidalee also has the mobility needed to dodge Ziggs‘ abilities, while Vladimir scales extremely well into late game.
• Other options to deal with Ziggs include: champions that can rival his range (Xerath, Syndra) or very mobile mages (Ahri, Kennen)
• Ziggs excels at countering short ranged or melee champions that have weak sustain and no gap closers, including but not limited to Cho’Gath, Ryze, Swain, and Orianna. Avoid playing them against Ziggs.

Pool Party Ziggs

By using the champions who counter Ziggs and the LoL Ziggs counter tips above, you can now develop a strategy to help you, as a summoner, become an effective counter to Ziggs players.