Ziggs Bot Lane APC should be encouraged

Toastersaot··78 votes·4,847 views

It's a good thing. It's not a melee bot lane (Mordekaiser I'm sorry) but it's a new, healthy and natural evolution for the game. It brings diversity, and shouldn't be considered as a champion that is out of place. Maybe we could use Ziggs as the blue print for more Bot Lane APC instead of the usual AD auto attackers.

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SGT Dingle Berry35 votes

Ziggs works because of his passive and the low health of the bot tower.

Marshbouy3 votes

Thank you. All he is doing is cheesing out objectives and snowballing the game off of the weak towers due to the power of his satchel charge.

Surfer Ashe23 votes

Watch Riot remove the Satchel Charge interaction and not return the fortification to botlane towers to further reinforce the meta

The Drewprint18 votes

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Watch Riot remove the Satchel Charge interaction and not return the fortification to botlane towers to further reinforce the meta

Hey man. Don't Jinx it.

Legacy Hydralpha5 votes

My towers get Jinxed anyways. Ever seen a fed Jinx attack a tower?

drakuIa4216 votes

rules are made to be broken. like buildings, or turrets.

doombotMECHA2 votes

you can't make an omlet without breaking a few towers before 7 minutes!

MohawkBird3 votes

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Fondling Gems3 votes

In all honesty this is true. Got a double kill at 2 minutes as a Jinx once, thresh and I proceeded to kill their whole tower before they got back to lane. 3 minute turret is stupid.

Ariel the Cruel3 votes

Nope. I blink and miss it every time.

General Esdeath 5 votes

Not in color

Mecha Incognito1 votes

That's exactly what they're going to do. The meta can't change unless Rito wills it so cough Mordekaiser cough

SmileInABox13 votes

I really hope it doesn't get nerfed, it's innovative, interesting, and a situational pick at best anyway.

LordOfTheLeague12 votes

Why ziggs ? Any Ap carry bot lane should be encouraged as soon as they bring sustained damage (low cd for mages).

The problem is that they are "outclassed" (yeah) by adc (or marksman) for a lot of things :

Adc are reliable in dps (point and click undogeable dps), they can sustain with said auto attacks, bring far more dps and have some nice synergy with existing supports. (braum q only works with auto attacks for example)

kamikazephyr8 votes

His AOE damage and damage to turrets make him a natural pick for bootlane, really.

50000000000000007 votes

I'm okay with other mages coming bot too, but Ziggs will be the best mage at taking towers. I doubt that will change even if mage bot becomes viable.

Astôlfo14 votes

Azir used to be good at taking towers. Until he got Azir'd.

Ariel the Cruel3 votes

Wait. So is "Azir'd" still referring to page long bug fix lists, or does it mean nerfs now? I'm confused.

Melledoneus1 votes

Olaf'd means nerfed stupidly hard.

Azir'd is a whole different story involving bug fixes, ability reworks, nerfs, and number jumps.

Anidan2 votes

I remember when someone got nerfed obscenely hard they went straight to Evelynn Tier. I feel old.

Sammystorm4 votes

The reliable dps is only partly why they are picked. Reliable tower pushing is more why they are picked every game.

LordOfTheLeague3 votes

I think winning team fight is as much important as being able to take objectives.

ADC are good at both and are reliable. Most apc can't do that and I think it's a problem.

GrReaper962 votes

His insta-kill towers below 25% health, auto attack modifier that effects towers, and spammable range poke to farm

Cowseed7 votes

Counting the days until it becomes popular and people scream its unfun to play against. Give it a week or two.

Mogarl7 votes

This could be true if marksman only took down towers. If the only criteria for replacing a marksman was taking down towers then any mage that can use Lichbane could replace them.

TotalJerk1 votes

The only ranged champions that effectively get a lot out of Lich Bane are Ezreal Sona TwistedFate, but

  • Ezreal is more efficient with AD if you want to push lanes and kill turrets
  • Sona has totally garbage waveclear
  • Twisted Fate can't proc his E on turrets
Ahristocats1 votes

Viktor Lux Kassadin Ahri i already saw them building lichbane

Earl Eulrich3 votes

it´s underrated on lots of mages, even on LB you can weave it in fairly easily on combos which far outperforms e.g. Ludins for ST dmg and also helps taking down turrets lategame when splitpushing. Same for Ori, Ziggs,..heck, even on Veigar it´s a good buy later on as it scales better than all alternatives with ap, and you can easily get off a hit on a stunend enemy (not to mention taking down turrets with 1000+ap).

TotalJerk1 votes

I specifically limited my point to ranged champions for a reason. If range didn't matter you'd be seeing Tryndamere, Master Yi, and Yasuo in the bot lane. Also those champions absolutely zero bonuses against turrets.

Voidbringers7 votes

Ziggs bot is definitely a good thing. Why are ADCs the one archetype that have to be in every game to compete?

1011001110004 votes

Teemo bot lane APC should be encouraged :^)

Meep Man3 votes

Where has this came from by the way? Is a pro using it?

Faustavian2 votes

Idk, but I just got out of a game against a Ziggs APC ("support") duo'd with an ADC I cried, it was like brand support, except better at taking towers.

My Waifu Vanilla2 votes

Shiptur

Papa Andrei1 votes

Also I am seeing some of the more dirable "adc" go bot. Thresh, TF, Kayle, even saw a Morgana and damn she actually did great (self peel is op)

winteriscoming975 votes

Morg is actually the ranged champ with the highest base AD. A bit surprised more people don't use her.

Karbuncle3 votes

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Morg is actually the ranged champ with the highest base AD. A bit surprised more people don't use her.

You're wondering why someone with 450 attack range isn't played ADC?

Papa Andrei1 votes

Who needs aa range when you got....

Ivern

Ariel the Cruel3 votes

Poppy Yo.

Earl Eulrich1 votes

item 3078 Morg on Ultimate Bravery is hillarious - but as an ADC in a real game she really doesn´t work.

DunkinNoobs1 votes

The only reason that Ziggs bot lane is good is because Ziggs himself is really good right now. Kinda like Poppy support right after she got reworked.

Remlap12232 votes

Ziggs has been sleeper OP for a while now. I'm actually glad, because they might touch his Q hitbox as a compensation buff.

DunkinNoobs7 votes

That's never gonna happen. His old Q hitbox made him too strong of a lane bully and Riot never liked that part of Ziggs.

Arakadia2 votes

Ziggs? Sleeper OP? I dunno if I agree.

Sure someone who has poured time into Ziggs, learning his odd Q's hitbox, planning out his E placement, landing ults, and being able to use his wonky W takes time. And than theres learning how much power you have as Ziggs and just playing in mid lane.

Additionally, Ziggs is prone to ganks incrediblly so when he uses W on tower or enemies. He has no hard CC. He is completely skill shot reliant and doesn't even have a lockdown spell like Lux or Morgana that gives him the user a free combo.

50000000000000003 votes

Isn't that a reason why he'd be good in bot lane? The support can make up for his lack of mobility, and provide additional hard CC to land his skillshot (and ultimate with long "travel" time) much more reliably.

I GANK LANES1 votes

his knockup is considered hard CC

Arakadia3 votes

Its a displacement that isn't any good for locking down enemies.

I GANK LANES1 votes

regardless it's still hard cc. lol

Arakadia3 votes

Why does that matter though? its not like he's going to use CoC

doombotMECHA2 votes

yeah its not really that hard, considering that it doesn't last very long and a few champions can quickly negate that gap anyways (hey fizz, yas, and riven)

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