Someone Give Me Ziggs Tips

Snarflaz·4/10/2015, 4:55:48 AM·1 votes·1,133 views

I recently bought Ziggs cuz he looked fun as heck. Then i noticed his burst isn't that high. I tried all sorts of different combos but his Q was hard to lane and his E and W to not too much damage. His R is also hard to hit when everyone plays mid assassins that have dashes like zed, yasuo, ect. I need some tips so i don't lose every single game. I tried poking but when im in a 1v1 situation how do i kill the enemy when they know if they step to the left or right they can virtually dodge my Q which does ALL the damage. A fight with an adc takes less than 3 seconds so your Q won't combo back in time. Half the time the adc or any champion can dash there way out of my ult.

My question is what is Ziggs jobs. He's a mage but he doesn't have a high burst. Only if you give him a lich bane. I REALLY need some tips i feel like i wasted my IP on him.

6 Comments

RisksShweky4/10/2015, 5:01:42 AM1 votes

you have to poke, and avoid all confrontation. if they engage you, put your mine in between you and him, and activate to jump out. then continue to poke. use your ult in the middle of a teamfight. not too early where they will be able to run away, but not too late where your team is at a disadvantage. play smart, mind your mana, and know that your q's range is much longer than you think, and longer than others expect. use that to your advantage. if they are dodging in lane, aim for minions around them. the explosion has a bigger range than the projectile. look up some guides too.

Leti the Yeti4/10/2015, 9:56:08 AM1 votes

I pretty much just try to land my bombs the ebst I can and unless they stay in lane with low health, I'm probably not going to get that kill

how I DO get the kill would be if they engage on me after I poked them abuncha times and Idk, somehow end up winning... also dropping a mega bomb on yourself helps with the melee assassin folks

DestructoDave4/10/2015, 6:33:49 PM1 votes

I found the easiest way to get used to playing him is to not waste mana on E in lane, and continually Q the caster minions until dead, and then just AA the melee. Its hard for other mids to deal with this kind of push, and you get some poke on them while killing the casters. And once hes pushed to turret, it gets easier to land your poke.

Also, in a duel the E slows them and makes hitting them with Q's much easier. So when you start to actually duel, throw E on them first, itll slow them, and let you land some easy Q's. I would try and duel when his passive is up, tho.

Personally I prefer a more passive approach to ziggs, just creaming the waves, but he can duel pretty well if you can land Q's. But generally that means manning up and getting closer and getting into an AA fight so you can get Q's/E/Passive AA's down. Ive lost to some aggressive Ziggs who just ran past the wave and straight up dueled me. But, you have to be pretty comfortable for that.

The first passive kill the casters every single wave is a much easier approach, IMO. And, you would be surprised how many times the enemy mid stands near the casters to take free poke while all you are doing is clearing them. I beat a lot of people simply because they are wasting their time trying to poke me and go oom, while I just clear waves and still have mana to play with.

EndlessSorcerer4/10/2015, 8:23:29 PM1 votes

Ziggs is better at sieging and waveclearing than bursting champions. He's good for stalling out games to allow you team time to recover/scale into the late-game, sieging towers, and zoning out enemies (with W and E) in fights over objectives. He also has pretty good poke, though it's a bit hard to lane.

During laning phase, I'd recommend prioritizing farming over fighting. You can easily harass the enemy using your Q if they stand near minions (aim for the minions and let the explosion hurt them, don't aim for them directly). It's also quite easy to help out your top lane or bot lane using your ultimate, since you can walk down the river a bit and use your ultimate to cut off the enemy escape or to damage them.

Also, I'd probably recommend getting Luden's Echo instead of Lichbane on him now. It lets you apply the damage at a higher range and gives you more waveclear.