Caitlyn vs Ziggs
How to Beat Ziggs as Caitlyn
based on 5,974 Caitlyn vs Ziggs matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Ziggs Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Ziggs Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Ziggs
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Win Against Ziggs
Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.
Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.
Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.
Caitlyn vs Ziggs Counter Stats
How to Counter Ziggs with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown here feature several important Caitlyn versus Ziggs matchup stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Ziggs..
Caitlyn normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Ziggs. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Ziggs?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually wins when trying to fight Ziggs, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes a good counter for Ziggs.
While Caitlyn does have a higher win rate compared to Ziggs, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Ziggs.
Moreover, Caitlyn also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ziggs. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Ziggs matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter to Ziggs. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Ziggs.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Caitlyn to counter Ziggs during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Ziggs. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Caitlyn versus Ziggs build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Axiom Arc. When Caitlyn used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Ziggs than with most other common builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 51.2% when countering Ziggs with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Ziggs as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Caitlyn vs Ziggs LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.2% win rate overall.
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