Jarvan IV vs Ziggs
How to Beat Ziggs as Jarvan IV
based on 786 Jarvan IV vs Ziggs matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Ziggs Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Ziggs Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Ziggs
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV vs Ziggs Counter Stats
How to Counter Ziggs with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several significant Jarvan IV versus Ziggs matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ziggs. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Ziggs. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Ziggs
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Ziggs?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jarvan IV usually wins when facing off against Ziggs, with a 51.9% win rate. Thus, Jarvan IV makes a good counter to Ziggs.
While Jarvan IV does have a higher win rate than Ziggs, when on opposite teams, Jarvan IV also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Jarvan IV into Ziggs.
Furthermore, Jarvan IV also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Ziggs matchups, Jarvan IV is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Jarvan IV is a decent counter to Ziggs. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Jarvan IV against Ziggs.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV in order to counter Ziggs during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Ziggs. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Jarvan IV versus Ziggs build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Ziggs than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when countering Ziggs with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Ziggs as Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Jarvan IV vs Ziggs counter picks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.9% win rate overall.
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