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How to Win Rek'Sai vs Ziggs Counter MatchupRek'Sai is in the b tier of champions

Rek'Sai vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Rek'Sai in LoLRek'Sai is in the b tier of champions
Fighter
Mage

How to Beat Ziggs as Rek'Sai

based on 227 Rek'Sai vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
2.38
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends matches that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Ziggs as Rek'Sai came out of an analysis of 227 ranked matches where both champs faced off against each other. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Rek'Sai is forced to battle against Ziggs in only 1.1% of his games.

Rek'Sai vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rek'Sai does a poor job of countering Ziggs. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.9% of the time the champs face each other in. In Rek'Sai vs Ziggs matches, Rek'Sai’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood against Ziggs.

Best Rek'Sai vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTiamat

Core Rek'Sai Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelSterak's GageBlack Cleaver

Optional Items

Youmuu's GhostbladeTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rek'Sai to level upq
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Second ability for Rek'Sai to level upe
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Last skill for Rek'Sai to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Rek'Sai's passive ability p
Rek'Sai's q ability q
Rek'Sai's w ability w
Rek'Sai's e ability e
Rek'Sai's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Rek'Sai

Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Ziggs

Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.

Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.

Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.

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.

Rek'Sai vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Rek'Sai Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Ziggs Image
8
< Kills >
5.1
6.4
< Deaths >
5.9
7.2
< Assists >
7.8
1.8
< Killing Sprees >
1.23
39
< Minions Killed >
179
1.31
< Dragons Killed >
0.14
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.56
15,204
< Physical Damage >
844
104
< Magic Damage >
24,987
3,707
< True Damage >
370
19,016
< Damage Dealt >
26,201
37,211
< Damage Taken >
17,783
12,282
< Gold Earned >
11,841
1.32
< Towers >
3.02
0.4
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
17,856
< Total Healing >
1,538
14,121
< Experience >
13,903
23
< Vision Score >
21
7
< Wards Placed >
10
295
< Time Dealing CC >
261

How to Counter Ziggs with Rek'Sai in LoL

The stats provided here feature several important Rek'Sai versus Ziggs counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between the two. As an example, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ziggs..

Rek'Sai typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Ziggs. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rek'Sai and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Rek'Sai
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rek'Sai
Ziggs

Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Ziggs?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when taking on Ziggs, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Rek'Sai makes a poor counter to Ziggs.

While Rek'Sai does have a lower win rate compared to Ziggs, when they face off with one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rek'Sai into Ziggs.

Moreover, Rek'Sai also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ziggs. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Ziggs matchups, Ziggs is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Rek'Sai is a somewhat poor counter for Ziggs. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rek'Sai against Ziggs.

Additional Information for Rek'Sai Players

How We Calculated Our Rek'Sai vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Rek'Sai, we analyzed 227 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ziggs as Rek'Sai comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai to counter Ziggs during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rek'Sai often gets a lot less CS as Ziggs. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Rek'Sai versus Ziggs build consist of Guardian Angel, Sterak's Gage, and Black Cleaver. When Rek'Sai combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Ziggs than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Ziggs with this build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Ziggs as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Rek'Sai vs Ziggs battles, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.9% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ziggs as Rek'Sai are given for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.