Ziggs ADC build & stats
- Win rate
- 50.0%
- Pick rate
- 2.7%
- Ban rate
- 0.9%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Runes
Sorcery +
Precision 
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Scorch
Presence of Mind
Coup de Grace
Summoner spells
51.0%
488 games
Max order
Q
E
W
56.5%
108 games
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Ziggs
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Ziggs wins 50.0% of games as ADC on patch 16.17 (510 games).
- Most common core: Luden's Echo → Shadowflame → Rabadon's Deathcap — 56% win rate over 27 games.
- Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 88% of games with a 50% win rate.
- Best matchup: Yasuo (78% over 9 games). Hardest: Lucian (15% over 13 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Ziggs is an early-game champion: 57% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 42% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 72.2% | 4% (18) | |
| 56.5% | 21% (108) | |
| 51.5% | 73% (373) | |
| 50.2% | 41% (209) | |
| 49.7% | 72% (366) | |
| 49.2% | 25% (128) | |
| 48.3% | 12% (60) | |
| 46.8% | 21% (109) | |
| 45.5% | 4% (22) | |
| 44.0% | 5% (25) | |
| 40.0% | 7% (35) | |
| 38.5% | 3% (13) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Precision
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Scorch
Coup de Grace
Presence of Mind
Sorcery +
Inspiration
Sorcery +
Inspiration
Keystones
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
49.8%88% pick
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First Strike
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
50.0%5% pick
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Deathfire Touch
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
52.9%3% pick
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Dark Harvest
Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.
52.9%3% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport
51.0%96% pick
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Flash + Barrier
31.3%3% pick
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Cleanse + Flash
0.0%1% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
56.5%108 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (56%), Q → E → W (51%), Q → W → Q (56%).
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PShort FusePeriodically, Ziggs' next basic attack deals bonus magic damage. This cooldown is reduced whenever Ziggs uses an ability.
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QBouncing Bomb
Ziggs throws a bouncing bomb that deals magic damage.
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WSatchel Charge
Ziggs flings an explosive charge that detonates after a delay, or when this ability is activated again. The explosion deals magic damage to enemies, knocking them away. Ziggs is also knocked away, but takes no damage. Zi...
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EHexplosive Minefield
Ziggs scatters proximity mines that detonate on enemy contact, dealing magic damage and slowing. Successive mine detonations on the same target deal reduced damage.
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RMega Inferno BombZiggs deploys his ultimate creation, the Mega Inferno Bomb, hurling it an enormous distance. Enemies in the primary blast zone take more damage than those farther away.