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the Hexplosives Expert

Ziggs ADC build & stats

Mage D 644 games · patch 16.16
Win rate
47.2%
Pick rate
2.8%
Ban rate
1.2%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
Master
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Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
55.4% 56 games

Build in this order

Luden's Echo 1
Luden's Echo
2,750 gold
Shadowflame 2
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Rabadon's Deathcap 3
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
9,450 gold
72.2% WR 18 games

Runes

Inspiration Inspiration + Sorcery Sorcery
55.6% WR
9 games · 1% pick
First Strike
First Strike

When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Barrier
55.6% 9 games

Max order

Bouncing Bomb Q Hexplosive Minefield E Satchel Charge W
58.5% 53 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 47.2% of games as ADC on patch 16.16 (644 games).
  • Most common core: Luden's Echo → Shadowflame → Rabadon's Deathcap — 65% win rate over 34 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 91% of games with a 47% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Twitch (70% over 10 games). Hardest: Yasuo (9% over 11 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)

Core build

Luden's Echo 1
Luden's Echo
Shadowflame 2
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap 3
Rabadon's Deathcap
72.2% WR
18 games · 3% pick
Luden's Echo 1
Luden's Echo
Horizon Focus 2
Horizon Focus
Shadowflame 3
Shadowflame
33.3% WR
3 games · 0% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
55.4% WR
56 games · 9% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Cryptbloom Cryptbloom
 56.3% 2% (16)
Stormsurge Stormsurge
 53.8% 2% (13)
Horizon Focus Horizon Focus
 52.6% 9% (57)
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass
 51.7% 9% (60)
Void Staff Void Staff
 48.1% 8% (52)
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
 45.9% 25% (159)
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
 45.6% 37% (239)
Shadowflame Shadowflame
 45.2% 36% (230)
Blackfire Torch Blackfire Torch
 44.4% 11% (72)
Banshee's Veil Banshee's Veil
 44.4% 1% (9)
Morellonomicon Morellonomicon
 40.0% 1% (5)
Liandry's Torment Liandry's Torment
 37.5% 2% (16)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
52.4% WR
42 games · 7% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
45.9% WR
37 games · 6% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Biscuit Delivery Magical Footwear
Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
42.3% WR
26 games · 4% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Cash Back Triple Tonic

Keystones

  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 45.0%43% pick
  • First Strike First Strike When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt. 51.7%5% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 28.6%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 45.4%48% pick
  • Flash Barrier Flash + Barrier 55.6%1% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Bouncing Bomb Q Hexplosive Minefield E Satchel Charge W 58.5%53 games

Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (54%), Q → W → Q (53%), Q → W → E (63%).

  • PShort Fuse

    Periodically, Ziggs' next basic attack deals bonus magic damage. This cooldown is reduced whenever Ziggs uses an ability.

  • QBouncing Bomb

    Ziggs throws a bouncing bomb that deals magic damage.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • RMega Inferno Bomb

    Ziggs 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.