Ziggs
Matchup Summary
Ziggs is a very boring stalemate match up, where he will play from his range and look to constantly crash waves in. As Renekton, we need to use short trades to apply our damage, with the intention of baiting his E out. Once Ziggs has no E, we can look to abuse that with a gank from our team, setting us up with the ability to easy deal with him. As Renekton, there isn't much to do in isolation, as your main objective is trying to play around your team for any early and mid game objectives. Make sure to also avoid Ziggs roaming, spam pinging every time he leaves the lane.
Detailed Tips
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Level 1 E Start - Try to cheese PTA proc or Conq with E1 > 3 auto's > disengage with E2.
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Play For Level 2/3 Kill Angle - Once you chunk out Ziggs you're most likely able to kill him with your W, Dash or Flash up. Look to shove the wave around your kill timer, so you're able to make Ziggs lose a lot more.
- 03
Play For Sustain Early - Within the early game Ziggs’s poke can really create a troubling time for Renekton. To avoid his damage, to move a lot with your clicks to bait out and avoid incoming Ziggs damage. Make sure to use D Shield and Second Wind to outsustain and mana burn Ziggs.
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Play For Ganks - Killing Ziggs can be very hard with how defensive he is if he’s able to play his abilities and range properly. Try to get your jungler to flank around and then double dash to set up a potential kill opportunity. Alternatively, if you can get his E before the gank, your jungler can also gank from that alone if they have the CC or gap close to be able to.
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Quick Trades - E > Q > AA > W > AA > E Out / E > Q > W > E / E Q E - These combos allow for Renekton to get quick damage off in being able to keep health up and whittling his opponent down, use these to get your laner low and look for a low HP kill with flash.
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Contest Wave Crashes - A lot of this match up is simply about crashing waves, as Renekton you want to constantly try to shove the wave and look to roam with your jungler. While roaming from mid is hard vs Ziggs’s pushing power, try to hard push off waves and test the waters if there is an opportunity within this time. This is one way that you’re able to gain a lead over him if you’re unable to make much of anything through the laning phase.
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Respect Ziggs R - Make sure to ping Ziggs roams as he will look to throw R at any opportunity he gets to help his team or secure kills. If Ziggs is trying to roam, try to hard push and punish Ziggs by getting platings and making him miss gold and xp.
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Build Mercury Treads, Eclipse, Stridebreaker or Profane - Go Mercury Treads to lower Ziggs overall damage and CC duration/ / Go Eclipse for consistent power through mid game and damage mitigation with the shield. / Go Stridebreaker to cripple Ziggs mobility and provide teammates with additional utility. / Go Profane for full damage focused playstyles.
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Mid Game + Teamfight Tips - Within mid to late stages of the game, Ziggs’s overall role is to wave clear waves for his team, while also trying to look for fights within tight areas to utilise his mass amount of damage. Try not to clump up against Ziggs damage within fights as he deals a ton of AoE damage. Try to also fight in the open to avoid his damage easier, otherwise tight spaces will allow him to secure his damage easier. Within fights try to look to flash or dash onto him if available, or kill off his team first so he is unable to maintain fights. Try to secure any barons that you can to help you siege against Ziggs’s wave clear.