Guide · ADC

Ziggs Guide

the Hexplosives Expert

Mage

Tier S ADC

Ziggs, the Hexplosives Expert, is a mage champion of medium difficulty. Across our 381 analysed ranked games, Ziggs is mostly played as ADC (79% of its games), and more rarely in Mid (21%), with a 47.0% win rate in that role: tier S among ADC champions (#3 of 36, ranked by win rate). Ziggs's damage is mostly magic (95%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 54.5% in short games (under 25 min, 101 games) versus 41.4% in long games (over 35 min).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

Average KDA

5.4 / 5.7 / 8.0

ratio 2.3

Damage / min

938

CS / min

7.9

Gold / min

459

Kill participation

44%

Vision / min

0.66

Averages measured over 302 ADC games played with Ziggs, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

Ziggs is a siege mage-marksman: his attacks regularly deal bonus magic damage, and his abilities reduce that delay. Bouncing Bomb damages, Satchel Charge knocks back (and destroys vulnerable turrets), Hexplosive Minefield slows, and Mega Inferno Bomb is thrown from very far away.

Harassment

Q AA AA

When: An enemy is within range.

Bouncing Bomb deals damage, your attack benefits from the passive bonus, Hexplosive Minefield slows.

The exit

When: An enemy dives you.

Satchel Charge knocks back the enemies and you (no damage to you); place mines behind you to slow.

See all 3 Ziggs combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Chain ability then attack to benefit from your passive. Satchel Charge knocks you back without damaging you: use it to reposition.

Common mistakes

Casting the ultimate without aiming at the main impact zone.
Wasting Satchel Charge with no plan.
Placing mines with no strategic placement.

Riot's official tips for playing Ziggs

Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Echo (90 games, 48.9% win rate).

90 games · 48.9%

48 games · 50.0%

33 games · 48.5%

Skill order

Max order : Q > E > W46.2% · 39 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q	●			●	●		●		●
W			●											●	●
E		●						●		●		●	●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 57 games).

Starting items

Doran's Ring

Health Potion

Health Potion44.6% · 56 games

First completed items, in order

Luden's Echo

Shadowflame

26 games · 42.3%

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3643 gold, 74 CS, 3917 XP. At 15 min: 6144 gold, 117 CS, 6280 XP.

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport45.8% · 286 games

Most-played runes

Arcane Comet + Inspiration

50.3% · 159 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band100%

Transcendence99%

Scorch93%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Magical Footwear48%

Cash Back48%

Shards

Adaptive force87%

Adaptive force98%

Health scaling57%

Arcane Comet + Precision

41.4% · 116 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band99%

Transcendence96%

Scorch90%

Secondary tree · Precision

Presence of Mind77%

Coup de Grace55%

Shards

Adaptive force84%

Adaptive force99%

Health scaling66%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Ziggs's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team41.0% · 83 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Shadowflame 40.3% ▼

Luden's Echo 34.5% ▼

Rabadon's Deathcap 47.4%

Blackfire Torch 53.8% ▲

Void Staff 52.6%

Zhonya's Hourglass 50.0%

The item that stands out most is Blackfire Torch: 53.8% win rate, +10 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team53.9% · 76 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Luden's Echo 54.1% ▲

Shadowflame 52.0% ▲

Rabadon's Deathcap 57.7% ▲

Horizon Focus 47.1%

Zhonya's Hourglass 64.3%

Blackfire Torch 53.8%

The item that stands out most is Rabadon's Deathcap: 57.7% win rate, +10 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team46.9% · 143 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Luden's Echo 51.8% ▲

Shadowflame 46.6%

Rabadon's Deathcap 42.6% ▼

Blackfire Torch 30.0% ▼

Zhonya's Hourglass 48.3% ▼

Horizon Focus 50.0%

The item that stands out most is Luden's Echo: 51.8% win rate, +4 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Ziggs as ADC

Caitlyn Ziggs: 58.8%17 games

Caitlyn has the edge in 41% of the 17 ADC duels against Ziggs. See the Caitlyn guide.

Who Ziggs is strong against

Caitlyn58.8% · 17 games

How to play against Ziggs

Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.
Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.
Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.

Riot's official tips.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Ziggs's matchups.

Ziggs ADC: what our games say

Laning phase against the ADC average

Measure	Ziggs	ADC average	Gap
Gold at 10 min	3643	3863	−219
CS at 10 min	74	75	−0
XP at 10 min	3917	3552	+365
Gold at 15 min	6144	6448	−304
CS at 15 min	117	115	+1
XP at 15 min	6280	5813	+467

Measured over 57 Ziggs games with a timeline; the average covers 49 champions played ADC in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min54.5 %101 games

medium-length 25 to 35 min44.1 %143 games

long over 35 min41.4 %58 games

Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Ziggs in another role

Role	Games	Win rate	CS/min	Gold/min	Most-built items
Mid	79	39.2 %	8.1	438

Roles where we have at least 40 Ziggs games.

Abilities

PassiveShort 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.

Ziggs can use the Satchel to hexplode vulnerable enemy turrets.

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.