Mage

Ziggs

The Hexplosives Expert

With a love of big bombs and short fuses, the yordle Ziggs is an explosive force of nature. As an inventor's assistant in Piltover, he was bored by his predictable life and befriended a mad, blue-haired bomber named Jinx.Read the full story on Riot's Universe site

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P
Short Fuse
Q
Bouncing Bomb
W
Satchel Charge
E
Hexplosive Minefield
R
Mega Inferno Bomb

Ziggs

Overview

On patch 16.21, Ziggs is rated B tier in the bot lane, winning 52.3% of 1,259 ranked games with a 1.3% pick rate. The most successful build this patch runs First Strike with Flash and Barrier and builds Luden's Echo, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Boots.

Ziggs struggles most against Yunara (42.9%), Aphelios (43.5%), and Kai'Sa (45.2%) and does best against Tristana (63.5%), Vayne (61.3%), and Samira (60.3%).

Ranked solo/duo · patch 16.21 · 1,259 games · updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we calculate

52.3%

Win rate

1.3%

Pick rate

1.3K

Games

16.21

Patch

Playing as 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.

Playing 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.

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Matchups

All Ziggs matchups

Strong against

Tristana63.5%52
Vayne61.3%31
Samira60.3%63
Ashe59.3%27
Ezreal58.9%73

Weak against

Yunara42.9%21
Aphelios43.5%46
Kai'Sa45.2%93
Jhin47.1%102
Jinx47.3%91

Abilities

P
Short Fuse
Periodically, Ziggs' next basic attack deals bonus magic damage. This cooldown is reduced whenever Ziggs uses an ability.
Q
Bouncing Bomb
Ziggs throws a bouncing bomb that deals magic damage.
Cooldown: 6/5.5/5/4.5/4Cost: 50/55/60/65/70Range: 850
W
Satchel 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.
Cooldown: 20/18/16/14/12Cost: 80Range: 1000
E
Hexplosive 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.
Cooldown: 16Cost: 70/80/90/100/110Range: 900
R
Mega 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.
Cooldown: 120/95/70Cost: 100Range: 5000