Introduction

UPDATE LOG:

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5 May 2018:

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Ziggs also got his base mana regen buffed. This is an extra buff since Frostfang



The change to tower damage is a huuuuuge buff. Before this change, your basic attack would deal your base AD in physical damage + 50% of your AP in magic damage. Now, it's 60% AP and your base AD combined in magic damage. When you add in magic penetration, you deal even more damage to towers with your attacks.



Lux E nerfs make it easier to dodge. That matchup is still hard, but not as difficult.



Rift Herald changes make her better for sieging when ahead. If you can prevent the enemy from hitting her eye, you are very likely to secure one or more towers.



The Unsealed Spellbook Clarity



This is probably the biggest small patches to hit live. A lot of things in this guide were affected. costs 200 more gold. GLP & Ludens are both more gold efficient alternate options now that they each give 100 more mana.has a bit more AP but is still not a good buy.Ziggs also got his base mana regen buffed. This is an extra buff sincegives percentage mana regen from base. And having a higher base mana pool in the early game is good for poking & pushing. The damage increase on E is not very noticeable, especially since it gets maxed last.The change to tower damage is a huuuuuge buff. Before this change, your basic attack would deal your base AD in physical damage + 50% of your AP in magic damage. Now, it's 60% AP and your base AD combined in magic damage. When you add in magic penetration, you deal even more damage to towers with your attacks.Lux E nerfs make it easier to dodge. That matchup is still hard, but not as difficult.Rift Herald changes make her better for sieging when ahead. If you can prevent the enemy from hitting her eye, you are very likely to secure one or more towers.Theis an entirely new keystone. Flash + Ghost is still the way to go. You can make use of every swap. A very important thing to take note of is the swap to. One of Ziggs issues in the laning phase before the first back was the limited mana pool. Now you can switch to Clarity & stay in lane a bit longer.This is probably the biggest small patches to hit live. A lot of things in this guide were affected.

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31 May 2018:

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Glacial Augment Hextech GLP-800 Shurelya's Reverie Nimbus Cloak



This patch in general is a big boost to mage supports in general. With marksman champions having less sustain options, poking & going all-in is stronger. Rakan has less sustain options, but he is still a high priority ban due to his god tier initiation power. Zyra has been moved up in difficulty with her E buffs as well as her overall indirect buff due to marksman changes. Pyke will be given a matchup after I do more testing.



Turrets are more rewarding to secure for yourself than your team. This can be both a good and bad thing since executing towers means more gold for you and less gold for teammates that weren't near at the time it went down. Also, the inhibitor & nexus tower changes make it easier to do a return siege since they regenerate in thirds. As long as your team is able to get a tower to that 1/3 health, you are guaranteed to execute the tower & not having to worry about it regenerating higher than that.



The Scuttle Crab changes to re-spawn delays don't affect you as much if you have the USB Smite. If you can look to contest for it, go for that reward of gold, exp & team utility.



These are all the major changes I found out of the patch 8.11 update. I will be doing more testing & adding in more in-depth material as the meta continues to change. The Banner changes have severely impacted this guide and the build order. It is no longer a rush item because the CDR is gone. The build order now focuses on getting mana, CDR & AP as early as possible. See the Item section for the new build.becomes an even more viable option for a keystone with the implementation of a first itemrush.costs more & lacks the extra CDR to make up for the loss on Banner. It has been moved down to an optional purchase. And with the changes to Ultimate Hat becoming, the runes section is updated to the changes.This patch in general is a big boost to mage supports in general. With marksman champions having less sustain options, poking & going all-in is stronger. Rakan has less sustain options, but he is still a high priority ban due to his god tier initiation power. Zyra has been moved up in difficulty with her E buffs as well as her overall indirect buff due to marksman changes. Pyke will be given a matchup after I do more testing.Turrets are more rewarding to secure for yourself than your team. This can be both a good and bad thing since executing towers means more gold for you and less gold for teammates that weren't near at the time it went down. Also, the inhibitor & nexus tower changes make it easier to do a return siege since they regenerate in thirds. As long as your team is able to get a tower to that 1/3 health, you are guaranteed to execute the tower & not having to worry about it regenerating higher than that.The Scuttle Crab changes to re-spawn delays don't affect you as much if you have the USB Smite. If you can look to contest for it, go for that reward of gold, exp & team utility.These are all the major changes I found out of the patch 8.11 update. I will be doing more testing & adding in more in-depth material as the meta continues to change.

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7 July 2018:

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Unsealed Spellbook



Due to the massive number of newcomers to the bot lane, I have yet to actually test out the new pairings. I have added new champions in the VS Champions section at the top. The Teamwork chapter has been completely edited due to Marksman champions not being mandatory anymore.



Here is the list of added champions to matchups: Irelia, Yasuo, Mordekaiser, Swain, Heimerdinger, Vladimir, Kayle, Fiddlesticks, Shen, & Gragas.



Most of the guide will stay the same as far as Items, Runes, Skill Sequence, etc. Ziggs could very well be on his way to high B-Tier or even low A-Tier as a support since Shield supports got nerfed a while ago. Bounties are bigger. Death timers are shorter. Last hit assistance is going down again. Relaunched Aatrox. Champion buffs/nerfs & item tweaks.got buffed. Now you only need 6 unique swaps to maximize the cooldown reduction. This means you are less likely to actually swap to Ignite/Exhaust unless there is a situation where either is absolutely necessary.Due to the massive number of newcomers to the bot lane, I have yet to actually test out the new pairings. I have added new champions in the VS Champions section at the top. The Teamwork chapter has been completely edited due to Marksman champions not being mandatory anymore.Here is the list of added champions to matchups: Irelia, Yasuo, Mordekaiser, Swain, Heimerdinger, Vladimir, Kayle, Fiddlesticks, Shen, & Gragas.Most of the guide will stay the same as far as Items, Runes, Skill Sequence, etc. Ziggs could very well be on his way to high B-Tier or even low A-Tier as a support since Shield supports got nerfed a while ago.

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Yo what's good my dudes, bros & grills! I am Phil a.k.a. Rasta. I am what some people call an "Anti-Meta" player. I'm always finding new ways to make effective use of alternate tactics and methods to play the game. My main role is Support and I'm transitioning into Bot Lane Mages. Most of my picks are considered off-meta.This Ziggs Support & Bot guide is my first written guide and is part of my "Wrecking Crew" guides. This guide was written with a focus on primarily having Ziggs as a support with an extra emphasis on how I would play him as a bot laner. There's a lot of basketball references here. I am going to write guides on other champions to fit the crew based on tower siege. I came up with a team name and called them "Wreckers" because that's pretty much what they do to towers.The team consists of Tristana as the Point Guard, Ziggs as the Shooting Guard, Karma as the Small Forward, Rammus as the Power Forward, and Galio as the Center.I will constantly continue updating this guide with more information, statistical data, and other good stuff. Matchups will be updated more as I encounter more opponents. This guide is up to date with the current patch right now. I will update the guide with more stats, strategies, and more as I continue with further experiments.I have to give big props to Aqua Dragon A.K.A. the wacky off-meta guy! This guide was heavily influenced by his Orianna Support & Vel'koz Support guides. You can check them out for some good quality content.I also have to shout out to IcyPhoenix. He made a video on youtube on what items are effective against towers as well as tower mechanics. A lot of what makes this build possible came from this video. Here is a link to the video.This new video by Blitz eSports is very informational about minion wave manipulation. This is a very important concept that shapes the basis of this intended style of play.Using a similar build to what I have, Youtube content creator Youmuu's has a video on just how strong a Tristana/Ziggs Bot lane can be and how devastating it can be to play against.Guide updated to Patch 8.4 major changes to AP Items. Xayah moved to S-Tier.Due to some unexpected complications, the guide has been re-published with the correct information. More information on 8.4 will be added after additional testing.Guide updated to Patch 8.5 minor changes. Nothing big like last time. Banner + Baron Siege minions are less OP but still very powerful. Keep getting Banner. I added a reasoning for why I don't get Lost Chapter & updated lots of stuff too.After testing some matches, I changed USB to the primary recommended keystone rune. Kleptomancy is still good to have in matchups where you can easily abuse range to get money. Glacial Augment is still acceptable as an alternative as well.Guide updated to Patch 8.6 major changes. Shurelya's has replaced Twin Shadows in the item section. GLP-800 is now valid as a situational buy. Rakan has moved up higher in difficulty to play against. Kai'Sa added to the S-Tier group in the synergy & matchup sections.Guide updated to Patch 8.7 minor changes. Lux moved up higher in difficulty to play against with her buffs. Changes to Manaflow Band actually gives a reason to go Sorcery primary. Siege minions (aka Cannons) got more HP scaling and are worth more gold.Guide updated to Patch 8.8 major changes. Ziggs is unaffected by these changes. The nerfs to defensive supports like Braum & Tahm Kench have made utility supports come back into the meta. Ziggs can perform well against Janna, Lulu & Morgana. Rakan is still a high priority ban.Guide updated to Patch 8.9 changes. For a "minor" patch, Riot has thrown in several adjustments!Guide updated to Patch 8.10 changes. Literally nothing new.Guide updated to Patch 8.11 changes. Oh man I knew this day would come. There are lots of things to cover so check this out.Guide updated to Patch 8.12 major changes. Banner is gone & I'm sad about that. Shurelya's is back in the item build. I added a spoiler aboutand its upgrades in the item section. Draven & Lucian moved to difficulty 6. Pyke added to difficulty 8.Guide updated to Patch 8.13 major changes and hotfixes. Oh man! The meta has changed! Mages & Fighters in the bot lane! ADC junglers like Graves, Kindred & Twitch are OP! Funneling/Boosting is popular! What a time to be alive! There's a lot to cover since it's been a while so I left it all in a spoiler.Guide updated to Patch 8.14 changes. Nothing has really changed for Ziggs or the items/runes/sums, etc. Thenerf doesn't affect Ziggs because its a swap when using USB. I am brainstorming a possible new item build utilizing either Sorcery/Resolve or Inspiration/Resolve to revisit somebased builds. I'm thinking a build with RotWatchers, Sorcs, LB, Shurelya, Morello, Void. Stay tuned for more updates.Guide updated to Patch 8.15 changes. Sinceis now 400g, you can start a control ward if you don't want to buy 2 potions since you get free sustain from biscuit delivery. I have another alternate tactic in the item section. This is the only big change this patch.Guide updated to Patch 8.16 changes. This is another patch with no major changes to Ziggs in general or runes / items he uses. Due to many nerfs to other runes, you could say he's slightly better.Guide updated to Patch 8.17. I am doing something different this time. There are no major changes to Ziggs kit, but I will be changing the runes / items he uses. Due to many nerfs to damage runes and the changes that happened to Inspiration tree, I have changed the runes to Sorcery/Resolve (Ancient One) from Inspiration/Sorcery (Stargazer). The old Runes and Items are still good alternatives so I left them in a second build up top.Guide updated to Patch 8.18. I have addedinto the build. Tristana is back into S-Tier as a lane partner while Brand drops to A-tier. I was playing a lot of Odyssey & so I changed the skin to Odyssey Ziggs. Youmuu's uploaded a game of Ziggs Support using a similar rune & item build. I added that video up top.Guide updated to Patch 8.19. The only thing I need to mention is that Liandry is a better situational item with the increase in percent HP burn from 1% > 1.5% & 2% > 2.5% against CC'd targets.Guide updated to Patch 8.20. With thenerf, MF is in the #5 spot on the S-Tier partner list. Other than that, this was a really small patch with no notable changes.After further testing, MF has traded places with Ezreal in the synergies. Ezreal is now S-Tier after his updated Essence Flux gives him more tower damage.Guide updated to Patch 8.21.Guide updated to Patch 8.22.Guide is basically updated to Patch 8.23. I will be doing some additional changes in the upcoming days. This preseason patch is very favorable for Ziggs in general. I need to do a lot of testing in order to fully optimize for Season 9.Guide updated to Patch 8.24.Guide updated to Patch 9.1. After a looooong time off from this guide, I am coming back to do some more potential edits. The only Ziggs specific change in 9.1 is that you can ping whether theis within range or not. I am considering changing this guide to Bot Lane Ziggs or adding in an alternative build for Bot Lane. Thanks to all who supported me last year! And I hope this one will be great too!Guide rewritten to include an option for bot lane as an alternative. As far as the support side, I changed the runes to Resolve/Sorcery with Grasp as the Keystone. The Bot build uses the same old Sorcery/Resolve with Comet as the Keystone. Look for the updated runes and item sections. Just a reminder, the "Threats & Synergies" for both builds are on the Support tab.On another note, Nautilus Mid has been iceboxed. MR Tank Galio Mid is the new "Center" and even if (or when) he gets nerfs he will still be more relevant than Nautilus atm.Guide updated to Patch 9.2. Nothing Ziggs specific like usual. Since my item builds prioritize getting lots of CDR,is Absolute Trash right now after the nerfs. I wouldn't recommend getting it on any champion if you know you are going to have 40% CDR from items andand scaling CDR. They used to equal each other's values but now you get more AP than Focus.That's all. I won't be doing any testing on the support build for a few weeks since I will be experimenting with bot lane. Thanks for reading this guide as always!Guide updated to Patch 9.3. Other than crit changes, nothing new as usual.Guide updated to Patch 9.3 Hotfix. Because of the changes to the Spellthief line, we now full upgrade the Frostfang so you don't miss on gold generation when doing solo stuff like split pushing or warding.Guide updated to Patch 9.5. After a long hiatus from the game I'm back. No new changes as usual, just updating some things and cleaning up some fluff. On the next patch I will be archiving all of the Season 8 patch updates.