Ziggs vs Yone Counter Pick

Yone runs on flow instead of mana, so the classic mage habit of draining an enemy’s resource bar has no place here. Even so, Ziggs wins 56.6% of 189 recorded games on patch 16.13.1, a matchup logged as Easy, and the causes are easy to pin down.

• Ziggs has a 550 attack range to Yone’s 175, Bouncing Bomb reaches past that, and Short Fuse pays off for nonstop casting. Every advance therefore costs Yone health, which he has to win back through Spirit Cleave shields.
• He works toward 33 armour at level one and 111.2 at eighteen. None of it blocks magic damage, while Yone’s physical hits still have to get through 100.9 armour on the other side.
• Soul Unbound sends his spirit back toward the body it left, and Hexplosive Minefield placed on that return route makes the trip painful.

The balance swings on Fate Sealed, a blink that lands behind the last champion in a line and drags everyone it hit back toward Yone. Starting with 620 health, 62 base attack damage and 345 move speed against 325, he catches Ziggs faster than Ziggs can back off, which leaves Satchel Charge as the one reliable interrupt. Way of the Hunter also turns every second attack into magic damage, so the 30 base magic resistance matters more than the armour figure once he is in range. Ratings of 8 and 4 hand the favoured champion the simpler role, which is unusual and worth remembering when you read the number.