Aatrox vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Aatrox
based on 3,546 Aatrox vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Azir
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Advice to Win Against Azir
Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.
Azir relies on his soldiers to deal damage and can only move them so often. Try to capitalize on windows of time when his soldiers are stationary.
Azir has immense damage over a prolonged amount of time but lacks the upfront burst of other mages. Try to burst him out before he can turn a confrontation around.
Aatrox vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Aatrox in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some important Aatrox against Azir counter statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Azir..
Aatrox often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Azir. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aatrox and Azir
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Azir?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually loses when facing off against Azir, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Aatrox makes a bad counter for Azir.
While Aatrox does have a lower winrate than Azir, when they face off with one another, Aatrox also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Aatrox into Azir.
Moreover, Aatrox also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Aatrox is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aatrox against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Aatrox in order to counter Azir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Aatrox versus Azir build include Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Aatrox used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Azir than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aatrox boasted an average winrate of 48.6% when countering Azir with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Azir as Aatrox, Aatrox players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Aatrox vs Azir battles, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.6% win rate overall.
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