Akali vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Akali
based on 3,582 Akali vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Azir
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
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.
Akali vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several vital Akali vs. Azir matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Azir. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Akali often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives more damage than Azir. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Azir
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Who is Better, Akali or Azir?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when facing off against Azir, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Akali makes an ok counter for Azir.
While Akali does have a lower win rate compared to Azir, when on opposite teams, Akali also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Aziras her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Akali has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Akali is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to counter Azir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Akali versus Azir build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Akali used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Azir than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akali had an average winrate of 49.8% battling Azir with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Azir as Akali, Akali players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Akali vs Azir face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.8% win rate overall.
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