Alistar vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Alistar
based on 1,151 Alistar vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Azir
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
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.
Alistar vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Alistar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several vital Alistar vs. Azir counter stats that may help you realize the differences between the two. For instance, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Azir. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Alistar normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Azir. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Alistar and Azir
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Who is Better, Alistar or Azir?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Alistar usually loses when facing off against Azir, with a 47.6% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes a poor counter for Azir.
While Alistar does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when facing one another, Alistar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Alistar into Aziras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Alistar also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Alistar 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 teammates during team fights.
Alistar is a trash counter for Azir. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Alistar against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Alistar to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar most often gets a lot less CS relative to Azir. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Alistar versus Azir build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Celestial Opposition. When Alistar included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Azir than with most other common item sets. In fact, Alistar had an average winrate of 47.6% battling Azir with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Azir as Alistar, you should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Alistar vs Azir counters, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.6% win rate overall.
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