Azir vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Azir
based on 3,582 Azir vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Akali
Be a bird!
In the lane, try to position your soldiers between the enemy's minions and the enemy champion. This way you can use them both to last hit and to project threat onto your lane opponent.
Be careful about putting down both of the soldiers stored by Arise! Unless you're going all-in, always have a soldier in your back pocket if you need to escape over a wall or if you misposition your other soldier and need damage now.
Think of Emperor's Divide as a defensive ability first and foremost. Use it when the enemy engages on you or your allies. Remember that your team can walk through the soldiers summoned by Emperor's Divide and use this to your advantage when enemy melee champions engage on you.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Azir vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Azir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some vital Azir versus Akali counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between these two champs. Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Akali..
Azir typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Akali. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Azir and Akali
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Who is Better, Azir or Akali?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Azir usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Akali, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Azir makes an ok counter for Akali.
While Azir does have a higher winrate than Akali, when on opposite teams, Azir also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Azir into Akalias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Azir also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Azir vs Akali matchups, Azir is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Azir is a decent counter for Akali. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Azir against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Azir in order to counter Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir on average gets a similar amount of CS as Akali. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Azir versus Akali build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Azir combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Akali than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Azir boasted an average win rate of 50.2% when playing against Akali with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Akali as Azir, Azir players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Azir vs Akali counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.
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