Azir vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Azir
based on 6,005 Azir vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Azir vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Azir in LoL
The stats provided here feature some critical Azir versus Caitlyn matchup stats that may help us explain the differences between the two. As an example, Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Caitlyn..
Azir usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Caitlyn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Azir and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Azir or Caitlyn?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Azir usually fairs equally well when taking on Caitlyn, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Azir makes an ok counter for Caitlyn.
While Azir does have a higher winrate than Caitlyn, when they face off with one another, Azir also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Azir into Caitlynas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Azir also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Azir vs Caitlyn matchups, Azir is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Azir is a decent counter for Caitlyn. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Azir against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Azir to counter Caitlyn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Caitlyn. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Azir versus Caitlyn build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Azir included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Caitlyn than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Azir had an average winrate of 50.8% when countering Caitlyn with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Caitlyn as Azir, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Azir vs Caitlyn counters, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.
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