Azir vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Azir
based on 1,525 Azir vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Galio as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Galio
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 Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Azir vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Azir in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some critical Azir versus Galio matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences between this pair of champions. Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Galio’s ratio of NaN, showing that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Galio..
Azir often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Galio. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Azir and Galio
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Who is Better, Azir or Galio?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Azir usually loses when trying to fight Galio, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Azir makes a poor counter for Galio.
While Azir does have a lower win rate compared to Galio, when they face off with one another, Azir also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Azir into Galioas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Azir also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Galio. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Azir vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Azir is a somewhat poor counter for Galio. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Azir against Galio.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Azir to counter Galio during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Galio. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Azir versus Galio build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Azir included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Galio than with most other typical builds. In fact, Azir boasted an average winrate of 48.1% when countering Galio with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Galio as Azir, you should take the Fleet Footwork, 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 Galio fights, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.1% win rate overall.
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