Azir vs Nilah
How to Beat Nilah as Azir
based on 987 Azir vs Nilah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Nilah Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Nilah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Nilah
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.
Azir vs Nilah Counter Stats
How to Counter Nilah with Azir in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some strategic Azir versus Nilah counter stats that can help you understand the distinctions between this set of champs. Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nilah’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nilah..
Azir normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Nilah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Azir and Nilah
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Who is Better, Azir or Nilah?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Azir usually wins when playing against Nilah, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Azir makes a good counter to Nilah.
While Azir does have a higher win rate compared to Nilah, when on opposite teams, Azir also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Azir into Nilahas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Azir also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nilah. 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Azir vs Nilah matchups, Azir is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Azir is a decent counter to Nilah. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Azir against Nilah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Azir to counter Nilah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Nilah. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Azir versus Nilah build include Nashor's Tooth, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Azir combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Nilah than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Azir boasted an average winrate of 51.6% battling Nilah with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Nilah as Azir, Azir players 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 combinations we have analyed for Azir vs Nilah counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.6% win rate overall.
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