Azir vs Twitch
How to Beat Twitch as Azir
based on 2,552 Azir vs Twitch matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Twitch Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Twitch Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Twitch as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Twitch
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 Twitch
Spell Shields won't block the damage from Deadly Venom, but they will block the effects Twitch can trigger with it.
If you suspect Twitch has left the lane, let your teammates know that Twitch is ''MIA.''
Twitch is fragile. Work with teammates to focus on him when you're able to catch him out of Camouflage.
Azir vs Twitch Counter Stats
How to Counter Twitch with Azir in LoL
The stats provided here show several strategic Azir vs. Twitch counter statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Twitch’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Twitch..
Azir typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Twitch. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Azir and Twitch
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Who is Better, Azir or Twitch?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Azir usually loses when playing against Twitch, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Azir makes a bad counter for Twitch.
While Azir does have a lower win rate than Twitch, when on opposite teams, Azir also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Azir into Twitchas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach 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 Twitch. This 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Azir vs Twitch matchups, Twitch is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Azir is a somewhat poor counter for Twitch. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Azir against Twitch.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Azir to counter Twitch during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Twitch. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Azir versus Twitch 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 versus Twitch than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Azir boasted an average win rate of 48.6% when playing against Twitch with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Twitch as Azir, you should equip 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 builds that we analyzed for Azir vs Twitch counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.6% win rate overall.
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