Darius vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Darius
based on 2,237 Darius vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Azir
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Advice to Win Against Azir
Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.
Azir relies on his soldiers to deal damage and can only move them so often. Try to capitalize on windows of time when his soldiers are stationary.
Azir has immense damage over a prolonged amount of time but lacks the upfront burst of other mages. Try to burst him out before he can turn a confrontation around.
Darius vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several significant Darius vs. Azir matchup statistics that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir..
Darius often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Azir. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Darius and Azir
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Who is Better, Darius or Azir?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Darius usually loses when trying to fight Azir, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Darius makes a poor counter to Azir.
While Darius does have a lower win rate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Darius also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Darius into Azir.
Furthermore, Darius has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Darius vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Darius is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Darius in order to counter Azir during both the laning 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 listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Darius versus Azir build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Titanic Hydra. When Darius incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Azir than with many other common item sets. In fact, Darius had an average winrate of 48.5% when playing against Azir with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Azir as Darius, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Darius vs Azir counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.5% winrate overall.
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