If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several influential Draven vs. Azir counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Azir..
Draven typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Azir. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Draven usually loses when trying to fight Azir, with a 47.3% win rate. Thus, Draven makes a poor counter for Azir.
While Draven does have a lower win rate compared to Azir, when facing one another, Draven also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Draven into Aziras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Draven has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Draven vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Draven is a trash counter for Azir. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Draven against Azir.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Draven in order to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Draven versus Azir build consist of Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and The Collector. When Draven included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Azir than with most other typical builds. In fact, Draven had an average winrate of 47.3% battling Azir with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Azir as Draven, you should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Bloodline runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Draven vs Azir battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Azir as Draven are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.