Galio vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Galio
based on 1,525 Galio vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Azir
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Galio in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several important Galio against Azir matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir..
Galio usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Azir. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Galio and Azir
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Who is Better, Galio or Azir?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Galio usually wins when taking on Azir, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Galio makes a good counter for Azir.
While Galio does have a higher win rate compared to Azir, when on opposite teams, Galio also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Galio into Azir.
Furthermore, Galio also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Galio vs Azir matchups, Galio is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Galio is a decent counter for Azir. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Galio against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Galio 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 listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio on average gets a similar amount of CS as Azir. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Galio versus Azir build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Azir than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Galio boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when countering Azir with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Azir as Galio, Galio players should use the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Galio vs Azir LoL games, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.9% winrate overall.
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