Graves vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Graves
based on 3,125 Graves vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Azir
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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.
Graves vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Graves in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several strategic Graves vs. Azir matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir..
Graves typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Azir. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Azir
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Who is Better, Graves or Azir?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Graves usually fairs equally well when taking on Azir, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Graves makes an ok counter for Azir.
While Graves does have a lower win rate compared to Azir, when facing one another, Graves also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Azir.
Furthermore, Graves also has almost no 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 is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Graves vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Graves is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Graves against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Graves in order to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves usually gets a lot less CS as Azir. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Graves versus Azir build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Graves incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Azir than with many other common builds. In fact, Graves had an average winrate of 49.5% when playing against Azir with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Azir as Graves, Graves players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Graves vs Azir clashes, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Azir as Graves are given for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.