Gwen vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Gwen
based on 1,290 Gwen vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Azir
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Gwen in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several critical Gwen vs. Azir matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between these two champs. Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Azir..
Gwen normally has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Azir. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Azir
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Who is Better, Gwen or Azir?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually loses when playing against Azir, with a 47.5% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes a poor counter for Azir.
While Gwen does have a lower win rate than Azir, when on opposite teams, Gwen also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Gwen into Azir.
Moreover, Gwen has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gwen 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.
Gwen is a terribly counter for Azir. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gwen against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gwen in order to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Azir. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Gwen versus Azir build include Nashor's Tooth, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Cosmic Drive. When Gwen combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Azir than with many other common item sets. In fact, Gwen boasted an average win rate of 47.5% when countering Azir with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Azir as Gwen, Gwen players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Gwen vs Azir battles, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.5% win rate overall.
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