Irelia vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Irelia
based on 1,703 Irelia vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Azir
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Irelia in LoL
The stats shown here show some vital Irelia versus Azir matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Azir..
Irelia typically has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Azir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Irelia and Azir
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Who is Better, Irelia or Azir?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Irelia usually loses when taking on Azir, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Irelia makes a bad counter for Azir.
While Irelia does have a lower winrate than Azir, when facing one another, Irelia also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Irelia into Azir.
Additionally, Irelia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Irelia 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 teamfights.
Irelia is a somewhat poor counter to Azir. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Irelia against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Irelia in order to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Azir. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts 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 most important items to use in your Irelia versus Azir build include Experimental Hexplate, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Azir than with most other common item sets. In fact, Irelia had an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Azir with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Azir as Irelia, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Irelia vs Azir counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.
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