Nami vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Nami
based on 1,874 Nami vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Azir
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
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.
Nami vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Nami in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several important Nami vs. Azir matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Azir. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Nami normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Azir. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nami and Azir
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Who is Better, Nami or Azir?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when playing against Azir, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Nami makes an ok counter for Azir.
While Nami does have a higher winrate than Azir, when they face off with one another, Nami also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Nami into Azir.
Furthermore, Nami also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Azir matchups, Nami is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Nami is a decent counter to Azir. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nami against Azir.
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How We Calculated Our Nami vs Azir Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nami to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami usually picks up a lot less CS as Azir. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Nami versus Azir build include Ardent Censer, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami used at least these three items in her build, she did much better when facing Azir than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nami had an average winrate of 50.5% when countering Azir with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Azir as Nami, Nami players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Nami vs Azir clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.
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