Nunu & Willump vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Nunu & Willump
based on 1,464 Nunu & Willump vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Azir
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
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.
Nunu & Willump vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some strategic Nunu & Willump against Azir matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences between the pair. Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Nunu & Willump normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Azir. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Azir?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when facing off against Azir, with a 46.0% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes a bad counter for Azir.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate than Azir, when facing one another, Nunu & Willump also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Nunu & Willump into Azir.
Furthermore, Nunu & Willump has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a bad counter to Azir. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nunu & Willump against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump on average gets a lot less CS as Azir. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nunu & Willump versus Azir build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Azir than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 46.0% battling Azir with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Azir as Nunu & Willump, Nunu & Willump players should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Nunu & Willump vs Azir LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.0% winrate overall.
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