Orianna vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Orianna
based on 1,049 Orianna vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Azir
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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.
Orianna vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Orianna in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some vital Orianna vs. Azir matchup stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Azir..
Orianna typically has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Azir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Orianna and Azir
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Who is Better, Orianna or Azir?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Orianna usually loses when taking on Azir, with a 45.4% win rate. Thus, Orianna makes a bad counter for Azir.
While Orianna does have a much lower win rate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Orianna also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Orianna into Aziras her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Orianna has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champ 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.
Orianna is a trash counter to Azir. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Orianna against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Orianna to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Orianna versus Azir build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Azir than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Orianna had an average win rate of 45.4% when playing against Azir with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Azir as Orianna, Orianna 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 builds players used for Orianna vs Azir counters, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Azir as Orianna are presented for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.