Volcanic Rupture can be used to set up zoning areas to threaten enemies.
Learning build paths of items can help quickly select upgrades in lane.
The order of your abilties matters! Try to optimize Brittle usage.
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.
The stats shown on this page underscore several important Ornn vs. Azir matchup stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. Ornn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ornn may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Azir..
Ornn usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Azir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ornn usually loses when facing off against Azir, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Ornn makes a poor counter for Azir.
While Ornn does have a lower win rate than Azir, when facing one another, Ornn also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Ornn into Azir.
Furthermore, Ornn has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Ornn vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Ornn is a somewhat poor counter to Azir. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ornn against Azir.
If you would like to truly master Ornn to counter Azir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ornn most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Azir. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Ornn versus Azir build include Sunfire Aegis, Frozen Heart, and The Unspoken Parasite. When Ornn incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Azir than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Ornn boasted an average win rate of 48.4% battling Azir with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Azir as Ornn, Ornn players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Ornn vs Azir counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.4% winrate overall.
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