Rammus vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Rammus
based on 1,178 Rammus vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rammus vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Rammus vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Rammus
Tips for Playing as Rammus against Azir
Powerball can be used as an effective escape mechanism.
Tremors and Defensive Ball Curl can be used late in the game to obliterate towers. If you're bogged down in a team fight, it is often valuable to break off and attack the buildings.
Using taunt on a champion by your tower can cause the tower to attack your enemy.
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.
Rammus vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Rammus in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some critical Rammus vs. Azir matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences between the pair. Rammus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rammus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Rammus often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Azir. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rammus and Azir
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Who is Better, Rammus or Azir?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rammus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Azir, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Rammus makes an ok counter for Azir.
While Rammus does have a lower win rate compared to Azir, when on opposite teams, Rammus also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Rammus into Azir.
Moreover, Rammus also has a great deal of CC and other utility, 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 is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rammus vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Rammus is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rammus against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rammus 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rammus typically picks up a lot less CS as Azir. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Rammus versus Azir build consist of Thornmail, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Rammus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Azir than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Rammus boasted an average win rate of 49.4% battling Azir with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating Azir as Rammus, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Unflinching, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Rammus vs Azir fights, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
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