Soraka vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Soraka
based on 1,438 Soraka vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Azir
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
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.
Soraka vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Soraka in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some valuable Soraka against Azir matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Soraka usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Azir. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Soraka and Azir
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Who is Better, Soraka or Azir?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Soraka usually fairs equally well when playing against Azir, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Soraka makes an ok counter to Azir.
While Soraka does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when on opposite teams, Soraka also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Soraka into Azir.
Moreover, Soraka has a great deal 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 is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Soraka 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 late stage team fights.
Soraka is a somewhat poor counter to Azir. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Soraka against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Soraka in order to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka typically gets a lot less CS compared to Azir. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Soraka versus Azir build include Redemption, Celestial Opposition, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Azir than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Soraka had an average win rate of 49.4% battling Azir with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Azir as Soraka, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Soraka vs Azir counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Azir as Soraka are displayed for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.