Sylas vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Sylas
based on 2,090 Sylas vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Azir
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
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.
Sylas vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Sylas in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some vital Sylas versus Azir counter statistics that can help us realize the differences between the two. As an example, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir..
Sylas often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Azir. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sylas and Azir
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Who is Better, Sylas or Azir?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Azir, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Sylas makes an ok counter to Azir.
While Sylas does have a higher winrate than Azir, when they face off with one another, Sylas also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sylas into Azir.
Additionally, Sylas has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Sylas is a decent counter to Azir. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sylas against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sylas to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Sylas versus Azir build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Azir than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 50.0% when playing against Azir with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Azir as Sylas, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Sylas vs Azir LoL games, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.
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