Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
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 stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several strategic Tryndamere vs. Azir matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Tryndamere’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Tryndamere may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir..
Tryndamere typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Azir. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tryndamere usually loses when trying to fight Azir, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Tryndamere makes a bad counter to Azir.
While Tryndamere does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Tryndamere also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Tryndamere into Azir.
Moreover, Tryndamere has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Tryndamere 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 team members during teamfights.
Tryndamere is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tryndamere against Azir.
If you would like to truly master Tryndamere 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tryndamere on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Azir. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Tryndamere versus Azir build include Phantom Dancer, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Tryndamere incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Azir than with most other typical builds. In fact, Tryndamere had an average win rate of 48.8% battling Azir with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Azir as Tryndamere, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Tryndamere vs Azir matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.
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