Vi vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Vi
based on 1,845 Vi vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vi vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Vi vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Vi
Tips for Playing as Vi against Azir
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
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.
Vi vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Vi in LoL
The stats provided here feature several valuable Vi against Azir matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Azir..
Vi typically has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. On average, she takes more damage than Azir. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Vi or Azir?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vi usually wins when taking on Azir, with a 52.0% win rate. Therefore, Vi makes a good counter for Azir.
While Vi does have a higher winrate compared to Azir, when on opposite teams, Vi also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vi into Azir.
Furthermore, Vi also 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 facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vi vs Azir matchups, Vi is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Vi is a decent counter for Azir. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Vi against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vi in order to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vi typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Azir. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Vi versus Azir build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Vi bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when facing Azir than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Vi had an average winrate of 52.0% when countering Azir with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Azir as Vi, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Vi vs Azir fights, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.0% winrate overall.
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