Xayah vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Xayah
based on 922 Xayah vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Azir Counter Build
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Core Xayah Items
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Guide to Countering Azir as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Azir
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Xayah in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several valuable Xayah against Azir counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Azir..
Xayah normally has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Azir. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Azir
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Who is Better, Xayah or Azir?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when taking on Azir, with a 44.9% win rate. Therefore, Xayah makes a poor counter for Azir.
While Xayah does have a much lower win rate than Azir, when facing one another, Xayah also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Xayah into Azir.
Furthermore, Xayah also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Xayah is a garbage counter to Azir. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xayah against Azir.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xayah
Additional Information for Xayah Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xayah 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Xayah versus Azir build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Azir than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Xayah boasted an average win rate of 44.9% when countering Azir with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Azir as Xayah, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Xayah vs Azir counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 44.9% winrate overall.
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