Yone vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Yone
based on 3,810 Yone vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yone vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Yone vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Yone
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.
Yone vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Yone in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several strategic Yone against Azir counter statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between these two champions. Yone’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yone may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir..
Yone typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Azir. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Yone or Azir?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yone usually fairs equally well when taking on Azir, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Yone makes an ok counter for Azir.
While Yone does have a lower winrate than Azir, when on opposite teams, Yone also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yone into Aziras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Yone has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yone 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.
Yone is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yone against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yone in order to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yone typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Yone versus Azir build include Jak'Sho, The Protean, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yone combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Azir than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Yone had an average winrate of 49.5% battling Azir with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Azir as Yone, Yone players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Yone vs Azir LoL games, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.5% winrate overall.
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