Zilean vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Zilean
based on 801 Zilean vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Azir Counter Build
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Core Zilean Items
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Guide to Countering Azir as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Azir
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Zilean vs. Azir counter statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Azir. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Zilean often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Azir. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Azir
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Zilean or Azir?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when taking on Azir, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Zilean makes an ok counter for Azir.
While Zilean does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when facing one another, Zilean also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Zilean into Azir.
Additionally, Zilean has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zilean 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Zilean is a somewhat poor counter to Azir. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Azir.
Other Champion Matchups Against Zilean
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How We Calculated Our Zilean vs Azir Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean on average gets a lot less CS relative to Azir. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Zilean versus Azir build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Azir than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when playing against Azir with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Azir as Zilean, Zilean players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Zilean vs Azir counters, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
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