Ahri vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Ahri
based on 1,699 Ahri vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ahri vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Ahri vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Ahri
Tips for Playing as Ahri against Azir
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
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.
Ahri vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Ahri in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several important Ahri against Azir counter stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir..
Ahri normally has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Azir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ahri and Azir
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Who is Better, Ahri or Azir?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ahri usually loses when taking on Azir, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Ahri makes a bad counter to Azir.
While Ahri does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Ahri also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ahri into Azir.
Furthermore, Ahri also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Ahri is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ahri against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ahri in order to counter Azir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ahri usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Ahri versus Azir build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ahri used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better against Azir than with most other typical builds. In fact, Ahri had an average winrate of 48.1% battling Azir with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Azir as Ahri, Ahri players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Ahri vs Azir fights, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.1% winrate overall.
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