Anivia vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Anivia
based on 989 Anivia vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Azir
Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.
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.
Anivia vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Anivia in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some significant Anivia vs. Azir matchup statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Azir..
Anivia usually has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives more damage than Azir. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Anivia and Azir
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Who is Better, Anivia or Azir?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Anivia usually wins when playing against Azir, with a 53.8% win rate. Therefore, Anivia makes a great counter for Azir.
While Anivia does have a higher winrate than Azir, when they face off with one another, Anivia also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Anivia into Aziras her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Anivia has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Azir matchups, Anivia is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Anivia is a great counter for Azir. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Anivia to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Azir. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Anivia versus Azir build include Seraph's Embrace, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Azir than with many other common builds. In fact, Anivia boasted an average win rate of 53.8% battling Azir with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Azir as Anivia, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Anivia vs Azir battles, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.8% winrate overall.
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