Annie vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Annie
based on 1,124 Annie vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Azir Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Azir as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Azir
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
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.
Annie vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Annie in LoL
The stats provided here show several strategic Annie vs. Azir counter stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Azir..
Annie normally has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Azir. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Annie or Azir?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Annie usually loses when facing off against Azir, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Annie makes a bad counter to Azir.
While Annie does have a lower win rate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Annie also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Annie into Azir.
Furthermore, Annie has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Annie 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 allied champions during team fights.
Annie is a somewhat poor counter to Azir. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Annie against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Annie 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Azir. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Annie versus Azir build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Stormsurge. When Annie used at least these three items in her build, she did much better versus Azir than with many other common builds. In fact, Annie boasted an average winrate of 48.1% when playing against Azir with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating Azir as Annie, you should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Annie vs Azir counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.1% win rate overall.
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