Aphelios vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Aphelios
based on 1,524 Aphelios vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Azir
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
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.
Aphelios vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some valuable Aphelios vs. Azir matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Azir..
Aphelios typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Azir. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aphelios and Azir
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Azir?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Azir, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes an ok counter for Azir.
While Aphelios does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Aphelios into Aziras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Aphelios has almost no 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 in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter to Azir. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Aphelios against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios in order to counter Azir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Azir. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Aphelios versus Azir build include Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Kraken Slayer. When Aphelios combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Azir than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 49.9% when playing against Azir with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Azir as Aphelios, Aphelios players should take the Lethal Tempo, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Aphelios vs Azir matchups, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Azir as Aphelios are presented for every ranked division. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.