Azir vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Azir
based on 1,124 Azir vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Annie
Be a bird!
In the lane, try to position your soldiers between the enemy's minions and the enemy champion. This way you can use them both to last hit and to project threat onto your lane opponent.
Be careful about putting down both of the soldiers stored by Arise! Unless you're going all-in, always have a soldier in your back pocket if you need to escape over a wall or if you misposition your other soldier and need damage now.
Think of Emperor's Divide as a defensive ability first and foremost. Use it when the enemy engages on you or your allies. Remember that your team can walk through the soldiers summoned by Emperor's Divide and use this to your advantage when enemy melee champions engage on you.
Advice to Win Against Annie
Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.
Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.
Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.
Azir vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Azir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some vital Azir against Annie counter stats that can help you realize the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Annie’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Annie..
Azir normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Annie. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Azir and Annie
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Who is Better, Azir or Annie?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Azir usually wins when playing against Annie, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Azir makes a good counter for Annie.
While Azir does have a higher win rate than Annie, when on opposite teams, Azir also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Azir into Annieas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Azir has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Annie. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Azir vs Annie matchups, Azir is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Azir is a decent counter to Annie. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Azir against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Azir in order to counter Annie during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir usually gets a similar amount of CS as Annie. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Azir versus Annie build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Azir bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Annie than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Azir had an average win rate of 51.9% battling Annie with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Annie as Azir, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Azir vs Annie counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Annie as Azir are given for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.