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Azir vs Rakan

How to Beat Rakan as Azir in LoLAzir is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Rakan as Azir

based on 1,862 Azir vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL rounds each and every week. In our database, Azir fought Rakan in 1862 games. Including so many matchups for Azir versus Rakan provides us confidence in our capacity to produce actionable data and a pro build to wreck Rakan. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Azir encounters Rakan in only 2.9% of his games.

Azir vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Azir does a good job of countering Rakan. On average, he wins a fantastic 52.6% of matches the champs clash against one another in. In Azir vs Rakan games, Azir’s side is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Rakan.

Best Azir vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsFiendish Codex

Core Azir Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneNashor's Tooth

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterLiandry's TormentShadowflameZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Azir to level upw
>
Second ability for Azir to level upq
>
Last skill for Azir to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
SorceryManaflow BandScorch
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Azir's passive ability p
Azir's q ability q
Azir's w ability w
Azir's e ability e
Azir's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Azir

Tips for Playing as Azir against Rakan

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 Rakan

Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.

Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.

Azir vs Rakan Counter Stats

Azir Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
Rakan Image
5.8
< Kills >
1.5
5.4
< Deaths >
5
6.3
< Assists >
14.3
1.35
< Killing Sprees >
0.27
191
< Minions Killed >
31
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.47
622
< Physical Damage >
1,193
22,152
< Magic Damage >
4,855
470
< True Damage >
714
23,244
< Damage Dealt >
6,763
20,100
< Damage Taken >
19,544
11,855
< Gold Earned >
8,158
2.42
< Towers >
2.22
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,801
< Total Healing >
5,945
14,609
< Experience >
10,166
18
< Vision Score >
67
9
< Wards Placed >
32
168
< Time Dealing CC >
164

How to Counter Rakan with Azir in LoL

The stats shown here clarify some valuable Azir against Rakan matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between this pair of champions. Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rakan. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Azir often has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Rakan. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Azir and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Azir
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Azir
Rakan

Who is Better, Azir or Rakan?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Azir usually wins when trying to fight Rakan, with a 52.6% win rate. Thus, Azir makes a good counter for Rakan.

While Azir does have a higher winrate than Rakan, when they face off with one another, Azir also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Azir into Rakanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Azir has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rakan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Azir vs Rakan matchups, Azir 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 late stage team fights.

Azir is an above average counter for Rakan. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Azir against Rakan.

Additional Information for Azir Players

How We Calculated Our Azir vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Azir, we analyzed 1,862 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Rakan as Azir comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Azir to counter Rakan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Azir on average accumulates much more CS compared to Rakan. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Azir versus Rakan build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Azir included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Rakan than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Azir had an average win rate of 52.6% when playing against Rakan with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Rakan 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. Out of all the rune sets players used for Azir vs Rakan counters, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.6% win rate overall.

If you want to get Azir vs Rakan tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a an individual division rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and strategies shown are calculated using every game run with both champs.