Azir vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Azir
based on 2,762 Azir vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Azir vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Azir in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some significant Azir versus Varus counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between these two champs. Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Varus..
Azir usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Varus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Azir and Varus
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Who is Better, Azir or Varus?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Azir usually wins when taking on Varus, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Azir makes a good counter to Varus.
While Azir does have a higher win rate than Varus, when facing one another, Azir also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Azir into Varusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Azir has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Azir vs Varus matchups, Azir is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Azir is a decent counter for Varus. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Azir against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Azir to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Azir versus Varus build include Lich Bane, Nashor's Tooth, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Azir included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Varus than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Azir had an average win rate of 51.8% battling Varus with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Varus as Azir, Azir players should equip 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 combinations that we analyzed for Azir vs Varus fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.8% win rate overall.
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