Azir vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Azir
based on 1,074 Azir vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Azir vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Azir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some critical Azir vs. Viktor counter stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Viktor’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Viktor..
Azir normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Viktor. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Azir and Viktor
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Who is Better, Azir or Viktor?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Azir usually loses when taking on Viktor, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Azir makes a poor counter for Viktor.
While Azir does have a lower win rate than Viktor, when on opposite teams, Azir also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Azir into Viktoras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Azir also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Azir vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Azir is a somewhat poor counter for Viktor. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Azir against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Azir to counter Viktor 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 mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir most often gets a similar amount of CS as Viktor. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Azir versus Viktor build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Azir included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Viktor than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Azir had an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Viktor with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Viktor 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 runes players picked for Azir vs Viktor fights, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Viktor as Azir are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.