Azir vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Azir
based on 2,594 Azir vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Azir vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Azir in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some valuable Azir versus Xerath matchup stats that can help us realize the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xerath..
Azir usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Xerath. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Azir and Xerath
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Who is Better, Azir or Xerath?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Azir usually loses when trying to fight Xerath, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Azir makes a poor counter for Xerath.
While Azir does have a lower winrate than Xerath, when facing one another, Azir also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Azir into Xerathas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Azir also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Azir vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Azir is a somewhat poor counter to Xerath. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Azir against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Azir to counter Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir usually gets more CS compared to Xerath. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, 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 have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Azir versus Xerath build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Azir used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Xerath than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Azir had an average winrate of 48.1% battling Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Xerath as Azir, Azir players 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 we have analyed for Azir vs Xerath face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.1% win rate overall.
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