Bard vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Bard
based on 2,126 Bard vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Azir Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Azir as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Azir
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Advice to Win Against Azir
Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.
Azir relies on his soldiers to deal damage and can only move them so often. Try to capitalize on windows of time when his soldiers are stationary.
Azir has immense damage over a prolonged amount of time but lacks the upfront burst of other mages. Try to burst him out before he can turn a confrontation around.
Bard vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several significant Bard versus Azir matchup statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Azir. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Bard normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Azir. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Bard or Azir?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when trying to fight Azir, with a 51.3% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a good counter for Azir.
While Bard does have a higher win rate compared to Azir, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Bard into Aziras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Bard has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Azir matchups, Bard is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Bard is a decent counter to Azir. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Bard to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard on average gets a lot less CS compared to Azir. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically 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 focus on in your Bard versus Azir build include Kaenic Rookern, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Azir than with most other common builds. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 51.3% battling Azir with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Azir as Bard, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Relentless Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Bard vs Azir counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.3% win rate overall.
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