Braum vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Braum
based on 805 Braum vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Braum vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Braum vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Braum
Tips for Playing as Braum against Azir
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
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.
Braum vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Braum in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several vital Braum against Azir counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Braum 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.
Braum normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Azir. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Braum and Azir
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Who is Better, Braum or Azir?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Braum usually fairs equally well when facing off against Azir, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Braum makes an ok counter to Azir.
While Braum does have a higher winrate than Azir, when on opposite teams, Braum also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Braum into Azir.
Furthermore, Braum also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Braum vs Azir matchups, Braum is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Braum is a decent counter for Azir. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Braum against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Braum in order to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Braum on average picks up a lot less CS compared to Azir. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Braum versus Azir build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Braum combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Azir than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Braum boasted an average win rate of 50.2% when playing against Azir with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Azir as Braum, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Braum vs Azir matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.
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