Caitlyn vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Caitlyn
based on 1,875 Caitlyn vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Azir Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Azir as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Azir
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several vital Caitlyn vs. Azir matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Azir..
Caitlyn normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Azir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Azir
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Azir?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually wins when playing against Azir, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes a good counter for Azir.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Caitlyn into Azir.
Moreover, Caitlyn also has almost no 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Azir matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is an above average counter for Azir. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn to counter Azir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy 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 skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many 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 use in your Caitlyn versus Azir build consist of Galeforce, Infinity Edge, and The Collector. When Caitlyn included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Azir than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 52.3% when playing against Azir with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Azir as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Caitlyn vs Azir battles, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.3% winrate overall.
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