Caitlyn vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Caitlyn
based on 6,005 Caitlyn vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Azir Counter Build
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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 on this page show several vital Caitlyn against Azir counter stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Azir..
Caitlyn normally has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Azir. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Azir
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Azir?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when playing against Azir, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes an ok counter to Azir.
While Caitlyn does have a lower winrate than Azir, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Azir.
Moreover, Caitlyn has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own 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 early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Caitlyn versus Azir build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Rapid Firecannon. When Caitlyn used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Azir than with many other common item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 49.2% when countering Azir with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Azir as Caitlyn, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Caitlyn vs Azir counter picks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Azir as Caitlyn are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.