Diana vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Diana
based on 2,621 Diana vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Azir Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Azir as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Azir
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.
Consider when to cast Lunar Rush without Moonlight and when to wait for another Crescent Strike.
Landing Crescent Strike is critically important, but don't be afraid to miss. The cooldown is short and the mana cost is low.
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.
Diana vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Diana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some vital Diana vs. Azir counter stats that may help you explain the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Azir..
Diana typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives more damage than Azir. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Diana and Azir
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Who is Better, Diana or Azir?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Diana usually loses when playing against Azir, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Diana makes a poor counter for Azir.
While Diana does have a lower win rate than Azir, when they face off with one another, Diana also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Diana into Azir.
Additionally, Diana has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Diana vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Diana is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Diana against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Diana in order to counter Azir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana often accumulates less CS relative to Azir. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Diana versus Azir build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Diana combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when facing Azir than with most other common builds. In fact, Diana had an average win rate of 48.2% when playing against Azir with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Azir as Diana, Diana players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Diana vs Azir LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
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