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How to Win Garen vs Azir Counter MatchupGaren is in the b tier of champions

Garen vs Azir

How to Beat Azir as Garen in LoLGaren is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Azir as Garen

based on 2,094 Garen vs Azir matchups
Win Rate
48.4 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our dataset, Garen battled Azir in 2094 matches. Having so many matchups for Garen versus Azir gives us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare informative stats and a supported build to counter your rival. This particular champion pairing is somewhat rare. Garen fights Azir in only 1.5% of his matches.

Garen vs Azir Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Garen does a dismal job of countering Azir. Normally, he wins a lowly 48.4% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Garen against Azir matches, Garen’s side is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will get first blood versus Azir.

Best Garen vs Azir Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Garen Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTrinity ForceDead Man's Plate

Optional Items

Sterak's GagePhantom DancerForce of NatureSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Garen to level upe
>
Second ability for Garen to level upq
>
Last skill for Garen to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Garen's passive ability p
Garen's q ability q
Garen's w ability w
Garen's e ability e
Garen's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Azir as Garen

Tips for Playing as Garen against Azir

Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.

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.

Garen vs Azir Counter Stats

Garen Image
Win Rate
48.4 %
VS
Win Rate
51.6 %
Azir Image
5.9
< Kills >
5.7
4.8
< Deaths >
5.5
3.9
< Assists >
6
1.36
< Killing Sprees >
1.33
180
< Minions Killed >
190
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.53
13,539
< Physical Damage >
679
170
< Magic Damage >
22,053
4,515
< True Damage >
501
18,225
< Damage Dealt >
23,234
31,288
< Damage Taken >
20,987
12,107
< Gold Earned >
11,918
3.16
< Towers >
2.28
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
3,160
< Total Healing >
2,936
15,289
< Experience >
14,935
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
9
136
< Time Dealing CC >
168

How to Counter Azir with Garen in LoL

The stats provided here show several important Garen vs. Azir counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Azir..

Garen often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Azir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Garen and Azir

Damage Types Compared

Garen
Azir
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Garen
Azir

Who is Better, Garen or Azir?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Garen usually loses when trying to fight Azir, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Garen makes a poor counter for Azir.

While Garen does have a lower winrate than Azir, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Garen into Azir.

Additionally, Garen has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Garen vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Garen is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Azir.

Additional Information for Garen Players

How We Calculated Our Garen vs Azir Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Azir as Garen, we analyzed 2,094 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Azir as Garen comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Garen to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Garen most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Azir. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Garen versus Azir build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Azir than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Garen had an average win rate of 48.4% battling Azir with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of beating Azir as Garen, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Garen vs Azir clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.4% win rate overall.

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