Gwen vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Gwen
based on 655 Gwen vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Azir
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Gwen in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several important Gwen versus Azir matchup stats that may help you realize the differences between the pair. Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Azir..
Gwen typically has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Azir. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gwen and Azir
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Who is Better, Gwen or Azir?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Gwen usually fairs equally well when playing against Azir, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes an ok counter to Azir.
While Gwen does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Gwen also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Gwen into Azir.
Moreover, Gwen has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gwen 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.
Gwen is a somewhat poor counter to Azir. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Gwen against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Gwen to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for 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.
Gwen most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Azir. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Gwen versus Azir build include Riftmaker, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Nashor's Tooth. When Gwen incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Azir than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gwen had an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Azir with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Azir as Gwen, Gwen players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Gwen vs Azir counters, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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