Heimerdinger vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Heimerdinger
based on 900 Heimerdinger vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Azir
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some significant Heimerdinger against Azir counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the two. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Azir..
Heimerdinger normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Azir. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Azir
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Azir?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when playing against Azir, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a bad counter to Azir.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Aziras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger 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 late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger in order to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Azir. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Azir build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Azir than with many other typical builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 48.1% battling Azir with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Azir as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Heimerdinger vs Azir clashes, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.1% win rate overall.
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