Jhin vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Jhin
based on 7,301 Jhin vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Azir
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
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.
Jhin vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Jhin in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some critical Jhin against Azir counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Azir..
Jhin normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Azir. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jhin and Azir
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Who is Better, Jhin or Azir?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jhin usually wins when trying to fight Azir, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Jhin makes a good counter to Azir.
While Jhin does have a higher win rate than Azir, when facing one another, Jhin also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Jhin into Azir.
Moreover, Jhin has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 in League of Legends, in Jhin vs Azir matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Jhin is a decent counter to Azir. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jhin against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Jhin in order to counter Azir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin often racks up a similar amount of CS as Azir. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Jhin versus Azir build consist of Bloodthirster, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Jhin included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Azir than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Jhin boasted an average win rate of 51.0% when playing against Azir with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Azir as Jhin, Jhin players should equip the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Jhin vs Azir battles, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Azir as Jhin are displayed for every ranked division. To scope the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.