Katarina vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Katarina
based on 2,098 Katarina vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Azir
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Katarina in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several valuable Katarina versus Azir counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Azir. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Katarina usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Azir. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Katarina and Azir
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Who is Better, Katarina or Azir?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Katarina usually loses when playing against Azir, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Katarina makes a poor counter for Azir.
While Katarina does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Katarina into Aziras her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Katarina also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Katarina 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 teammates during team fights.
Katarina is a somewhat poor counter to Azir. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Katarina against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Katarina to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Katarina versus Azir build consist of Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Katarina incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better versus Azir than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average win rate of 48.2% when countering Azir with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Azir as Katarina, Katarina players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Katarina vs Azir LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
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