Naafiri vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Naafiri
based on 807 Naafiri vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Azir
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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.
Naafiri vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several influential Naafiri versus Azir matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champs. Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Azir..
Naafiri typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Azir. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Naafiri and Azir
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Azir?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually loses when trying to fight Azir, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Naafiri makes a bad counter to Azir.
While Naafiri does have a lower win rate than Azir, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Naafiri into Azir.
Furthermore, Naafiri also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Naafiri is a somewhat poor counter to Azir. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri in order to counter Azir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Naafiri versus Azir build consist of Eclipse, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri bought at least these three items in their build, they did much better versus Azir than with most other common item sets. In fact, Naafiri had an average winrate of 48.8% when countering Azir with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Azir as Naafiri, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Naafiri vs Azir LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.
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