Nasus vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Nasus
based on 1,724 Nasus vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Azir
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some critical Nasus against Azir matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Azir..
Nasus usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Azir. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nasus and Azir
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Who is Better, Nasus or Azir?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Azir, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Nasus makes an ok counter for Azir.
While Nasus does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when on opposite teams, Nasus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nasus into Azir.
Additionally, Nasus also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Nasus 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 teammates during team fights.
Nasus is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nasus against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nasus to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nasus versus Azir build include Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Force of Nature. When Nasus included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Azir than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average win rate of 49.3% when countering Azir with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Azir as Nasus, Nasus players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Nasus vs Azir counters, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.3% win rate overall.
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