Nilah vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Nilah
based on 987 Nilah vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Nilah
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.
Nilah vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Nilah in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several strategic Nilah against Azir counter statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Azir..
Nilah usually has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. Typically, they takes more damage than Azir. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nilah and Azir
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Who is Better, Nilah or Azir?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nilah usually loses when trying to fight Azir, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Nilah makes a poor counter to Azir.
While Nilah does have a lower win rate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Nilah also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more difficult champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Nilah into Aziras their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Nilah has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Nilah is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nilah against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nilah 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Nilah versus Azir build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Nilah included at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better vs. Azir than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 48.4% battling Azir with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Azir as Nilah, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Nilah vs Azir counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Azir as Nilah are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.