Rakan vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Rakan
based on 1,862 Rakan vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rakan vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Rakan vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Rakan
Tips for Playing as Rakan against Azir
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
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.
Rakan vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Rakan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some important Rakan against Azir counter statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Azir. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Rakan typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Azir. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rakan and Azir
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Who is Better, Rakan or Azir?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually loses when trying to fight Azir, with a 47.4% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes a poor counter for Azir.
While Rakan does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Rakan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Rakan into Azir.
Moreover, Rakan has a very large 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 isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rakan 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 late stage team fights.
Rakan is a trash counter for Azir. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rakan against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rakan on average racks up a lot less CS as Azir. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Rakan versus Azir build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Azir than with many other common item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 47.4% battling Azir with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Azir as Rakan, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Rakan vs Azir counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.4% win rate overall.
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