Rek'Sai vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Rek'Sai
based on 364 Rek'Sai vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Azir
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some influential Rek'Sai versus Azir counter statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between these two champs. Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir..
Rek'Sai typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Azir. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Azir
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Azir?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when trying to fight Azir, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Rek'Sai makes a bad counter for Azir.
While Rek'Sai does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Rek'Sai into Azir.
Moreover, Rek'Sai also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Rek'Sai is a terribly counter for Azir. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Rek'Sai against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Rek'Sai in order to counter Azir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai often gets a lot less CS compared to Azir. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Rek'Sai versus Azir build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Azir than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average winrate of 47.0% when countering Azir with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Azir as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Rek'Sai vs Azir LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.0% win rate overall.
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