Sylas vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Sylas
based on 2,516 Sylas vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Azir
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Advice to Win Against Azir
Try to think of Sand Soldiers as fire. Don't stand in the fire.
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.
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.
Sylas vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Sylas in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some critical Sylas vs. Azir matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir..
Sylas typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Azir. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sylas and Azir
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Who is Better, Sylas or Azir?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually wins when taking on Azir, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Sylas makes a good counter to Azir.
While Sylas does have a higher win rate compared to Azir, when on opposite teams, Sylas also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Sylas into Azir.
Additionally, Sylas has almost no 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 a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Azir matchups, Sylas is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Sylas is a good counter to Azir. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sylas against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sylas in order 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 suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas often picks up less CS relative to Azir. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Sylas versus Azir build include Night Harvester, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Shadowflame. When Sylas bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Azir than with many other common builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average win rate of 52.1% when countering Azir with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Azir as Sylas, you should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Sylas vs Azir fights, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Azir as Sylas are presented for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.