Syndra vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Syndra
based on 1,579 Syndra vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Azir
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Syndra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some influential Syndra against Azir counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Azir..
Syndra usually has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Azir. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Syndra and Azir
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Who is Better, Syndra or Azir?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Syndra usually fairs equally well when facing off against Azir, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Syndra makes an ok counter to Azir.
While Syndra does have a lower win rate than Azir, when on opposite teams, Syndra also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Syndra into Aziras her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Syndra also has a good 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 is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Syndra 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Syndra is a somewhat poor counter to Azir. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Syndra against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Syndra 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Azir. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Syndra versus Azir build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Syndra used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Azir than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Syndra had an average win rate of 49.5% battling Azir with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Azir as Syndra, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Syndra vs Azir counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.
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