Taric vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Taric
based on 691 Taric vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Azir
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Taric in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several critical Taric against Azir matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Azir. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Taric typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Azir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Azir
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Who is Better, Taric or Azir?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Taric usually loses when playing against Azir, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Taric makes a poor counter for Azir.
While Taric does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Taric also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Taric into Azir.
Furthermore, Taric also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric 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 teamfights.
Taric is a somewhat poor counter for Azir. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taric against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Taric in order to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric on average accumulates a lot less CS as Azir. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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 many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Taric versus Azir build consist of Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Azir than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Taric boasted an average winrate of 48.3% when countering Azir with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Azir as Taric, you should take the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Taric vs Azir counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.3% winrate overall.
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