Viego vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Viego
based on 1,461 Viego vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viego vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Viego vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Viego
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.
Viego vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Viego in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some valuable Viego against Azir matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir..
Viego normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their opponent does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Azir. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viego and Azir
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Who is Better, Viego or Azir?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Viego usually wins when trying to fight Azir, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Viego makes a good counter to Azir.
While Viego does have a higher win rate than Azir, when they face off with one another, Viego also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Viego into Azir.
Furthermore, Viego has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Viego vs Azir matchups, Viego is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Viego is a decent counter to Azir. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Viego against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viego in order to counter Azir during both the laning 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viego often accumulates a lot less CS as Azir. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Viego versus Azir build include Divine Sunderer, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Viego used at least these three items in their build, they performed much better vs Azir than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Viego had an average winrate of 51.3% battling Azir with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Azir as Viego, Viego players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Viego vs Azir matchups, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.3% win rate overall.
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