Warwick vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Warwick
based on 2,423 Warwick vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Azir
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Warwick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some critical Warwick against Azir matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Azir..
Warwick usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Azir. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Warwick and Azir
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Who is Better, Warwick or Azir?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Warwick usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Azir, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Warwick makes an ok counter to Azir.
While Warwick does have a higher win rate compared to Azir, when on opposite teams, Warwick also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Warwick into Azir.
Additionally, Warwick also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Azir matchups, Warwick is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Warwick is a decent counter to 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 do very well as Warwick against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Warwick to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick most often gets a lot less CS as Azir. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Warwick versus Azir build consist of Thornmail, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Azir than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Warwick boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when countering Azir with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Azir as Warwick, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Warwick vs Azir counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.8% win rate overall.
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