Xerath vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Xerath
based on 2,594 Xerath vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Azir
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some influential Xerath vs. Azir counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Azir. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Xerath normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Azir. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Azir
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Who is Better, Xerath or Azir?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when playing against Azir, with a 51.9% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes a good counter to Azir.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate compared to Azir, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Aziras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Xerath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Azir matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter to Azir. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath often accumulates less CS relative to Azir. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Xerath versus Azir build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Azir than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when countering Azir with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Azir as Xerath, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Xerath vs Azir matchups, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Azir as Xerath are displayed for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.