Yone vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Yone
based on 1,630 Yone vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yone vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Yone vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Yone
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.
Yone vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Yone in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some important Yone vs. Azir counter stats that can help us figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Yone’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Azir’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yone may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir..
Yone typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Azir. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yone and Azir
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Who is Better, Yone or Azir?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yone usually wins when playing against Azir, with a 52.9% win rate. As a result, Yone makes a good counter to Azir.
While Yone does have a higher winrate compared to Azir, when facing one another, Yone also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yone into Aziras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Yone has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Yone vs Azir matchups, Yone is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Yone is a good counter for Azir. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Yone against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Yone in order to counter Azir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yone often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Azir. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Yone versus Azir build include Infinity Edge, Hullbreaker, and Kraken Slayer. When Yone included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Azir than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Yone had an average win rate of 52.9% battling Azir with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Azir as Yone, Yone players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Yone vs Azir counter picks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.9% win rate overall.
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