Yorick vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Yorick
based on 1,337 Yorick vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Azir
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
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.
Yorick vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Yorick in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several important Yorick versus Azir matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Azir..
Yorick typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Azir. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Azir
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Who is Better, Yorick or Azir?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yorick usually wins when trying to fight Azir, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Yorick makes a good counter to Azir.
While Yorick does have a higher winrate than Azir, when facing one another, Yorick also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yorick into Azir.
Furthermore, Yorick also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Azir matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Yorick is an above average counter to Azir. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yorick against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yorick to counter Azir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Azir. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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 a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Yorick versus Azir build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Hullbreaker. When Yorick included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Azir than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Yorick boasted an average winrate of 52.3% when playing against Azir with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Azir as Yorick, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Yorick vs Azir counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.3% win rate overall.
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