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How to Synergize Azir with Zed on the Same TeamAzir is in the s tier of champions

Azir with Zed

How to Win With Azir and Zed Paired TogetherAzir is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Azir and Zed

based on 499 Azir with Zed pairs
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Azir has fought alongside Zed in 499 recently played, ranked matches. By accumulating so much accurate data from the creators of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can showcase robust, insightful builds to help Azir play with Zed. It is very rare for Azir to play alongside Zed as teammates. This has only taken place in approx. 0.8% of games with Azir.

Azir Zed Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Azir has done a dismal job of teaming up with Zed. Normally, he wins an acceptable 48.9% of rounds the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Azir when playing with Zed by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Azir vs Zed Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowFiendish Codex

Core Azir Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothShadowflame

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassLiandry's TormentLich Bane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Azir to level upw
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Second ability for Azir to level upq
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Last skill for Azir to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
SorceryManaflow BandScorch
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Azir's passive ability p
Azir's q ability q
Azir's w ability w
Azir's e ability e
Azir's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
3
E
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W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Azir and Zed

Tips for Playing as Azir with Zed

Be a bird!

In the lane, try to position your soldiers between the enemy's minions and the enemy champion. This way you can use them both to last hit and to project threat onto your lane opponent.

Be careful about putting down both of the soldiers stored by Arise! Unless you're going all-in, always have a soldier in your back pocket if you need to escape over a wall or if you misposition your other soldier and need damage now.

Think of Emperor's Divide as a defensive ability first and foremost. Use it when the enemy engages on you or your allies. Remember that your team can walk through the soldiers summoned by Emperor's Divide and use this to your advantage when enemy melee champions engage on you.

Advice to Understand How Zed Will Play

Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.

Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.

Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.

Azir Zed Synergy Stats

Azir Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Zed Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.1
5.8
< Deaths >
5.7
5.8
< Assists >
6.1
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
1.4
195
< Minions Killed >
191
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.13
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.54
631
< Physical Damage >
632
23,647
< Magic Damage >
22,349
548
< True Damage >
497
24,827
< Damage Dealt >
23,478
21,522
< Damage Taken >
21,224
12,264
< Gold Earned >
12,038
2.39
< Towers >
2.33
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
2,942
< Total Healing >
2,932
15,160
< Experience >
14,931
19
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
174
< Time Dealing CC >
168

How to Play with Zed as Azir in LoL

The Azir Zed synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zed, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Azir sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zed. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Zed helps Azir perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Azir plays on the same team as Zed, he gets a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This change could signal that Zed helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Azir is played together with Zed on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zed. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Zed.

Additionally, when Azir plays with Zed on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Zed does a poor job of protecting Azir in team fights.

Synergies between Azir and Zed

Damage Types Compared

Azir
Zed
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Azir
Zed

Is Azir better when played alongside Zed?

There is no perfect ally for Azir that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, Zed is a relatively poor teammate for Azir. By playing on the same team as Azir, he decreases their win rate by -1.3% to 48.9%. This signals that there is a bad strategic relationship between Azir and Zed that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Zed has a lower difficulty than Azir. That means Azir players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Zed teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to cooperate well with you.

When playing together, Azir players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by aligning Azir and Zed together, you probably will not be giving your team a lot of protection for burst damage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Zed ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Azir Players

How We Calculated Our Azir Zed Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Azir and Zed, we analyzed 499 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Azir with Zed comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Azir to pair well with Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to have in your Azir and Zed synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Azir incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Zed than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Azir boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when playing alongside Zed with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Zed with Azir are given for every ranked division. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.