Azir vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Azir
based on 1,703 Azir vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Irelia
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 Win Against Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Azir vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Azir in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some vital Azir vs. Irelia matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences between these two champions. As an example, Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Irelia..
Azir typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Irelia. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Azir and Irelia
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Who is Better, Azir or Irelia?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Azir usually wins when playing against Irelia, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Azir makes a good counter for Irelia.
While Azir does have a higher win rate than Irelia, when facing one another, Azir also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Azir into Ireliaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Azir has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Azir vs Irelia matchups, Azir is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Azir is a decent counter to Irelia. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Azir against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Azir to counter Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Irelia. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Azir versus Irelia build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Azir combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Irelia than with most other common builds. In fact, Azir boasted an average win rate of 51.6% battling Irelia with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Irelia as Azir, 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. Of all the runes players picked for Azir vs Irelia fights, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.
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