Azir vs Mordekaiser
How to Beat Mordekaiser as Azir
based on 4,116 Azir vs Mordekaiser matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Mordekaiser Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Mordekaiser Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Mordekaiser as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Mordekaiser
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 Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.
Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside
Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health
Azir vs Mordekaiser Counter Stats
How to Counter Mordekaiser with Azir in LoL
The stats provided here feature several valuable Azir versus Mordekaiser counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Mordekaiser’s ratio of NaN, showing that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Mordekaiser..
Azir normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Mordekaiser. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Azir and Mordekaiser
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Who is Better, Azir or Mordekaiser?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Azir usually loses when playing against Mordekaiser, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Azir makes a poor counter for Mordekaiser.
While Azir does have a lower winrate than Mordekaiser, when on opposite teams, Azir also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Azir into Mordekaiseras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Azir also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Mordekaiser. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Azir vs Mordekaiser matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Azir is a terribly counter for Mordekaiser. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Azir against Mordekaiser.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Azir to counter Mordekaiser during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Mordekaiser. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Azir versus Mordekaiser build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Azir included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Mordekaiser than with many other typical builds. In fact, Azir had an average winrate of 47.7% when countering Mordekaiser with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Mordekaiser as Azir, Azir players should equip 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 rune builds that we analyzed for Azir vs Mordekaiser matchups, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Mordekaiser as Azir are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.