Azir vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Azir
based on 801 Azir vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Azir vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Azir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some significant Azir vs. Zilean counter statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zilean. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Azir usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Zilean. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Azir and Zilean
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Who is Better, Azir or Zilean?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Azir usually fairs equally well when playing against Zilean, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Azir makes an ok counter for Zilean.
While Azir does have a higher winrate than Zilean, when on opposite teams, Azir also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Azir into Zileanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Azir has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Azir vs Zilean matchups, Azir is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Azir is a decent counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Azir against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Azir to counter Zilean during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir on average gets much more CS as Zilean. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Azir versus Zilean build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Azir combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Zilean than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Azir boasted an average win rate of 50.9% battling Zilean with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Zilean as Azir, Azir players should take 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 we have analyed for Azir vs Zilean matchups, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.9% win rate overall.
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