Lee Sin vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Lee Sin
based on 2,099 Lee Sin vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Azir
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats shown here feature some valuable Lee Sin versus Azir counter stats that may help you understand the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Azir..
Lee Sin usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Azir. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lee Sin and Azir
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Azir?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when facing off against Azir, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Lee Sin makes a bad counter for Azir.
While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate compared to Azir, when they face off with one another, Lee Sin also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Lee Sin into Azir.
Moreover, Lee Sin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Azir matchups, Azir is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Lee Sin is a terribly counter to Azir. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Lee Sin against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin in order to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Azir. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Lee Sin versus Azir build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Azir than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average winrate of 47.8% when playing against Azir with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Azir as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Lee Sin vs Azir LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.8% winrate overall.
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