Mordekaiser vs Azir
How to Beat Azir as Mordekaiser
based on 4,116 Mordekaiser vs Azir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Mordekaiser vs Azir Matchup Summary
Best Mordekaiser vs Azir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Azir as Mordekaiser
Tips for Playing as Mordekaiser against Azir
Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.
Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.
Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.
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.
Mordekaiser vs Azir Counter Stats
How to Counter Azir with Mordekaiser in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several important Mordekaiser against Azir matchup statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Azir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Mordekaiser may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Azir..
Mordekaiser typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Azir. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Mordekaiser and Azir
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Who is Better, Mordekaiser or Azir?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Mordekaiser usually wins when facing off against Azir, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Mordekaiser makes a good counter to Azir.
While Mordekaiser does have a higher win rate compared to Azir, when on opposite teams, Mordekaiser also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Mordekaiser into Azir.
Moreover, Mordekaiser has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Azir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Mordekaiser vs Azir matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Mordekaiser is a good counter for Azir. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Mordekaiser against Azir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Mordekaiser in order to counter Azir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Mordekaiser usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Azir. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Mordekaiser versus Azir build include Spirit Visage, Thornmail, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter. When Mordekaiser used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Azir than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Mordekaiser boasted an average winrate of 52.3% when countering Azir with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Azir as Mordekaiser, Mordekaiser players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Mordekaiser vs Azir fights, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.3% win rate overall.
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