# Azir Counters Who counters Azir? Best and worst picks against Azir by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Azir in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Azir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/) ## Page Content [Azir guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/) [Play against Azir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/how-to-play-against/) [Azir counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/counters/) Best and worst picks against Azir in Mid at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Aurora, Vex and Zoe beat Azir most often. Mel, Syndra and Xerath win the laning phase against Azir by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Azir Highest win rate versus Azir in Mid. - 1 [Aurora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurora/) 114 games 62.3% - 2 [Vex](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/) 144 games 61.8% - 3 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 148 games 60.8% - 4 [Anivia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/) 112 games 60.7% - 5 [LeBlanc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leblanc/) 292 games 59.2% - 6 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 256 games 58.6% - 7 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 250 games 58.0% - 8 [Kassadin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kassadin/) 140 games 57.9% - 9 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 232 games 57.3% - 10 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 436 games 56.6% - 11 [Vladimir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/) 209 games 56.5% - 12 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 296 games 56.4% - 13 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 424 games 55.7% - 14 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 172 games 55.2% - 15 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 368 games 54.6% ## Worst picks against Azir Lowest win rate versus Azir in Mid. - 1 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 123 games 44.7% - 2 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 169 games 45.0% - 3 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 229 games 47.6% - 4 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 222 games 47.8% ## Best lane counters vs Azir Largest gold lead over Azir at 15 minutes in Mid. - 1 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 101 games +930 - 2 [Syndra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/) 103 games +783 - 3 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 143 games +749 - 4 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 102 games +618 - 5 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 164 games +602 - 6 [Orianna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/orianna/) 106 games +566 - 7 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 129 games +557 - 8 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 149 games +520 - 9 [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) 101 games +495 - 10 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 180 games +469 - 11 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 176 games +434 - 12 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 148 games +417 - 13 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 128 games +395 - 14 [Ahri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ahri/) 232 games +206 - 15 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 225 games +133 ## How to play against Azir Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Trade when he steps into an auto animation for last hits, then back away before soldiers can keep hitting. - Contest the first waves so he cannot build a slow push and poke freely under your turret. - Engage after R is down or when he spends spells on the wave; his self-peel is the main barrier to killing him. - Avoid rotating through narrow river paths without vision, because his R turns clustered entries into losing fights. - Track his soldier line before starting a fight; approach from an angle that does not let R push your carries into his team. ## Where Azir is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Azir needs soldiers set up before dealing damage, so sudden engage can reach him before his zone is built. - His scaling and precision demands make early pressure and mana strain punish mistakes before his sustained damage takes over. ## Azir counters: questions ### Who counters Azir in Mid? At Gold+, Aurora (62.3%), Vex (61.8%) and Zoe (60.8%) have the highest win rates against Azir. ### Who does Azir counter? Azir wins most often against Qiyana (44.7%), Irelia (45.0%) and Gangplank (47.6%). ### Who wins lane against Azir? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Mel (+930), Syndra (+783) and Xerath (+749) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Azir. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Mid Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mid/) - [Mel counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/counters/) - [Syndra counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)