I mean this was played at 1 am but holy sun disc, these team comps are getting weirder by the second.

I’ve had this notion the other day that I can’t really share anywhere else, so i’ll do it here.

A lot of the times when im learning new champions, i can take away a lot from playing against them. With Viktor and Syndra for instance, ive noticed that people who can actually play them will wait for you to auto a creep and then e/qe you as youre locked into the aa animation.

Thing is, nobody plays azir. I know, emerald scrub, noone plays him in emerald.

Still. I feel like it would be so valuable for me (and everyone else who loves him) to witness him being piloted by very strong players.

I know i know, watch competitive. But its different. What you take away from a high level player playing him and what one can do to you, personally, is so different.

Maybe its an actionable point of advice that we all can use: if you know a high level azir player, ask him to play out a laning phase vs you in practice tool and play the things that are supposed to counter him. The X*raths and the whatnots. And try to figure out how that high level player does to make the matchup his own.

So yea tl dr: almost noone else plays azir and its easy to learn by getting shit on. But its hard to get shit on by azir because noone plays him.

my love for azir is ruining my relationship

I posted here a year ago about how much i like azir so i thought i would update you all about how its going.

since then ive gotten into a great relationship. I could not find anyone better, there is one issue though.

she genuinely whole heartedly dislikes how much i like azir and shurima. i used to follow a bunch of azir cosplayers and shurima news letters and she made me unfollow all of them. i told her ive been buying every azir skin and she had a fight with me (almost WEQR'ed her) about how its a waste of my money (it is MY money...).

this all was fine and easy to deal with, i figured it was just an overly possessive girlfriend and maybe she liked xerath more and i cant complain about that at all ! until a week ago.

we were doing shuffling together and i accidentally said azir's name instead of hers. the worst part is, she thinks i said "sivir" and has been distancing (about 2x max WEQ drift distance) from me and refusing to talk to me or hear me out ever since.

if i told her i actually said azir's name her reaction might be even worse.

what do i (M3 pidgeon) do

I just checked the azir mana growth and it is not 50 like said in the 26.21.

Any thought ?

It seems like it's doing full damage again? Swear it was halved for the longest time.

Why would Azir say "the order is gibbon.", when he's obviously a bird themed champion? is riot trolling?

My life is ass. i want to be something atleast in league. im gonna do it anyway even if not now.

https://www.twitch.tv/thebausffs/clip/SparklingBloodyTurnipPrimeMe-6GvD32H0f-4mwuOi
https://www.twitch.tv/xxdinos/clip/OpenTrustworthyGerbilKlappa-cv_Ak9IV78CWiA_A?range=7d

Azir Emerald+ OTP here, so Diamonds+ take this with a grain of salt.

I remember picking Azir because of his whole concept of playing as an Emperor that commanded his army to victory, lately I noticed that, in reality, you're not really commanding an army but just a few bodyguards, it feels lackluster to me personally.

I've been thinking a bit about it and I came up with a rework that respects his lore much more than the current version we have of him in-game.

The idea is this:

W (Arise): The amount of soldiers that Azir can field at the same time now scales according to how much cooldown reduction Azir has, with a cap of 6 soldiers (maybe more depending on the feedback). So during the early game you summon 2 soldiers max, in the mid-game you summon around 3 to 4 soldiers max and coming to the late-game you summon 5 to 6 soldiers max.

Soldiers also boost Azir's armor and magic resistance if they are close to Azir, this effect multiplies based on how many soldiers are near Azir, the effect is lost the moment Azir is no longer close to any soldier, so you can turtle up alongside your soldiers to severely mitigate the instakill damage of an assassin champion, provided you're alongside your soldiers when the assassin throws himself at you.

In exchange, the damage of Azir is broken up based on how many soldiers are hitting the same target. That means that you're no longer summoning a soldier, throwing him against an enemy ADC with a Q and obliterate half of his bar or straight out kill him with late-game Azir, now every soldier Azir commands deals about a quarter of Azir's current AP as damage in each attack. You can still deal the current late-game damage that he has but only if you attack with your entire army, so bye-bye anime protagonist soldiers.

Lastly, the mana cost is highly low, near to zero, so Azir can spam as many soldiers as he likes without running out of mana.

The rework on W focuses on making Azir's gameplay be more of an Army Commander than a Manager of God-Tier Bodyguards as it works currently.

Q (Conquering Sands): The mana cost now goes higher according to how many soldiers are you moving with the Q in order to prevent early-game spamming, the mana cost reaches a reasonable flat cap in the late-game once players itemized his build around mana, ap, cooldown reduction and attack speed.

E (Shifting Sands): Remains exactly the same.

Passive (Shurima's Legacy): No changes.

R (Emperor's Divide) changed to (Imperial Arena): Azir's Phalanx is replaced with Azir's Imperial Arena. Now instead of summoning a wall of soldiers that charge from behind to in front of him, he now summons a circle surrounded by his soldiers. The circle's size is based on Azir's commanding range and it traps Azir alongside any champion, turret, minion or jungle mob that is near Azir's commanding range when it is casted. It lasts for 7 seconds.

The circle is placed based upon where Azir is located, so Azir will always be at the center of the arena when he cast the ultimate.

Azir also summons two extra soldiers beside him that are not counted for his soldier's cap.

It also eliminates every soldier in the field that Azir has summoned earlier if they were outside of the arena's range, Azir's W also reset it's stacks according to how many soldiers are inside of the arena when the ultimate was cast.

Azir can recast his ultimate to remove it sooner after 1 second.

Finally, the circle acts as impassable terrain, meaning that dashes and even flashes doesn't work to get out of it, if you're trapped inside it, you can't escape until the ultimate finishes or Azir lifts it early. It is also placed in the map, so you're not transporting champions to another dimension like you do with Mordekaiser's ultimate.

What do you all think of this? Feedback would be appreciated, if you think one or more changes are good, bad or whatever, voice your opinion, I would like to hear the thoughts of fellow Shuriman enjoyers about this rework idea.

I play ranked 5s with some friends and I want to get decent enough with him that I can use him as regular pick, but I find him pretty challenging. I'd like to see some comprehensive guides or info that isn't just simping for someone's favorite streamer or watching challenger vods. I'm sure there is a ton of nuance to when his power spikes are and what to build/runes to take in different matchups or top vs mid/bot.

I'm specifically looking for around Emerald-Diamond+ knowledge since Gold/silver isn't really going to apply to the MMR of our matches.

If you wanna just answer some general questions too like what combos he can do, or how to shuffle/dash more consistently that would be welcome. I spend a bunch of time in practice tool and still fumble a lot in my actual matches.

Hey guys, a month ago i made a post here saying im gonna learn Azir and eventually otp him

i gave up.

Hes so incredibly hard to understand and i’m amazed by all of u who can do it right, but i just cant. Aside from aram mayhem, im completely useless with him. I do not win a single 1v1 fight nor do i win laning phase. I know his spells and how to play around them, but i’m just too bad with him. I also have it very hard to just play it safe with him, it genuinely bores me out and i cant take it anymore. But then again im an irelia otp so my go to playstyle is being aggressive so azir has been the opposite of that and i just cant do it, maybe in another universe

Thoughts on hail of blades azir compared to PTA and Lethal Tempo?

Hi guys I’ve been playing League for 3 years now I’m currently plat 2 on euw I only play twisted fate and I was thinking of one tricking azir for the carry potential ( I love tf but want more team fighting 1v5 carry potential ) I’m willing to play azir and only azir for this season but I just want to ask is he worth investing time into and can you climb with him ?

I love this champion I don’t think I played maybe once or twice against one this year , also the fact that he’s rare makes me want to play him even more . I just wanna know if mainning him I can keep progressing as a player and climb more and obviously carry those 30% games that barely seem winnable

I played a game and my jungle flamed me for playing passively (I like to stay safe and scale). I challenged them to an ARAM on Azir and I lost. They pushed hard, took all the healy wheely things, used all their soldiers at once for maximum damage, total opposite to how I would normally play Azir. And I played badly out of nervousness of losing (funny how that works). And I took gathering storm instead of scorch.

But man, one tricking Azir for ages, I still feel like I should have won. It makes me feel stupid for having lost

Fellas, I need your thoughts. Would you rather have Azir with his initially intended kit (no shuffle, but increased range and stats), or the Azir we have today?

Here is the kit he was shipped with:

Passive:

• Ability haste -> Attack Speed conversion bonus.

Q:

• Increased cast range.

W:

• Increased soldier interaction range.
• No damage reduction on enemies hit past the first target.
• No longer counts as on-hit.

E:

• Knock-up on the first champion hit.
• Shield on arrival.
• No Shuffle

R:

• Wall knocks back enemies that try to dash through the terrain.

Is the shuffle too important to his identity? Does the shuffle keep him pro-locked? Let me know your thoughts.