After the PBE changes, Azir's R doesn't seem much like an ultimate

Kittenguin·5/22/2016, 3:56:53 PM·10 votes·990 views

The new PBE changes for Azir are:

W - Can't cast it on turrets anymore, R.I.P Pushzir R - Lasts 2 seconds, allies that pass through it will not gain movement speed anymore

I don't care about the W, since all mages deal massive damage with their basic attacks, but the R changes god... The only thing that makes me still believe that it's an ultimate is that it damages and stops the leaps. Anivia's W is more useful as it lasts 5 seconds, and if you know how to play her, you can pretty much do anything. But Azir's R will now be "Throw the enemies at my team". 2 second wall doesn't seem very appealing for disengages.

26 Comments

YCitizenSnipsY5/22/2016, 4:07:30 PM4 votes

With the amount of poke and ranged DPS he can put out he doesn't deserve that strong of disengage. And he should have never been given his whole team a speed boost, that is just randomly added into his kit just for the sake of overloading it. Good riddance.

MEMEME6705/22/2016, 7:26:42 PM4 votes

There's a really simple reason why Azir's R doesn't feel like much of an ultimate.

It's because his W is his ultimate. Well, not exactly, it just has his ultimate's powerbudget. So, because of this, Azir is going to have to suffer a less-than-insane actual ultimate, because he gets an insane strength somewhere else in his kit.

It's like Caitlyn's ultimate. She makes up for it with her autoattack range and W.

Ultimates shouldn't all have to be high power high cooldown abilities. Allowing characters to have their most significant piece of their powerbudget in a different place is a good thing for character diversity.

JustMonika135/22/2016, 4:03:22 PM2 votes

Yeah that seems to be the general consensus: people seem to be okay with the W changes but the R changes are seen as way too much, which I totally agree on. The changes to his ult are just brutal, and I don't see how they thought this was okay.

Nekusen5/22/2016, 8:36:48 PM1 votes

speaking of ultimates that don't feel like ultimates Evelynn

blfUvZ8Ybu5/22/2016, 4:48:56 PM1 votes

Riot hates Azir and his players.Riot destroyed Azir.Riot killed Azir.Riot destroyed soloq Azir players.Riot doesn't think soloq players.Riot doesn't think soloq Azir players.

So Riot doesn't think Azir players.

alfavhunter5/22/2016, 4:12:01 PM1 votes

Welcome to the anivia gutted R syndrome

I think riot might hate birds

I'm expecting swain nerfs next even though his win rate is very low at the moment (supposedly due to people maxing the wrong spells first)

Icestar11865/22/2016, 6:30:58 PM1 votes

At least it's still on PBE. The change might not get to live.