Hey Boards, Gold III player here. As the title suggests, I'm noticing that most people are rushing Nashor's on Azir without building any sort of mana problems. And it seems like if you're repositioning his soldiers with Q... how are you not constantly going OOM? Just really trying to improve my Azir game, and I think I've always been not quite sure on what his optimal build is.
Bump! Looking for help!
Hello fellow Azirer! About Azir's build, here's what I usually build on him:
with 
when you are against apAbout not going OOM, you have to really think of Azir's q as a repositioning tool for soldiers, rather than a poke ability. In lane, the ideal poke combo would be W on top of your enemy laner and auto once. He'll run out of your soldier's range and this is when you Q to him and auto twice while he is slowed by your Q. The combo in short would be:
W-Auto-Q-Auto-Auto-Thunderlord's decree procs
Most of the time, you won't be in range to W right on top of your enemy if he is ranged, then simply W-Q-Auto-Auto would work too. This ensures 3 attacks and therefore will still proc thunderlord's decree. In an ideal trade, you want to make sure you always proc thunderlord's because it contributes a lot of damage. Another thing is that you cannot realistically spam Azir's Q, since it does cost a lot of mana and should only be used when you are sure that you can pull off the combo i mentioned above by landing the Q and two autos. Poking your opponent is essential, but you have to remember that every cs = 4 mana from 
and of course also some gold.
There is also blue buff to consider, but it will only be given to you a few mins into the game and even at D2, some junglers do not give blue to mid for whatever reason, so you shouldn't depend on it every game.
A straight-forward suggestion would be to get double , since the mana regen and the passive are not unique and therefore will stack to give you a lot of mana back. People say that getting 
would help, but I feel like it would delay Azir's late game god status even more and you will have no attack speed and no CDR early game without rushing , and what would be the point of having mana if your abilities don't have impact?
Blue buff
