Thoughts on Azir

I was intrigued with Azir since release and after the bugfixes and I wanted to hold off giving serious opinions about until I had a fair number of games played with him. Mechanically he is sound, however in some areas he feels lacking and also somewhat limited in options.

The two big areas I feel he could use some tweaks would be first: in the cast range of his Q; I feel as though he cannot catch up with champions fleeing and scoring that final blow to secure a kill. Also, for someone about zoning his range feels very limited.

The second big thing about him is the fact the shield on his E scales with health instead of AP; this limits your options if you wish to fully utilize his skills in both damage and survivability. because it scales with hp you have to build extra hp to have any significant effect on this shield which may not be what is desired. The recommended build calls for Rod of Ages which is a very expensive item to build and if you get stalled in anyway either by buying other items, such as chalice, or t2 boots; it really cripples you mid-game because RoA isn't scaling up.

Side from some raging because of people flashing over my ult after I pin them to my tower, I don't really think Azir needs ny other big changes aside from the ones Riot already has in the pipeline.