So, Gravelord 
is out, everyone and their mothers are gonna wanna play him... and being a high skill gap champ, i gotta ask for some tips :v that way i dont go into a game blind like 
Anyway, what do you max and in what order? Also, what builds are recommended? A well a general matchups for his mid o top.
Advice please?
FurretHasAGlock1 votesNashors tooth first item. Then you can go the slowing thing with 100 AP, liandry's torment, and rabadon. Boots vary. CDR is important though! So either get CDR boots or a 20 CDR other item.
It Is I Emoto1 votesI rush Nashors on him, it's probably one of the items you benefit the most from it (though the passive is useless) I rush then usually either Morellos or athenes, reaching 40% cdr, and then trying to rush zhonyas or ludens for more burst/sustain.
Liandrys, Void staff, Deathcap, Rylais are all viable options, you gotta think wich one would benefit the most for you in the situation you are and you'll do fine yo c:
Theazevedo1 votesRod of Ages, Nashor, Rylais, Zhonya and Rabadon. You max Q first, then W and finally you max your E
Helmight1 votesIf you're not as comfortable with Azir yet, I'd suggest grabbing Morellonomicon/Athene's as your first item. However, the Nashor's -> Rylai's rush is Azir's first major powerspike and turns you into a serious menace. You'll want those two items as fast as possible. Hitting 40% CDR is a nice goal, but it's certainly not required for Azir to do well - especially if you're getting consistent blue buffs from your jungler.
Max order should be R>Q>W>E. Gives you the highest amount of burst damage in the early game when all you can do is W-Q-AA someone.
Lord Azır1 votesFew different builds that currently work.
Attack Speed (Better for wave clear and each soldier auto gives rageblade 2 stacks, very easy to stack up):
Max CDR / Attack Speed (Be able to spam at a low cooldown while having tons of mana regen and attack speed):
Standard (The standard build most people fall into nowadays):
Burst (If the enemy team has assassins and you have to match their burst and won't benefit from attack speed builds):
AlokDo Zir1 votesAzir main here, here's what I usually do.
Items:
with
against ap heavy comps instead of if you really struggle against ap assassins like leblancSo for this build, I use 12-18 in masteries since thunderlord's is better than deathfire keystone for Azir and also 45% CDR is Kreygasm. only gives 20% CDR and you receive 5% from masteries, so the rest 20% needs to be from runes. I take 2 scaling CDR quints and 6 scaling CDR blues so that I can get 45%. If you are just playing Azir for a few games and dont have the ip to buy all those CDR runes, then you should get ionian boots instead of sorceror's so you can at least have 35% CDR, 'cause playing Azir with low CDR is definitely not easy, you need to really land point-on Qs or else you will misplace your soldiers and they won't do shit during a teamfight since everyone moves around a lot and soldiers are stationary.
Even tho you are probably playing blind pick, I'll briefly suggest the summoners anyways:
against CC mids like Lux, 
against general ap mages, 
against burst assassins like Zed, Kat.
Max R-Q-W-E. For first 3 levels, level W-Q-Q since level 2 Q does a bit more damage against opponent and you usually won't need E anyways if you feel the enemy jg won't gank before 3. If they have an hyper-aggressive jg, level W-Q-E so you won't overextend and be left with no escapes.
Here's a guide I use if you want more info, it includes a lot of match-ups and other general info about Azir: http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/sol-invictus-best-azir-world-guide-in-depth-5-22-updated-405527
