Azir and Kalista currently have a lower win rate than Ivern, who has been released only 2 weeks ago
I used to be an Azir main, and he is still my favorite champion, but at this point I'm not willing to pick him in ranked anymore. Just look at the stats:
Dead last in win rate for mids.
Dead last in play rate for mids.
Despite having mostly experienced players playing him.
Far below average in gold earned, kills, assists, damage dealt and killing sprees.
Far above average in deaths.
Literally the only stat he is positive in is CS.
His early game win rate (before 25 minutes) is 33%, but even very late game (40+ minutes) it's still only 45%.
I can do the same for Kalista, but it's just the same: absolutely no reason to play her with how abysmally weak she is currently.
I know they can crowd out other champions in pro play when they are balanced in low ELO. I know that they can be oppressive when they are even slightly too strong. But they don't have to be straight up unplayable, and currently it just feels like a big 'fuck you' to the players who played hundreds of games on them, only for them to be made into troll picks.
You may say I should be more loyal to my main, but I'm pretty sure that you would also start playing something else when your main gets nerfed into having a lower win rate than Nocturne mid, Udyr top or Taliyah support.
Sincerely, a salty former Azir main who wants his favorite champion back to a playable state.
EDIT: Slight correction: he is technically not the lowest win rate mid according to lolalytics. Gragas mid is slightly lower, but his play rate is so low that he doesn't show up on champion.gg