Azir, Quality of Life change for Q

InnovationSt··18 votes·1,737 views

Azir is a pretty fun champ to play, but there is one change that has been bugging me over the course of my play with him. The biggest and most frustrating thing that I have seen is this: When Azir has multiple soldiers out and uses his Q ability, the first soldier summoned is the one that flies closest to the target point. Now, if all the soldiers are close to Azir, this doesn't present too much of a problem, but consider this scenario.

Azir has summoned 2 other soldiers and has left them behind in a fight to chase after an opponent (but not far enough for them to dissipate). He summons a new soldier in hopes that he can Q to slow them. However, the closest soldier flies to the right of the target point instead! Several moments pass before the oldest soldier summoned (the one Azir left behind) catches up to the original target point, but by then the enemy champion has left that area.

The change I propose to help Azir players would be to have the closest soldier dash to the target point first. That way, it makes Q a much more reliable slow and chasing tool, rather than having an Azir run all the way out of range of his last soldiers in order to effectively use a Q. In essence, Azir is about having a lot of soldiers on the field at the same time by the end game, so forcing him to run away from them doesn't make too much sense.

What do you think?

6 Comments

Drukyul11 votes

I didn't know this was the case, and definitely support the change.

BlazingSalvo3 votes

I just think Azir's Q is too slow for its range. And I hate the low range on his W cast.

However, despite him being potentially bullied out by longer range mages, I know that any buffs to those 2 spells would possibly put him over the top vs. melees... There's always this annoying window of "can't beat ranged" vs. "too strong against melee."

A0 SHIN1 votes

I was actually going to make a post about this today but saw this. +1, this would be a nice change. Its not necessarily a buff but it would make him feel better to play.

Ch0c0lateJesus1 votes

I've played him a lot, and I havent really noticed this being the case. My soldiers seem to go where I want them to in general. If it is the case, I agree it should be changed. The soldiers do try to form a line when you move them(something I like personally), but the closest one to your cursor should go to the exact point of your cursor, and not beside it to accommodate a line formation.

Azir Still needs a ton of QoL changes. He's one of the funnest champs in the game to play, but he is challenging enough without the list of QoL issues.

YOU BEEN WARNED1 votes

He needs what they did to Ziggs Q.

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