Azir - The "Non-Mage"

I wonder why Riot has classed as a mage because he relies on his abilities much less then a traditional mage. His soldiers mostly auto-attack anyway so it really is pointless to class him as a "mage". He is more a "specialist" because of his unique blend of attack speed and ap. I think that should be the start to a new "specialist" class in LoL. He has just too much in his kit that traditional mages do not have. I find it sad because the champion is a great concept, a battlefield commander essentially.

However in practice, his continual presence in the LCS, despite of some serious nerfs actually highlights that the problem is with his kit being overloaded as opposed to his actual power. Champions that do 500 things can be extremely difficult to balance as Riot has discovered ( to name a few)

In truth, Azir needs to be reworked.