Azir Buffs 5.2

f00G3MxfPP·1/25/2015, 8:05:30 AM·1 votes·14,124 views

For the next patch, though most of the balance changes seem to be terrible, their targets are justified. Nerf op assassins (some not enough, some just plain ineffective at reducing burst i.e. zed). Give compensation to dfg users (more like kill them more). Rework some champions (more like remove the champion/their playstyle from the game). But I did not see this coming. Isn't his pick/ban/winrate ridiculously high right now? And it's a buff... riot almost never gives buffs.

Source: http://www.newsoflegends.com/index.php/pbe-round-up-patch-5-2-32966/

47 Comments

RiotMeddler1/25/2015, 8:15:08 AM13 votes

This is an indicator change only, the spell's actual range isn't increasing.

We're considering Azir nerfs for 5.3, he's stronger in some situations than he should be. Range is one of the possible nerf points (it was while looking at his ranges we realized the indicator was off).

Fizz is not Fish1/25/2015, 8:28:38 AM3 votes

Azir Conquering Sands Indicator now displays the range as 875 instead of 800. No funcional changes to the spell.

Sena1/25/2015, 8:08:51 AM2 votes

I've never played with a mid laner able to beat Azir in my ranked games, and when he's on my team he always sucks. His win rate is below 50% I think overall.

It's like if you have a Shaco/Akali or whatever hypercarry/hit-or-miss champ player on your team, they will always feed 0-20, but on the enemy team they will always go 20-0 kind of thing. Other people claim Azir isn't OP and is easy to deal with, well.....idk. Pretty OP to me imo and the buff made me laugh for the first time out of all the patches.

Colgate Minuette1/25/2015, 9:41:11 PM2 votes

Why can't you leave him as a "feast or famine" champ.

If you fuck up in the first 10 minutes you are USELESS for the rest of the game.

It's just like Akali, if you mess up in the first 10 minutes you are so fucked. But if you don't then everyone else in the game is your personal bitch.

Pls don't nerf Azir

Stonington1/25/2015, 8:24:42 AM1 votes

Thanks for the clarification.

This might be a bit off topic, but a few years ago you answered questions about skillshot speeds. I'd love to know what the speed of Thresh's Death Sentence and Leona's Zenith Blade are.

championmaggot1/25/2015, 2:52:53 PM1 votes

5.1 azir is way nerfed. they need to buff him jst to make usefull instead of having a lower then 40% win rate.

Lichblade1/25/2015, 10:45:50 AM1 votes

@Meddler, another random question

Why Hextech Gunblade is getting a massive buff to the AP side.

When comparing this to WoTA cost and the stats it gvies Gunbalde is getting an unneeded over buff that may push it over the top.

Any contexts into whats the direction behind Gunblade changes?

Guy Fox Teemo1/26/2015, 2:32:20 AM1 votes

Azir has one of the lowest win rates in game buddy.

Colgate Minuette1/26/2015, 3:44:00 AM1 votes

I think the only way to "nerf" him without making him unplayable. Would be to give his projectile speed a slight nerf. Maybe make his soldiers move a bit slower?

f00G3MxfPP1/26/2015, 4:05:57 AM1 votes

For a hyper carry, his laning phase is quite strong. I've tried a variety of mid champions and feel that I lose lane to azir more than the usual lane bullies. His soldiers are like movable unkillable longer-ranged heimerdinger turrets that requries a little more micro. Heimerdinger is a lane bully that can be easily ganked and falls off lategame in terms of use/damage. Azir is hard to gank with his dash and ult and provides utility and dps lategame. Plus since you can control when the soldiers attack, you can choose to not push the lane unlike with heimerdinger. His dash is like j4's q. Dash+knockup. His ult has potentially better peel than janna's. It doesn't knock in all directions and doesn't heal but deals damage and creates an impassable wall that dashes can't get through. If you get this off in the jungle or at your nexus gate, it makes a lot of popular melees like irelia or akali useless. I remember seeing a recent competitive game where azir's ult allowed the team to stall to 60+ minutes. It's like prenerf ziggs again.

Icy Auron1/26/2015, 5:25:22 PM1 votes

Azir is actually very weak, at least to the champs I play. Anivia, Maokai, and Thresh wreck him.

FooDang1/26/2015, 7:06:33 PM1 votes

Who care's about Azir? When is that Nemisis Draft dropping? That's what i want to know...

Aggy8881/27/2015, 4:25:31 AM

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