How to play against an Azir?

If he decides to use a second soldier he has no escape. He's extremely mana hungry so can't harass very well. Anyone with a blink, or the spell can counter his ult. His escape takes a while to set up, W > Q > E. Nuke him, he can't take the heat, and given his long escape time you will have ample time. also don't play melee's against him.

How to play against an* Azir?

Azir is hard to fight against, but there is one pivotal weakness with him. His early game. The Sand Bird will have to burn off all of his mana to either harass or clear minion waves effectively.

He's also extremely squishy, and you can flash over his Ult. My recommendation is to have your jungler gank as often as possible. Those happen to be the only tips I got on beating the guy. Luckily, nobody plays as him much these days.

Nami. Sand doesn't like water.

Heyo, I play Azir frequently, so I thought I'd weigh in with what messes me up.

He has great range, yes, but bad sustain, very mana-hungry early. A manaless champion can push him out of lane with health pots.

As you mentioned you can't really 'dodge' his soldiers' attacks; but Azir is severely punished for positioning them poorly. Unlike other mages, his spells aren't fire-and-forget; he commits to damaging one place at a time. If you can get out of that area, to him, then you're in the clear. There's different ways to do that, depending on your champion and the situation, but IMO that's what kills me the most as Azir. Getting punished for positioning.

1. Outpoke. Azir may have good range, but his early-game damage is lacking, unless you eat every Q he throws (they can be dodged) or stand next to his soldiers constantly.
2. Outposition. Azir can only cover so much of his lane in soldiers, and you can really punish him for not keeping one ready for escaping. He also has to stand still every time he uses a soldier's autoattack, and his W has a fairly short range (attack when he tries to put soldiers close to you without using Q).
3. Outsustain. Azir has no built-in sustain. He can spam his W quite a bit, but if he's using his Q for poke/repositioning soldiers (before he gets a Chalice of Harmony— but even that isn't enough for him to really spam Q and W), he's going to run out of mana. If you have any way to poke him without getting outdamaged when he trades with you, he will run out of health relatively quickly, him being a squishy caster.

Open question: Does Randuin's Omen slow Azir's attack speed if he uses a soldier to hit a champion that has it? I don't think it should (soldier autoattacks are treated as spells), but I've never tested it.

if u use zed... grow up

Of the champions you listed I'd go with Zed.

simply stay away from the azir soldiers or play azir... You dont do ANY damage without the soldiers cast.

Simple: Don't stand in the Soldier areas, and beat the shit out of him.

When he Qs, dodge/reposition and continue mercilessly beating him to death.