Azir - Riot, what in the nine hells are you thinking?!

I'm sorry, guys. Normally, I don't post QQ or hate threads but I'm so mad right now as an Azir main I can't help it.

Just to reiterate the nerfs for Azir currently in PBE:

Shurima's Legacy ( Passive ) No longer grants Will of the Emperor (bonus 1.25% Attack Speed for every 1% of Cooldown Reduction)

Arise! ( W ) New Passive: Gains 10/20/30/40/50% attack speed.

Shifting Sands ( E ) No longer knocks up enemies or grants shield

Right. So, the passive is slightly annoying, but not what I'm really mad about. It trades his power spiking for late game power and makes his passive rather... niche. It'll require a bit of an adjustment in gameplay style, but fine. That's totally adaptable and I'm cool with that.

But by the gods, his E?! Are you bloody serious?! That E is Azir's bread and butter! It's his protection against assassins looking to kill him, or junglers looking to gank him! It's his hard engage and escape as well! Has anybody on the balance team bothered trying to play Azir at all?! If they have, they would quickly notice how essential E is to Azir! The 'Shurima Shuffle', as it's called, is Azir's primary engage and best way to score kills. Without it, he'll have to play defensively the whole time and will be barely able to pick off anyone with half a brain cell! And quite literally anyone can just walk up to Azir's face and bash it in with no repercussions whatsoever!

Not to mention, Azir is on free rotation this week too. Riot, are you f---ing mocking us at this point? 'Enjoy this awesome champion for now - we're gonna smash him down with a sledgehammer after this!' I'm sorry, but this feels almost like a deliberate attempt to p--- us off.

sighs Seriously. Just.... what the hell.