Buff Azir

So instead of putting a general statement -- how about you suggest a buff that will allow him to not be completely broken in high ELO like he's been in the past?

I thought everyone knew by now he is practically 2.0 Too strong in the hands of people who know how to use him and too weak for beginners due to his inherit kit. So theyre just gonna leave him kinda weak till they think of a good update for him

As an MR7 Azir player who played him since he was on PBE, I honestly have to say this:

They need to rework Azir (again) before they do anything to buff him. They nerfed his range, damage, and utility, and Riot still cannot balance him between regular and pro play. Why? Because of the one thing that they did try and maintain when they reworked him.

The Shuriman Shuffle. A flashy, play-making combo that can single-handedly turn around and decide a team fight. A combo that was never intentionally part of his kit when he was created, but Riot thought was cool and actually encouraged. But because of having that combo on top of everything else in his kit Riot had to steadily strip things away from him one by one, lest he completely dominate midlane in the higher elos and pro play. Even reworking him from his much more unique long-ranged DPS style into a mid-ranged battle mage didn't solve the problem, because they've still had to nerf him and eventually leave him in this subpar state.

I hope when Riot comes back to Azir and gives him another look, they see the writing on the wall; no matter how flashy, exciting, and cool it may be, keeping the Shuriman Shuffle is a mistake and costs far too much power budget to be part of Azir's kit while still maintaining his gameplay fantasy and design intent. They need to first remove the Shuriman Shuffle- turning his ult back into one primarily for disengage and occasionally trapping/repositioning enemies- and then add that power back to the rest of his kit in a healthy manner.

Honestly I think a pretty nice buff would be changing it so he gets some bonus attack speed if he has 2 soldiers out. Right now he only gets the bonus attack speed if he has 3 soldiers out, which is ridiculous early game.

He is too unhealthy to just be buffed. If the buff his early game then they need to nerf the shit out of his late game.

I'd suggest the following.

Increase his shield duration from 1.5 to 2.5. Make it so that the shield only applies after the dash is finished.

Make his W passive also count the R guards he makes. (when 3 soldiers are out, he gains a lil bit of attack speed.) by Making his R count as 1.

But, azir is a pick that does all. and does it good. So They need to actually remove something that makes him more fair.

Having a shield, self peel, burst damage, sustain damage, escape and early game monster. They need to just makes him trash so that it more fair.

That or just flatten his numbers.

making his early numbers bigger, and reducing his late numbers lower.

For example his Q. 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 To 75 / 85 / 95 / 105 / 110

He is only weak to certain picks I think. There are other champions he outclasses but because he is difficult to play he isn't chosen often. I do not think Azir is weak as he has good mobility, engage, and poke. His only problem is he lacks early game damage but if he had early game damage he would be broken. I do not think lower mana costs or giving him a larger shield would make him anymore viable, the damage is too high meaning his shield would have to be massive and mana costs aren't his issue. Neither of those ideas addresses the problem that he gets outclassed in damage in most matchups.

Azir's new passive: Birdy Groovy If he has an ally Anivia or Quinn, Azir goes disco disco. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0lB26hulsI

I think that's a good enough buff really. [slayer-jinx-wink] [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

I actually recently posted ideas to balance Azir. Here is a link: https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/16AlsE47-azir-change-suggestions

This may be personal preference but I don't think I ever want Azir to be Meta again not Viable per say, just not meta ever! the reason for this is just, we already have assassins and mages doing fine in mid some weaker than others and some stronger than others. Then we have azir which is a weird one to me because he reminds me a bit of where she can shut down a lot of assassins and some mages depending on how it goes, so why wouldn't I azir to be good again? isn't having assassins down a good down a good thing? yes and no. since when azir is meta/good in any sense he becomes unbearable to play against he leaves no opportunity for their laner to do anything in lane it becomes to the point where even getting near azir without taking any form of damage is crazy. That's just me though I don't know much about numbers maybe someone can bring up why azir shouldn't be buffed because of X, Y or Z*[sg-poppy]*

He has the problem of overloaded kit, it's hard to balance.

Azir can't be buffed or considered a decent pick or else he will dominate the game, he needs a new rework instead but that won't happen anytime soon

He's easy to rework tho

-Increase range -Remove mobility -Profit

shuffle is dumb

Dont buff that abomination, Azir is just a Ryze or a Kalista: they need tweaks because buffing them it's not an option.

Maybe buff his base attack speed or atk speed growth per lvl so he is only more punishing in instances where he can get consecutive hits. Sounds like something that wouldn't break him in high elo, he wont poke someone for more damage or anything, he will just have more dps in situations where he should be doing his best.

1. Remove the base damage from his soldiers.

2. Make Soldier Basic Attacks scale with 100% of his Base AD.

3. Let his Soldiers apply on-hit effects.

There.

When Azir is OP in high elo and pro, mid lane just turns into Azir vs people who don't get completely shit on by Azir. Reminds me of Brawl a lot lol.

They can't buff him.

He warps pro play when he's strong.

Just like do.

You consider him to be strong late game, but he needs 6 items to even be considered strong enough. His flash is the only thing that can save him once he goes in with his ult. He can't get close to the enemy team without having to use his cooldowns, and his cooldowns are too long to save him once he goes in. But if he has to flash in with his spells, he is not good enough to even stay alive or do enough damage because he already used all his spells. all of his cooldowns will always be long since they nerfed his cdr for all spells.

And if the enemy team flashes away or flashes over the wall, they can fight azir like he's nothing, cause his soldiers won't have enough attack speed or he won't have enough soldiers to do enough damage.