AZIR IS NOT AN ARTILLERY MAGE

Divewing·Dec 18, 2016·2 votes·532 views

I don't know what planet half you people are on but Azir is not, was not, and never will be intended to have MEANINGFUL POKE DAMAGE.

You all think his E is the problem with his kit, no his Q is the problem. It's base damage and scaling is frankly too high, it's giving him early game strength, and all game poke and burst he was never intended to have. Azir mains have never once deviated from Q max first because it does sooooooo much in carrying through the early/mid game - not to mention the introduction of thunderlords made it worse.

His Q should primarily be a REPOSITIONING TOOL for his soldiers that is more UTILITY BASED, trading its DAMAGE OUT for LOWER COOLDOWN and a BETTER SLOW.

Azir is/should be a dps/Battle Mage hybrid. Calling him an artillery Mage is idiotic

8 Comments

JbelsDec 18, 20163 votes

You know, I could actually get behind an iteration of Azir's kit where making his soldiers reposition does no damage, but also has a super low cooldown. Would make him feel more like the commanding emperor he was envisioned as

DivewingDec 18, 20161 votes

It also keeps the S.Shuffle playstyle. Everybody is a winner

JbelsDec 18, 20161 votes

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It also keeps the S.Shuffle playstyle. Everybody is a winner

I would hope the Shurima shuffle's cooldown gets lowered too, and I don't think it would be asking for too much if the Q's damage was gone entirely. You would be like a Heimerdinger with Mobility

DivewingDec 18, 20161 votes

That's basically it; damage lowered so much that it's not a threat, or just outright removed completely

DunkeyDiscipleDec 18, 20161 votes

Yeah, let's nerf Azir more because he is definitely not garbage at the moment

LauchmelderDec 18, 20161 votes

He's not bad, his full build is still insane. The problem is getting to that point.

sit kidDec 18, 20161 votes

The truth is that he is both.

He has the tools to play like an artillery mage with the dps of an adc, while also having mobility like an assassin

His kit is so overloaded and supports so many different playstyles. You can pretty much pick at any time when he is viable, so he is either trash or god tier

TyrekGoldenspearDec 18, 20161 votes

Only problem is that his early soldier damage is peanuts, along with his attack speed.

If his Q did no damage what's stopping someone from walking up to him, full comboing him and killing him/bully him out of lane, then walking back with minimum damage taken?

Keep in mind that he stands completely still during this AA and he's a sitting duck for skillshots from midlane mages.