I want to talk about Azir current state. I really dont like it (played azir since release even)

Points at which his rework failed

1. Riot though that correct way of buffing azir was giving him more damage. Any other approach would be better. I agree he cant have high safety/mobility,damage,range. But hey Riot wanted for azir to do hypercarry damage

2. Clunkiness in ranges. TO the point where it is tilting me. His W AND Q HAVE EVEN RANGE YOU PUT A SOLDIER AND MOVE IT 1 mm hooray

In a past Riot has done good balancing like reducing his W range and increasing his Q range, that felt great. it forced him to use Q unless he could reach something from 400 range (he couldnt do that vs most mages/carries). But with rework they stripped those good changes away.

They essentially didnt nerf his range spectrum. Sure they nerfed his maximun range but his minimun range is higher. YET THE NEW SET OF RANGES FEEL WORSE,pointless,clunky and there is less counterplay to them. Also his maximun dash range is nerfed so there is that

His aa cast time is also lower aka less counterplay to azir. Less likely for him to eat cocoon ahri charm or similar

4. What is that garbage 3 soldier gimmick. Just what???????????

Whos idea was that? Its so bad, It is so irelevant. You want his damage to ramp up the longer he fights??. Then why was the bonus damage if multiple soldiers Q-ED removed long time ago. MAKE UP YOUR FKING MIND

Lethal tempo on the other hand feels way better. Azir ll be pick or ban as soon as the lethal tempo buff goes through

Imagine yasuo. Did ? Now imagine yasuo having CARROT move which slices nutela and throws ant queen at enemy. THATS HOW INAPROPRIATE AZIR 3 SOLDIER GIMMICK FEELS LIKE

But hey it is irelevant gimmick anyway. Any good azir player can tell it is irelevant (maybe relevant once a game when doing baron)

5. His ultimate is no longer unique? YOU PUT ON ALMOST EVERY SINGLE FKING CHAMPION AN ULTIMATE/ABILITY WHICH GOES THROUGH THE WALL SO THAT AZIR LIKE ULTIMATE CAN EXIST IN LEAGUE AND THEN WELL,,,, yep you remove its unique part Q I could list like 20 more

6. the shield thingy is also extremly debatable. AS IT REMIND ME OF CANCEROUS KASSADIN. instant shields guranteed shields are no fun

His ultimate wasnt opressive to melee champions. Idk if "new balance team" knew that, given that well there were only a few champions who got bounced back by it

And those who did Akali,yasuo,riven typical had like 4 more dashes

jax, Irelia and xin were the only noteable ones who could get fked up by it. But atleast irelia damage still went trough (idk about xin). Its ok for azir to be good against few champions

Biggest problem with old azir was in his power spikes. HE essentially didnt have them. You could only experience this if you played azir

Sure back when rylai was OP and azir got gutted Rylai was nice powerspike. Stinger is also a decent powerspike to bad nashoor is trash on him (berserkers and runes outclass it, (I KNOW MOST COULDNT AFFORD RUNES)

He had 0 item powerspikes. Best POWERSPIKE Was voidstaff when enemy team had lots of mr You see it wasnt azir fault that ap itemization is in trash state

But there were some good changes

• lowering his piercing damage early on was also a good change

And thats it.....

Old azir didnt need much

• Lowering his old ultimate CDR + new runes would be enough for him
• Since I stated that lowering his piercing damage early on is a good change do it. Reduce his mana costs/buff his w damage by 2-3% or compensate somewhere else

And viola

Masking bad rework with overtuned stats. RITO GEMS

Another concern was azir receiving rework before many champions who need it way more Because riot called his kit unhealthy and refused even trying to buff him