Unnecessary Azir nerfs (PBE)

Lusty Elven Maid·5/18/2016, 9:44:12 PM·9 votes·1,044 views

> Azir Arise (W) [NOTE: Tower damage bits removed from tooltip but seems to still function in-game at the moment.] Emperor's Divide (R): Wall duration lowered to 2 seconds from 5/6/7 > No longer grants 20% movement speed for 1 second when passing through wall for Azir and Allies

And also this

> Stinger Total Price reduced to 1100 from 1200 Attack speed lowered to 35% from 50% Now Builds into Trinity Force.

What with this Azir nerfs Rito? What did my almighty Hawk emperor did to deserve this?

20 Comments

Sylverblitz5/19/2016, 12:03:59 AM3 votes

If you had seen any of the recent MSI tournament you would have seen Azir used in almost every game. His damage, range, team fighting and ability to split a fight massively in favour of his team has him at the top of the list. I don't think Orianna was used at all. Naturally this points to one thing - must balance around LCS / tournament / pros.

As always happens it's the general game population that deals with it most but the top 1% are the ones that cause the biggest changes. In this case though I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that Azir needed some nerfs.

Calabok5/18/2016, 9:45:03 PM1 votes

Necessary no doubt

Pyrodinium5/18/2016, 10:16:25 PM1 votes

The Emperor's Divide duration nerf seems on point (though a bit heavy-handed) to me.

Azir has a tremendous damage on teamfights, and good poke. Cutting a chunk from his safety seems reasonable.

blfUvZ8Ybu5/18/2016, 11:58:58 PM1 votes

I think necessary but overnerf.Especially Stinger and wall duration nerf.

But why wasn't nerfed Orianna?

High skill champion and same win rate.

CR4ZYRONDH4VI5/19/2016, 12:13:29 AM1 votes

They just don't like him? idk lol

RoflOs5/19/2016, 9:06:15 PM1 votes

Maybe because hes broken? He is absolute aids to play against, and is overbearing at all stages of the game. 100% DESERVED nerfs, and he should honestly get more.