So what's the plan with Azir?

Ryouu·2/13/2017, 5:08:03 PM·13 votes·2,523 views
Champion.gg - Azir Middle Stats, Builds, Runes, Masteries and Counters

How long do you plan on leaving this guy in the dumps? It's been over half a year since this guy has been in an awful state with very little effort to be done to get him to be better. There is the argument "He's overloaded" and "He can do everything others can do but way better" but those can be said with most of the champions released in and after season 5. Riot posts claim to design champions that have kits that fit their personality and are not overloaded, yet Camilie has way too many things going for her. Yasuo is another example, yet when he gets nerfed he also gets an AD ratio added to his E so he isn't hit too hard which is confusing, as he is considered a very skilled champion with a 49-50% winrate with 5-15 games played and over a 55% winrate for over 125 games played. While Azir's winrate is a mere 46% for players with over 125 games played even though he is a much harder champ. Also, 50 less gold for his turret kill? Please tell me what the plan is for this guy so I can decide to stay away from this game for good. Thanks. t. Someone who is tired of waiting.

37 Comments

Backup4now2/14/2017, 2:19:55 AM4 votes

Due to the nature of his kit, the amount of changes required (and thus associated programming) to get him to a balanceable state are absolutely immense. You have a character with a classic "have a strong scenario, and have the tools to get into that strong scenario every time" problem. His range is huge, his soldiers are completely invincible, and they will chase you to the ends of the earth with ease. You cannot reasonably engage on him because he can disengage way harder, and he can kite melees with his rylais. The only reasonable counterplay to Azir is "kill him in one hit."

In other words, it's going to be a very long time.

IllegalBagel2/13/2017, 10:41:45 PM4 votes

TO BRING BACK THE POWER OF AZIR

Penns2/13/2017, 5:40:04 PM4 votes

He isnt that weak imo. Ryze has a similar win rate because they are both pretty hard to play, Azir is likely even harder... And we all know Ryze lul

Tattersall2/13/2017, 11:55:14 PM3 votes

I've always thought it would be interesting if they removed damage from his Q, but also lowered its cooldown and increased its range. I dunno.

RcGjWO640w2/13/2017, 5:14:39 PM3 votes

I used to be an Azir one trick and it's so sad that I can't play him anymore due to him being literally unplayable. Like, playing him in ranked is ACTUALLY a reportable offense for trolling at this point. Smite Singed support is still more viable.

TyrekGoldenspear2/13/2017, 5:10:44 PM2 votes

I also would like to know what's gonna happen with Azir. I'm an avid Azir fan and would like him to not suck to play as OR against.

CrazyBigfoot282/14/2017, 12:46:39 AM2 votes

until Ryze gets his 10th rework

ABlueQuaker2/14/2017, 3:31:36 AM1 votes

The main issue is that Azir is mean't to be a Sustained DPS champion. But between Solder AA -> Q -> AA and Thunderlord's Decree, Azir had access to quite a hefty amount of burst. More importantly, it was safe burst. The only thing I could think of would be shifting that damage from Q to E so that he has to sacrifice safety to burst.

Steel Blossom2/14/2017, 5:09:58 AM1 votes

This entire champion is basically a big middle finger to anyone who is melee...idk how they're gonna balance that, tbh.

LostFr0st2/13/2017, 5:19:04 PM1 votes

This is the last piece of news we got, 2 days ago:

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Nothing currently planned. Azir's always been particularly problematic in pro play and we're seeing him get fringe play there right now which means we don't have any room to buff him at present.

morris12/13/2017, 5:19:32 PM1 votes

He will most likely get an Alistar / Shyvana level rework.

Proxy3452/13/2017, 11:55:57 PM1 votes

Azir went back into the sand lol

AmazoX2/14/2017, 12:28:08 AM1 votes

Azir with over 125 games played, Players have a better win rate than 46%.

SSJTribe2/14/2017, 1:23:12 AM1 votes

Damn, half a year already? Still doesn't feel long enough.

GULAG 4 U2/14/2017, 3:18:55 AM1 votes

55% winrate over 125 games isn't surprising. I'm pretty sure even lux does that. That's no bullshit stat.

70% (Ahem aurelion sol) is something to be called bullshit.