Why is Azir able to exist in his current form?

Kaiser Rienhard·5/15/2016, 5:18:00 PM·3 votes·706 views

He has the safest laning phase with his ridiculous range, during which he farms up enough gold to get a Nashors and Rylais then its gg. Seriously, what point of the game are you supposed to counter him? He has one of the most powerful disengage spells in the game and he is given a dash that is a screen away. He out DPS ADCs, shreds tanks, is safe from assassins. Why is he able to exists in his current form?

9 Comments

Njallum5/15/2016, 5:26:56 PM2 votes

Azir's Dash is very counterable, all you need to do is position yourself between him and his Soldier or just generally hug him. The thing with Azir is that he's weak to hard engages and blinks, while he can use his wall to throw you back, his strength lies in Sustained Damage, not Burst. He will kill anyone eventually, but if a clever Annie, LeBlanc or any other burst mage gets in his face they can annihilate him in a single burst at minimal risk to themselves.

Furthermore, while he is an extraordinary Lane Bully, he himself is actually pretty weak to getting bullied in return, especially with bullies who also happens to have a lot of upfront burst damage. Champions like Vel'Koz, Lux, Xerath and Zed all do well against Azir for that reason. He's also very difficult to play in general.

Randomonium5/15/2016, 5:30:36 PM2 votes

It is incredibly easy to bully Azir around his cooldowns. Once he uses his Q offensively you can absolutely wreck him. The problem is most people back off rather than move forward when he uses his Q offensively.

Beldair5/15/2016, 10:11:27 PM2 votes

Azir can easily be dealt with if you know what you are doing...Having played Azir, I have seen his weak points and know when and how to exploit them.

FiddlesOnTheRoof5/15/2016, 5:19:01 PM1 votes

His win rate has him right in line with every other mid laner