He's my favorite champion, but with rylas possibly getting a nerf soon, I can't help but feel he's completely useless, he's ult got nerfed, his w got nerfed, etc. Why is it that the high skill champions are punished for mastering, meanwhile someone can play yasuo or annie that takes little effort to learn, and will be more effective then azir will ever be. Thoughts on his state?
ViiLLAiN3 voteshes bad now nerfed into the ground just no space for him and a lot of other mages are just so much better... like syndra
Spookÿ2 votesIm with you. Enjoy the champ a lot and think hes kinda irrelevant right now. I liked how he gave more range to a team, especially with all these damn tanks running around 1 shotting people. I wish they hadnt nerfed his W so hard.
48983507DEL11 votesThe issue was that he theoretically had no weaknesses. He was long range poke, burst, and stustain damage with a ton of utility in his kit that made it impossible for most melee champions to get on top of him. If you didn't pick Zed, Fizz, or Talon then he could just press R and prevent you from reaching him. Not to mention he also had a shield. It basically became "can you survive his damage before he runs out of utility options?" in terms of measuring his power.
Could not care2 votesYES Azir NO touch! Good for competitive or highest elo games only.
He needs a drastic change or a remake to be viable for others. The difference between top players abusing his overstacked kit and low elo players suffering from his poor stats are like night and day.
Vallalan1 voteshe is pretty garbage right now. his damage isn't good mid game, (as it should be) but he was also gutted literally everywhere else.
basically its the shurima shuffle syndrome. the shurima shuffle is a ridiculously good combo that when you can do it consistently and on command, its overpowered. it means you have to gut the rest of his kit.
Azir was never intended to be able to engage and also disengage equally as good. Azir was clearly intended to be a super high dps mage who had some tools to outplay his opponent in the form of his shield interrupt/knockup dash and his ult for self peel when someone got in his face.
once they allowed shurima shuffle to exist upon discovery, it allowed for some sick LCS big plays, but made the champion utterly broken.
If Azir couldn't engage or make the big plays, or be as safe as he is with his HUGE escape range, then he wouldn't be so busted. But as long as they support the shurima shuffle, he is going to be gutted.
I say just give him back a lot of his old power and remove the ability to shurima shuffle. (Q while dashing.) if anything they could just slightly extend the range of his basic dash as well.
