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why the changes on azir why not buff him

Hotaru is Waifu··2 votes·497 views

Azir sits at a win rate of 42.47% the lowest of all mid laners lower than mord and urgot https://champion.gg/statistics/#?sortBy=general.winPercent&order=descend&roleSort=Middle

Azir's win rate has never gone over 50% since release yet he was gutted and made worse http://www.leagueofgraphs.com/champions/stats/azir

People seem to like to say that Azir was a highly contested pick and was pick or ban but when he was the strongest his pick rate was 2% http://www.lolking.net/champions/azir#statistics

This is a quote from Riot Meddler "Azir's kit is sufficiently difficult to learn that it doesn't seem to currently be possible to put him in a spot where he's sufficiently balanced for experienced players without being extremely inaccessible to people unfamiliar with him. Learning curve and skill ceiling are great of course, in this case Azir's skill floor's too punishing though. Current intent is to look at ways to make him somewhat more accessible, with if needs be, some nerfs to his top end if those changes buff him there too."

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/NzjhxoyR-some-gameplay-work-in-progress-general-gameplay-thoughts-10202015?comment=00a9000000010000

You tell me what you think this means it looks like he wants to make Azir more accessible which sounds a whole like making him easier to learn i don't get why Riot wants to make him more accessible a lot of people are drawn to this champ because of the complex kit he offers there should be a distinction between champs easy to pick up Annie compared to champs that take time and dedication Azir

What i would like to close on is that every champ doesn't need to be easy to play azir does not need a rework give him buffs and let players who take time to master him have the rewards for their hard work tell me what you guys think i would love for some responses to what i have to say whether you agree or disagree keep it civil thank you for reading this whole post CYAAAA [slayer-jinx-catface]

8 Comments

Brutalitops011 votes

Why he was gutted is because, in diamond+ he was pick or ban before he was gutted. His playmaking potential combined with the DPS he can put out from long range made him too strong in the hands of an experienced player, yet too weak in the hands of an inexperienced one. When a champion is seen, either in picks or bans, in 100% of pro games, they typically wind up getting gutted and then reworked sometime in the future to give them a less punishing skill floor and to lower the skill ceiling. Kalista fell into this same category of too strong when the person knows what they're doing, too weak when they don't, and there's just no way to balance for that.

Hotaru is Waifu1 votes

people who take time to get good at him like the pros should be rewarded should they gutt champs like Velkoz Zed Yasuo because pro are good at playing them low elo players have bad win rates on these champs

GULAG 4 U1 votes

You failed to understand the problem.

Derp R Us1 votes

Well, it's because he's like Kalista or (dare I say) Yasuo.

He has too much in his kit so he's hard to balance. Difficult to understand for some people (I'm still trying to convince a pal of mine it's for the best but all he hears is "nerf Azir") but basically, he can't fit into the meta so they need to shave him down so he can.

I mean, even though he's really weak, he has quite the lane pressure (imagine every sand soldier is a Renekton, that's how much of a lane bully Azir can be), hypercarry potential, insane sieging power since he can cattle-prod you beneath your own turret and make his own on the remains of turrets, mobility with Shifting Sands, and the iconic Shuriman Shuffle. They don't need to remove everything in there, but he can't have all of that at once. So they remove the unnecessary parts and then they can buff him back into viability.

Hotaru is Waifu1 votes

he is an annoying champ but hes mana hungry and takes several items to get his power spike champs like Ziggs Velkoz do better at what azir does

Derp R Us1 votes

Actually, those are artillery mages. Because they're revolved solely around sieging, they beat the disruptor/marksman that Azir is at that one role, but they can't bully better (they can poke, but they don't have harass), they have no real mobility, and they don't have Shuriman Shuffle or anything like it. They have some stuff in their kits, but not nearly as much as Azir does.

Hotaru is Waifu1 votes

azir has long cds cant push towers as hard as he used to ziggs can one shot turrets at 25 % hp vel koz has true dmg for landing a few skill shots azir is a flexable champ you play him how you wanna play whether its up in your face or a long range seiger both ziggs and vel out range azir and have better wave clear early

Derp R Us1 votes

This is exactly what I mean. Azir's a jack-of-all-trades and he's pretty good at it. He even beats Viktor at the job of "highly versatile mage"... Which is why they aren't going to buff him without a rework first.

I know, it's kind of annoying, but we don't need another Yasuo.

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