Why are people defending Azir so much!?

Clint Orris··2 votes·818 views

Who the hell liked to go against a champion that can permanently zone you from farming 90% of the lane with unmatched harrass?!? You people love to bitch about veigar's kits but someone with sustained BURST damage while being mobile, with a knockup shield and damaging self peel while able to burst towers and create one is TOTALLY ok. He literally had 2 - 3 counters in lane

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Stonington3 votes

I thought he was OP until I played him and played against him. He has a situationally strong kit, but he wasn't OP per se before the nerfs. And they nerfed him way-way too hard.

Volt Cruelerz3 votes
  1. Wait till he uses Q to farm, then go in on him. You'll win the trade easily.
  2. Just walk around the soldiers. At low levels, he can't move them twice because of cooldowns.
  3. The nerfs dropped his win rate to 38%. That cannot be construed as good.
  4. Mobile assassins (the ones that most easily counter him) are common picks.
  5. At level 1, he can't move soldiers yet. You can poke him with impunity.
Jöe2 votes

Azir needs a buff for the following reasons:

  • Poor early. He needs level 2 to do anything and level 3 to actually be useful
  • Decent against melee/low range champions. If not, Azir is in trouble
  • Only decent with +3 kills or late game
  • Super Squishy

Tips to play against him:

  • Do damage to him, don't be scared
  • Stay away from his minions
  • If he Q's and he is far from his minions, go in on him

Win rate isn't everything, but 41.23% is too low for any champ IMO

Derp Princess2 votes

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Mandang02 votes

People aren't used to playing a balanced Azir yet, I would be more alarmed if his winrate DIDN'T drop this far, tbh.

Once players learn that Azir doesn't get to be better than everyone else, you'll see the remaining players' winrate come back up.

Volt Cruelerz1 votes

I can't tell. Are you in favor of the nerfs?

Mandang01 votes

Absolutely.

Volt Cruelerz1 votes

So your thought is that his win rate is low right now because they're used to playing an OP champion and now that he's balanced they have to get used to him?

How frequently do you play Azir? And what about him was OP if he already lost most games?

Mandang01 votes

Haha, he didn't already lose most games. If anything, he was banned most of the time, so that when people finally got to play him, they weren't practiced on him in ranked.

The problem with him is exactly what Riot said - lane bully strength/safety early with extreme damage/utility late.

Raise Dongrs1 votes

git gud

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