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The Lack of Quality Information About Azir

Keeper of Trees·9/7/2014, 1:54:47 PM·8 votes·6,185 views

At first when I saw that Azir was announced I was very excited, but I guess I have gotten used to all of the mystery, build-ups, and interactions that Riot has slowly been making more and more prominent with each new champion. At this point Azir has just become a huge letdown for me. It's hard to get excited for someone we know nothing about. He just kind of appeared with very little lore, and there was no discussion about him at all, unlike the last couple champs. I can't even make myself like him because he doesn't seem to meet the standards that you, RIot, have set for all of your champs. He seems like the designers put a lot of effort into making a champ and then someone forgot to make him actually mean anything. He doesn't have good quotes; Gnar has about the same numbers of champs he interacts with, and he is 4 and doesn't speak English. I am guessing you have something planned, but at this point I have little hope for him anymore. Please just tell us something Rito.

12 Comments

RiotMeddler9/7/2014, 10:02:47 PM10 votes

There's a bit more about Azir's backstory still to come. We wanted to try switching things up a bit with Azir, hence him turning up on the PBE before all the details about his background, rather than the other way round as we usually do.

DocRedgrave9/7/2014, 2:16:35 PM4 votes

Give it about a week after the next patch comes out. I don't see Riot releasing anything about Azir's lore until then.

FaerKhan9/7/2014, 11:06:35 PM4 votes

Don't worry guys, Riot doesn't actually care about lore, and Azir is going to be the only champ with actual canon lore now apparently. Too bad it's all shallow and sounds like it was written by a 5 year old. (incidentally one of their writers whines like a 5 year old too).

FatedTitan9/8/2014, 12:50:01 AM2 votes

It's because they completely rushed Azir out to coincide with the Shurima event. He had no teaser. He had nothing. All because they wanted him to go with the Shurima update.