Ionian Boots or Sorc's on Azir? Pros/cons?

Scaling CDR glyphs with sorc shoes are the standard.

Ionians generally cause you to go oom very quickly in the early-mid game when his base mana and regeneration is lower so there's really no point having all that extra cdr.

Sorcs make your soldiers hit a lot harder, especially early on when people don't have much magic resist. It's just more efficient use of your mana. Plus, it gives you more reason to use blue buff so you aren't wasting the CDR on it.

My biggest issue with Scaling glyphs/quints is that it delays 40% CDR until level 18 unless you overcap, or if you have blue buff which is only the best case scenario, and flat out unrealistic to expect for the entire game.

I've tried to make Scaling CDR runes work, and I'm sure they do, but they just don't work for my playstyle.

My experience CDR runes in a Rod of Ages + Nashors build as opposed to Morellonomicon. With my playstyle on Azir, I don't need mana regen, I just need base mana, and Rod of Ages scales up my shield and sustain at the same time. Anyways...!

Pros: Slightly better late game. More burst against MR'd targets A more direct power spike.

Cons: Less base AP, especially when accounting for Rabadons power spike. 40% CDR slower, you're battle ready much later and more reliant on blue buff.

Again, this is for a build with 0 mana regen items. If you build Burst Azir instead of DPS Azir then Sorc shoes are probably much better. However the faster CDR and higher Base AP means I can start fighting faster, my E is up more often early on so I'm much safer. Ultimately my late game is weaker than if I was to have Sorc Shoes, but I reach late game at a comfortable power on a more frequent basis due to a safer and stronger mid game.

depends on the build and how the game is going. 3 factors enemy mr your mpen and your CDR im gonna label them 1 2 and 3 ^ means a high number like for mr around 150 mpen having void staff cdr meaning 30+ v means low number like around 100mr no void staff cdr below 25 or lower 1 = mr 2 = mpen 3 = cdr 1^2^3^ go sorc 1^2^3v go ionian 1^2v3^ go sorc 1^2v3v sorc if they have a lot of tanks ionian if not 1v2^3^ go either one 1v2^3v go ionian 1v2v3^ go sorc if they have a lot of tanks ionian if not 1v2v3v go ionian