Any Azir mains out there willing to help out please?

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I don't Main Azir but I can give basic info to you.

Max Q first as this is standard. It used to be that E was the 2nd skill to max as it gave you a shield but due to a recent nerf this is no longer the case. Without a shield it may not be worth maxing 2nd. Hopefully an actual Azir main can clarify this for you.

A few tips on actual gameplay: Don't build nashor's tooth on Azir, it is a noob trap item. Instead build a chalice into an athene's hourglass. A hidden trick is that you can "sacrifice" a soldier charge by clicking W on an enemy turret. I recommend only doing this when you have 2 charges up. And when farming place soldiers just behind the enemy melee minions if against a ranged enemy and in the middle of your own minions against melee enemy champions.

E still shields when hits enemy champion, just doesn't knock them up. Most of the stuff you told me I already knew but thanks anyway. Was looking for some more in-depth information, like combo tricks and secrets

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With Azir you are going to have to get used to losing a lot while learning him >.< I play a lot of Azir myself. What you want to do is palce one soldier just infront of the enemy caster minions. If they get to close poke them. If they are just out of range of your soldier try attack the closest minion to you soldier and hit them. Try and keep a minion in your back pocket. Its very useful!

Azir is really good at making plays late game, but still does great earlier than that. The notorious Azir combo is placing a soldier, Q it behind them,as the soldier is moving you E to it. Then you ult them back into your turret. When you do this try and angle the ult so they are kind of pinned into the wall.

With Azir you want to bully your enemy out of lane. When they take a wrong step stab them with a soldier. With Azir you just have to bully out of lane like no tomorrow. You have to be able to last hit well with him, this can be very very hard with soldiers.

When you're in a team fight don't just try and fly into the back line and ult the whole team into you. If you go into their backline you will get blown up so fast.

Before you want to learn his cool flashy combos you are going to want to get the hang of him. When learning Azir just don't make any fancy plays you can't do. Azir doesn't have fancy combos you just fling your soldiers where people need to die. Having good soldier placement is vital. I saw people building rod of ages on him. I'm not sure if its still affective though.

I know playing Azir you want to make fancy flashy combo's and get those really cool kills. Before you do that you just need to get a feel for him inside and out. Its the little things. Like knowing how well you can stab the enemy in lane when you're far away from your soldier. Just get a hand of his mechanics and you'll be fine.

In the end. CS, poke out of lane, become late game monster.

Thanks

Can confirm rushing Rod of Ages is a solid choice over Mana Regen, which opens up Nashor's if you want the attack speed it provides. Also the large amount of health on it really makes a difference in team fights. It also lets you stay in lane forever thanks to the passive on catalyst. Which is my overall favorite build path when playing Azir. He doesn't really have mana problems unless you're spamming and late game you pretty much always have blue buff anyways so yeah.

I really don't understand why people say Nashor's is a trap item. Overall I'd say it's just a preference. The only wasted stat on it is the passive and even then it does help from time to time when they exit your soldier range or you don't have a soldier up but you still need to be hitting something. As well as being the only Attack Speed AP item. Heck, you don't even have to finish the item until late game if you want, just holding onto codex and stinger provides almost as much as the full item, so that way you don't have to buy the passive unless you want to. (personally I think its worth it to finish Nashor's but I thought I'd mention it)

TL;DR: Fine, Morello or Chalice is the build a majority of people go and the reasons are pretty obvious. But try Rod of Ages into Nashor's (or at least its components) a few times to see how that compares. Nashors into Rabadons/Ludens (preference imo) is also an option but then you're too reliant on blue buff if you can't snowball ASAP.