Matchup

Heavy AP damageSustained DPSHeavy CCHeavy poke

Build vs Azir

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Stridebreaker
1Bruiser
Force of Nature
2vs AP
Sterak's Gage
3Survival

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Youmuu's Ghostblade
5vs Tank

Summoner spells

4683%
41416%

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Dead Man's Plate
5vs AD
Death's Dance
vs AD
Randuin's Omen
vs AD
Guardian Angel
vs AD

Anti AP

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC
Kaenic Rookern
5vs AP

Anti Tank

Youmuu's Ghostblade
5vs Tank

DPS

Spear of Shojin
Bruiser

Other options

Bramble Vest
100.0% WR2 games
PrecisionPrecision
ConquerorConqueror
TriumphTriumph
Legend: AlacrityLegend: Alacrity
Last StandLast Stand
SorcerySorcery
Axiom ArcanistAxiom Arcanist
CelerityCelerity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
DariusDarius
AzirAzir
Aggressive
Neutral
Passive

Azir's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Shurima's Legacy (P)

Azir can summon the Disc of the Sun from the ruins of allied or enemy turrets.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
314s1.5s22s
610s1.5s22s2m
96s1.5s22s2m
116s1.5s22s1m45
166s1.5s19s1m30
186s1.5s16s1m30

Playing against Azir

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

1

Respect his soldiers' zone: if they're between you and him, he controls that entire area with his autos.

2

His Shurima Shuffle engages his whole team — spread out so he can't push everyone at once.

3

Azir is very weak in the early game: punish him before level 6 and before his first item.

4

Assassins that gap-close directly onto him counter him well because his soldiers don't protect him in melee range.

Source: op.gg + LTL Engine · Patch 16.9.1 · May 9, 2026