Matchup

Heavy AP damageSustained DPSHeavy CCHeavy poke

Build vs Azir

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Scorchclaw Pup
Health Potion

Core build

Sundered Sky
1Bruiser
Black Cleaver
2vs Tank
Guardian Angel
3vs AD

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Profane Hydra
5vs Tank

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Frozen Heart
5vs AD

Anti AP

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC
Spirit Visage
5vs AP

Anti Tank

Profane Hydra
5vs Tank
Youmuu's Ghostblade
vs Tank

Other options

Sterak's Gage
Survival

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
JarvanIVJarvan IV
AzirAzir
Favorable
Favorable
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