Matchup

Heavy AP damageSustained DPSHeavy CCHeavy poke

You are stronger late game — farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Azir

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Gustwalker Hatchling

Core build

Umbral Glaive
1vs Tank
Profane Hydra
2vs Tank
Lord Dominik's Regards
3vs Tank

Standard

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
4CDR
Edge of Night
5vs Tank

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Anti Tank

Edge of Night
5vs Tank
Serpent's Fang
vs Tank
Youmuu's Ghostblade
vs Tank

DPS

Infinity Edge
DPS
Fiendhunter Bolts
DPS

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
RengarRengar
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