Matchup

Heavy AP damageSustained DPSHeavy CCHeavy poke

Build vs Azir

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Health Potion

Core build

Eclipse
1DPS
Black Cleaver
2vs Tank
Maw of Malmortius
3vs AP

Standard

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
4CDR
Axiom Arc
5vs Tank

Summoner spells

41497%
4123%

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Death's Dance
5vs AD
Guardian Angel
vs AD

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Anti Tank

Axiom Arc
5vs Tank
Serylda's Grudge
vs Tank

DPS

Sundered Sky
Bruiser
Endless Hunger
DPS
Fiendhunter Bolts
DPS
100.0% WR1 games
PrecisionPrecision
ConquerorConqueror
TriumphTriumph
Legend: HasteLegend: Haste
Last StandLast Stand
InspirationInspiration
Jack Of All TradesJack Of All Trades
Cash BackCash Back
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

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