Matchup
You are stronger late game — farm safe and avoid early trades.
Build vs Azir
Build adapted to this matchup
Starting items
Core build
Standard
Summoner spells
50%
50%Anti AD
Anti CC
DPS
Other options
Sorcery
Summon Aery
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Scorch
Inspiration
Magical Footwear
Cosmic Insight
Power Spikes
Strength by game phase
Sona
AzirAzir's abilities
Passive, spells and ultimate
Azir can summon the Disc of the Sun from the ruins of allied or enemy turrets.
Cooldowns
Cooldowns by spell rank
| Level | Q | W | E | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 14s | 1.5s | 22s | – |
| 6 | 10s | 1.5s | 22s | 2m |
| 9 | 6s | 1.5s | 22s | 2m |
| 11 | 6s | 1.5s | 22s | 1m45 |
| 16 | 6s | 1.5s | 19s | 1m30 |
| 18 | 6s | 1.5s | 16s | 1m30 |
Playing against Azir
How to counter and exploit weaknesses
Respect his soldiers' zone: if they're between you and him, he controls that entire area with his autos.
His Shurima Shuffle engages his whole team — spread out so he can't push everyone at once.
Azir is very weak in the early game: punish him before level 6 and before his first item.
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