AZIR ULTIMATE GUIDE | Season 13 (2023) | TIPS & TRICKS, COMBOS, GAMEPLAY STRATEGY, TOP LANE | Zoose

This Ultimate Guide covers everything you need to know about Azir - Abilities, Builds, Combos, Tip & Tricks, Gameplay and Other Roles, including Top Lane. (check below for Timestamps). Builds (Runes & Items) are selected after testing the best Pro & Solo Q players.
This guide is made for anyone who wants to learn how to play Azir. Whether you're a new player, beginner, or an experienced Challenger player, this guide provides a tutorial approach, with gameplay examples.
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0:00​​ - 1. Intro - Ultimate Azir Guide
0:54 - 2. Abilities - Tips & Tricks
(Passive) - Shurima's Legacy
(Q) - Conquering Sands
(W) - Arise!
(E) - Shifting Sands
(R) - Emperor's Divide
Ability Order + What to level first
7:22 - 3. Builds
Conqueror (CHEAT SHEET 1)
Electrocute (CHEAT SHEET 2)
Summon Aery (CHEAT SHEET 3)
Arcane Comet (CHEAT SHEET 4)
Lethal Tempo (CHEAT SHEET 5)
Hail of Blades (CHEAT SHEET 6)
First Strike (CHEAT SHEET 7)
All Minor Runes Options from Precision, Domination, Sorcery and Inspiration
2nd Path Runes - Precision, Domination, Sorcery, Inspiration + RESOLVE
Starting Items
Epic Items / Components
Mythic Items
Legendary Items
AP Items include: Ludens Tempest, Liandry's Anguish, Crown of the Shattered Wueen, Demonic Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, etc.
Boot Options
Shards & Summoner Spells
19:58 - 4. Combos
Basic Combos (Pre-6)
Ultimate Combo
Flash Combos
Item / Unique Combos
23:57 - 5. Gameplay (Early, Mid & Late) + Teamfights
Early / Laning - Includes: Invading, Farming, Trading, etc.
Mid game - Includes: Making picks, Bursting, Diving, Sidelaning, etc.
Late Game
Teamfights
28:54 - 6. Strengths + Weaknesses
Strengths - Reasons to play Azir
Weaknesses - Tips to combat weaknesses
33:58 - 7. Other Roles
Top Lane
35:59 - 8. End
This guide is updated for Season 13, specifically Patch 13.1 & 13.2 (after checking preview notes).
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[@wotizlove]

Fine comments from a fellow azir otp:
1) If u dash over Nexus ur e will still be on a 3-5s cd as you approach t1. (thanks to recent nerf). This is important to know, cuz people will often greed for a plate, and thats a window for u to shuffle them in, but ur E will still be on Cd. Happens like literally every game.
2)Max Stack Lethal tempo does not extend the AA range of ur soldiers but extends the range from how far away u can AA with them. Is super amazing, especially since azir used to have longer command range.
3)Also "shurima sweep" is not random and not to spam. In fact if u spam u most likely wont get it.
Once ure midair and press Q into a certain direction, u want to press R once the Q channel time is over, u can see it at the bottom of ur screen, its very short but its there. If u spam R before azir will just do a normal ult once u arrive at ur direction, and ull look like a fool ( been there) :)
4) 2 or more soldier issue. U basically have less max range on Q if u use Q with multiple soldiers out, this again reverts, once u have 3 soldierss out. There is a certain geometry going on its quite logical once u observe it. Can be annoying if u chase for a kill, just run as far u can while chasing, so ur first solder dies out ( they vanish instantly if u move too far from them)

[@ZooseLoL]

Hey, appreciate the feedback and tips! Will update the guide with some of this. Also, Azir changes coming, which is apparently a nerf, but more damage numbers. Opinions?

[@wotizlove]

@@ZooseLoL I CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT PATCH TO DROP.
The early mana nerf screws him hard but the compensation buffs in his e and r are amazing. Can't wait for it I love it. Just have to be more conservative with your mana early. Which u already had to be with him hah

[@Sadeyr]

With how many ways you can build Udyr atm ( AD Bruiser, AD Assassin, AP Tank, Full AP ) I'd love to see a video on him coming into the new season! His standard builds like demonic > Jaksho and prowler's are always notable, but he's also got a toplane Rod build focused around phase rush and scaling into late with arclight as his second item that Ive seen get a lot of traction, and his least at-risk build, bruiser, has a ton of customization too.

[@tempermen6032]

I want this guy narrating my audio books, he got the asmr voice

[@leedergs]

good vid ty

[@marshalvalter8158]

Seeing azir and swain, when BIRD ultimate guide comes out XD

[@mechanicalsilence1]

I think the intro title is wrong, it says ultimate swain guide

[@ZooseLoL]

Hey thanks, fixed it! 👍👍

[@LudwigVanPedro]

I prefer to maximazi the W first, Azyr's soldiers is he main fount of damage

[@dantereveur]

This video was before azir's rework, when this video came out W didn't give any damage to the soldiers only attack speed, so there was no point in maximazing W then

[@blablablablur5768]

Can you make Karma guide?

[@ZooseLoL]

Yes, I was planning to, but I want to see if Riot nerfs Radiant Virtue, since she can abuse that item atm (in multiple roles).

[@shaggysci3129]

lol this didn't age well...

[@NitProVale]

Why not?

[@shaggysci3129]

@@NitProVale because of no fault of his own riot annouced his rework and reworked him just after this video came out. the Q max has gone out of style as of late as it was one thing that made Azir hard to deal with early and had its damage nerfed as well as cd and mana cost increased. W max is the way to go and most poke runes like first strike and aery are just strait bad on him. as of now comet is ok, but still not the best. conq and tempo have taken over the Azir meta. hail is good but cannot compete in dps to the other runes after the first three auto attacks. hail is the rune (in my opinion) that would replace those poke runes but again you are at a disadvantage taking it because, you will either have to take sorcery tree for mana and have less attack speed or the yellow one for attack speed but have less mana to work with. that's why temp and conq are ideal as you can tap into both the yellow and blue pages in order to get the mana and attack speed taken away from Azir's kit when they reworked him.
the short of it is this is outdated because riot reworked the champion.