[Patch 4.16] Azir General Discussion - Page 42

At level 18, spamming Q+W+E all on cooldown with 40% CDR and no mana regen items, Azir runs out of mana in 33.8 seconds.

For comparison, Lux (common Athenes requirement champ) runs out in 25 seconds.

Kayle (2x dorans into Nashors champ) runs out in 31.36 seconds.


Considering that he also probably won't be spamming spells in extended sieges (he'll probably keep soldiers up but won't Q on cooldown or E at all) I don't think he'll be especially needy of mana regen.


As such, double dorans into Nashors actually seems good, even though sand soldiers don't get the Nashors Passive. CDR + ASPD is probably still worth.

You'll probably still auto as Azir from time to time anyway.

At level 1, Azir's attackspeed is 0.556
He should have about 22 AP from items/masteries.

With AP quints, the DPS of a level 1 sand soldier is: 42.5896
With CDR quints, the DPS of a level 1 sand soldier is: 39.71375 (2.87585 less)

At level 2:
With AP quints: 45.7588
With CDR quints: 43.399136 (2.359664 less)

So the DPS is similar, and will scale better with CDR quints than with AP quints.


But you might say Ketara, Azir's Q will be stronger with AP runes! And yes, it will do more damage sure.

But its ratio isn't great (0.5), his E ratio is even worse (0.4) and his ult will mostly be used for utility.

Plus, critically, CDR quints will allow Azir to Q twice with the same sand soldier from level 3. With AP quints he won't be able to do this till level 5. CDR quints also increase his utility and AA DPS.


As for reds, here are DPS numbers against a 42 MR target (common no MR items but MR runes player)

Level 1 with ASPD reds: 31.96

Level 1 with split pen reds: 29.111