User blog comment:Yami Tsuky/Azir rework idea/@comment-6301771-20141221020347

Azir isn't supposed to be an initiator. Azir is a DPS champ. Making him a melee bruiser makes absolutely no sense. And none of his abilities make sense for a melee champ either. Hell, his core concept is about having other things do his damage for him as far away from him as he can manage. Azir is as anti-melee a champion as you can possibly get.