Talk:Azir/@comment-24800864-20140830051344

Just did a custom game against some bots to get a feel for this guy. I feel like the ap ratio on his w is going to get nerfed, because it's completely insane. While I recognize that bots are dumb and squishy, and you aren't likely to get 1000 ap in a real game, the damage that you can lay down is totally absurd, no other champion even compares as far as sustained damage. A fed azir could feasably rush down baron with his jungler almost as soon as it spawns. Of course, that's just his damage, his zone control (basically his core mechanic) is also insane. While the range on his w, both for placement and attack range of the spawned minion, may seem short, the cooldown on his q allows him to frequently reposition reaching only 3.6 seconds at max level (this is assuming 40% cooldown reduction, which you will almost always have by the time you get q to rank 5). I'm not sure exactly how they're going to nerf him, but based on my short experience with him, he seems like a high skill-cap champion who doesn't actually require a lot of skill to do well with, thus making actually skilled players complete gods whilst playing him. Maybe I'm totally off-base with this, after all I only played a single game with him against bots. It's possible that I'm overestimating the range on his w, and his general ability to zone, but I don't think so. I sincerely think that he needs a nerf, and if doesn't get a serious one by the time he hits live, I'm using him to climb to diamond.