Talk:Azir/@comment-26128186-20151002053404/@comment-5955640-20151006052818

I think you can do a bit of trading with Leblanc. It shouldn't be too hard but you'll need your health pots and you'll really want to manage your soliders so you don't run out of mana.

Malzhar is someone you have to give up on trying to kill. If you can't kill him with solider harass he isn't going to die and if you yank yourself at him he'll kill you. So you just freeze the lane and wait for a gank. It might even be a good idea to take a bit of manage resistance so you can bait his ult so the jungler get's Malzahar when he's not paying attention.

Lux out ranges you. Buy health pots. figure out a way to survive her poke while trying to hit her a few times and then wait for the jungler to arrive. For best results use shifting sand Conquiring sand at the same time so you can really gap close on her and then push her well away from the tower. This has to be done after she uses Light binding and you have to get ready to dodge her.

Get your blue. You'll need it.

Veigar is really tricky. Well for one thing. He'll kill you. If you build damage first and get your doran's ring and your Nashor's or what have you the second Veigar gets his stun he'll kill you. Flash and Cleanse will only grant you so many mulligans. So opt to buy a lot of pen and buy a lot of health and sit on your gold as you attempt to buy items that make you beefy but also give you AP. You only got a few options and it wouldn't hurt to take a Banshie's Veil or a Guardian Angel. You won't rush either of them but you'll want that on top of a Rod of Ages and a Abyssal Scepter. I know that's not really what Azir builds per se but if you have more than 2000 health and 80 magic resistance you might survive a single rotation. For most of the game. Unfortunately Veigar will get to the point to where he'll kill you but he'll kill everyone so just wait for someone else to get nuked and go in on him.

Ranged assassins are problematic but with melee assasins as long as you dodge skill shots you should zone them and really punish them but don't be so eager to go in for the kill. You'll actually die a lot overestimating your kill potential early.

Also watch out for Mordekaiser. You can't kill him. He forces you out of lane eventually. he has much more sustain and survives your poke without problem and eventually he has this powerful, unexpected burst that you may not see coming.