Talk:Azir/@comment-3017217-20140923141017/@comment-24884995-20140923161759

I don't think that Zephyr is a particularly good item on him, just due to the fact that it gives AD, which is absolutely useless on him (relies entirely off his soldiers for power since his initial and scaling AD is terrible). The movement speed and tenacity is useful for engaging and effectively kiting, but other than that, it doesn't give him any power.

The same kind of goes for any Spellblade items (Lich Bane, Trinity Force). It gives him power, but his soldier's auto attacks do not proc spellblades, so you would have to use Azir's basic attack to utilize it after casting an ability. Because of this, you would be giving him an advantage in an area that Azir can barely use.