User blog comment:Dragonzzilla/Champion Preview: Azir/@comment-8468980-20140826221944/@comment-8468980-20140827050412

"For example, his soldiers are like a mix of Heimer's machines, Syndra's balls (as they can be moved with a skill) and Zed's shadows( as he can use them to move around)"

That's gleaning effects from several champion abilities plus these minions scale with his attack speed and attack without spending any resource or cooldown. I still say this is exceptionally original compared to what we've seen in the last two years.