Talk:Azir/@comment-25413706-20141015212032/@comment-1330314-20141017010307

is a core item on Azir. People who dislike it complain that the on-hit effect is "wasted" on him due to its lack of interaction with his soldiers, but I think it complements him nicely when he gets attacked outside of his soldiers' range. Even if it had no on-hit effect at all, the combination of its CDR, AP and attack speed brings a massive spike to his damage output that no other item matches.

Even though it's hard to itemize for on AP champions, attack speed is extremely valuable to Azir and is one of the stats he scales the best with, along with AP and CDR. His base attack speed may be low, but he can already surpass the AS of any other mage at maximum CDR, and with Nashor's he ends up with about 1.35 attack speed. Unlike or, it's the only 20% CDR item that remains fully effective right up to the late game (Azir has no late-game mana problems), and it in fact amplifies his late-game power even more.