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Azir Build Guide by Destructive55AZ

Top AP Bruiser Azir Top 8.9

Top AP Bruiser Azir Top 8.9

Updated on May 4, 2018
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Runes:

Precision
Lethal Tempo
Triumph
Legend: Alacrity
Coup de Grace

Sorcery
Gathering Storm
Celerity

Spells:

LoL Summoner Spell: Teleport

Teleport

LoL Summoner Spell: Flash

Flash

Items

First items
Doran's Ring Health Potion Warding Totem Removed
Components
Blasting Wand Boots Catalyst of Aeons
Boots
Mercury's Treads Sorcerer's Shoes Ninja Tabi
Core
Rod of Ages Liandry's Torment
Pick what you need for offense
Rabadon's Deathcap Zhonya's Hourglass Banshee's Veil Banner of Command Morellonomicon Rylai's Crystal Scepter Void Staff
Pick what you need for defense
Adaptive Helm Dead Man's Plate Spirit Visage Warmog's Armor Randuin's Omen Thornmail Locket of the Iron Solari
Consumables and trinket choices
Control Ward Elixir of Iron Elixir of Sorcery Oracle Lens Warding Totem Removed
Example Final build
Rod of Ages Mercury's Treads Liandry's Torment Rabadon's Deathcap Adaptive Helm Randuin's Omen
Example final build(Extreme offense)
Rod of Ages Sorcerer's Shoes Liandry's Torment Rylai's Crystal Scepter Morellonomicon Rabadon's Deathcap
Example Final build (defensive)
Rod of Ages Ninja Tabi Liandry's Torment Randuin's Omen Spirit Visage Locket of the Iron Solari

Ability Order

Shurima's Legacy (PASSIVE)

Azir Passive Ability

Conquering Sands (Q)
Q

Arise! (W)
W

Shifting Sands (E)
E

Emperor's Divide (R)
R

Threats & Synergies

Threats Synergies
Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny
Show All
None Low Ok Strong Ideal
Extreme Threats
Ideal Synergies
Synergies
Ideal Strong Ok Low None
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Azir counters well

Yasuo
4.2 CR
Smolder
4.2 CR
Talon
4.4 CR

Azir gets countered

Malzahar
6.6 CR
Lux
6.4 CR
Taliyah
6.2 CR
More Azir Counters

Introduction

I am an Azir player with over 180K mastery, and I have always believed Azir has potential as a toplaner. When I saw discussion about Azir's PBE changes, where he gets buffed in base damage values, but nerfed in scaling, I noticed that some people were saying "why not play him bruiser, like Swain?" So I decided to make this guide. If the PBE changes go through, I will be playing this in ranked.
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Runes

You need Lethal tempo and Legend:Alarcity for your lack of attack speed. Feel free to take Presence of Mind over Triumph. For your secondary runes I recommend Celerity and Gathering Storm, to provide movespeed, which is very useful, and infinite scaling due to the fact you will likely need to build some tank stats to go bruiser.
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Items

Your core is Rod Of Ages and Liandry's, as they provide tankiness and high AP, and Liandry's passives are optimal for killing the tankier targets up top while still being good against squishies. Your other items are AP items which can help with specific targets or just tank items. I especially like Randuin's because using it with a Revenant combo(Dash in, ult, then turn around) or a normal Shuffle, because it cripples enemies in additionn to your ult's knockback
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Skill Sequence

Just go R>Q>W>E like any other Azir build.

If PBE changes go live, R>W>Q>E
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Pros / Cons

Pros:
    Good in lane, can kill most splitpushers
    One of the best engages in the game
    Actually still deals pretty good damage
    Not vulnerable to ganks
    Can peel for his team
    Most toplane players are caught off guard by him, and often their confusion is easily taken advantage of
Cons:
    Still not that tanky
    Requires specific items
    Damage output not that high compared to glass cannon Azir
    Difficult to play
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Team Work

Azir is usually played as a glass cannon hypercarry, and stays behind his team. Bruiser Azir is different, he can be in the frontlines and in the backline.

His splitpushing is pretty good, good waveclear and good dueling mean that not many champions can anwser him in the sidelane 1v1, but Azir isn't a splitpusher, he is a teamfighter, his ult is excellent for engaging and peeling, and his AOE damage make him a major threat, diverting focus from the primary carries or being able to do the damage for incapacitated carries.
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Summary

Top lane bruiser Azir is a suboptimal pick that does well in most matchups and provides engage, sidewave pressure, and DPS. His ability to win lane against bruisers while also beating them lategame means that he is relevant at all times. His engage and DPS make him a massive teamfight threat. His biggest weakness is that he is not a true tank, or even true bruiser, and is vulnerable to poke and hard engage if he fails to peel it
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Azir counters well

Yasuo
4.2 CR
Smolder
4.2 CR
Talon
4.4 CR

Azir gets countered

Malzahar
6.6 CR
Lux
6.4 CR
Taliyah
6.2 CR
More Azir Counters
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