Azir just got in League of Legends patch 13.4 with changes, but it appears that he may get more substantial updates in the upcoming release as well.
Game creator and Surrender@20 mod Spideraxe noticed the modifications on February 22 on PBE servers. Azir is about to be changed in the game after ten various tweaks appear to have been made to all of his skills, in addition to his ultimate. But players have been questioning these adjustments up and down.
Azir huge changes in Patch 13.5
- Base stats
- Base health reduced from 622 to 550
- Base mana reduced from 380 to 320
- Mana growth increased from 36 to 40
- Base attack speed increased from 0.625 to 0.694
- Attack speed ratio increased from 0.625 to 0.694
- Attack speed growth increased from 3% to 4%
- Passive
- Tower cooldown reduced from 180 seconds to 90
- Tower AP ratio increased from 15% to 50%
- Q
- Base damage reduced from 70 – 150 to 60 – 120
- AP ratio increased from 30% to 45%
- Mana cost increased from 55 flat to 60 – 80
- W
- Attack speed removed
- Soldier base damage reduced from 50 – 150 by level to 50 – 90 per rank
- Soldier AP ratio increased from 55% to 60%
- Mana cost reduced from 40 to 30
- E
- Mana cost reduced from 60 to 45
Riot Phreak claims that the primary motivation behind the adjustments is to lessen Azir’s influence on pro play while strengthening him for casual players. Additionally, this was the original concept behind the small adjustments added in Patch 13.4.
Since one aspect of half of the updated skills would be enhanced while the other was weakened, it is difficult to categorically identify these changes as buffs or nerfs.
Data was released by Phreak to back up these objectives. He disclosed that many top players essentially ignore Azir’s other abilities in the early game and overuse his Q ability. As a consequence, the adjustments should be the focus of high-rank players with the direct reduction to Azir’s Q and the buffs to other abilities.
However, on the Azirmains subreddit, players have been complaining about the changes, saying that Riot could make him even worse than he already is. Overall, many players stress that Azir’s character will be “completely redefined” as a result of these adjustments.
These adjustments ought to be made as soon as the next PBE servers are launched, with League Patch 13.4 being released just days ago.