Azir: Champion Spotlight | Gameplay - League of Legends

Welcome to the Azir Champion Spotlight. Check out the full video for tips and tricks on Azir's gameplay, abilities, and how to build, or jump to:
0:22 Play Style and Skins
0:46 Abilities
5:17 Tons of Damage Combos
6:26 Gameplay
Arise! Recognize your emperor and dig into the history of Shurima with the links below.
Azir Champion Reveal - na.leagueoflege...
The Shurima Story - promo.na.league...
Azir's Latest Update, Patch 6.14 Notes - na.leagueoflege...

[@leagueoflegends]

Oh Phreak... @5:35

[@leagueoflegends]

#tonsofdamage

[@kittyily3642]

League of Legends Thanks for the champion spotlight Riot Games! Much love, keep doing what you do, amaze the beautiful people of league!

[@RiyuEdits]

League of Legends * #punsofdamage

[@aleksander10101]

rly Phreak, you had to say Darude

[@BlacIyc]

wow did u just delete and copy lolb4udie's comment cuz of the brony argument smh

[@DabloonsTNT3]

Yasuo has unlimited dashes, Graves can't have his cigar, and Veigar can deal 1000 damage with no effort? Better nerf Azir

[@anomaly2733]

That's what happens when you have an overloaded kit like Azir's, one that's easy to abuse by the intelligent players.

[@aderfex8101]

Wisshee azir dosent need nerf he instead needs buff at the amount his been weakened

[@DabloonsTNT3]

Risto Hänilane SOMEONE DOESN'T GET THE JOKE :99999

[@aderfex8101]

Nihal Singh shut up with your evil plans

[@aderfex8101]

Wisshee cause better nerf azir isnt joke

[@viktorthecreator4458]

That HUD is more ancient than Shurima.

[@viktorthecreator4458]

i love this playerbase

[@georgebear6644]

LOL

[@venil21]

me in 2021

[@calibrum3330]

How you doing 5 years later

[@royfadwii]

7 @@calibrum3330

[@Mina-kl1sv]

Welcome to the League of legends champion spotlight featuring Azir,the emperor of the nerfs

[@englishroom8176]

xD

[@justalemon2317]

Wait how many times did he get nerfed, I left lol 4 years ago

[@goodgamershow6505]

@@justalemon2317 more than 10 times

[@madcat97]

@@goodgamershow6505 was he really that OP? Coz now he just feels like a sp champ lol

[@goodgamershow6505]

@@madcat97 now he is very weak and almost nobody plays him. 80% abilities shown in this video are deleted. Riot still keeps nerfing him and his key items

[@michiman6757]

riot:"Azir is one of the most mechanically hard champions to master? lets nerf him."

[@Soxviper]

Except Kha isn't mechanically hard to master.

[@atypicalazirmain4881]

I hate champions like yi jax and tryndamere they're braindead champions just autoattcking it doesn't take skill while the difficult champions to play gets 73917301837 nerfs every patch if you play difficult champions you must be rewarded not put that champion to the ground fuck you riot

[@andrewtan4502]

True!!!!

[@apraham0]

@@atypicalazirmain4881 well you need to have GOod macro also know when to engage with these champs u mentioned

[@nv_johan8711]

@@Soxviper ikr

[@Grohlvana]

Jesus christ... so many mechanics...

[@zerall16]

lol players lawl at them

[@dinopwn17]

Is this Starcraft? Kappa

[@Dynamytx0Specs]

more geometry like velkoz :)

[@charlest1121]

Hey I'm from the future. They're all gone now.

[@Justnox]

Yet a new nerv, yaaay....

[@NoLChefoTSM]

Good guy Riot, cuts 1 second off the footage so we can't make 9/11 jokes about a Champion that revives towers.

[@Ryanryan251]

Haha great xD

[@eureka71993able]

***** r u dumb or wut

[@Bisusgeschmack]

***** what u dont know?? 11.9.2001 / USA / Twin Towers

[@TheScoore]

***** are you serious?

[@Qexia]

+NoL Chefo Thanks for making my day

[@Achievementsish]

0:51 REMOVED 3:12 REMOVED 3:44 REMOVED ERROR 4:04 KNOCKUP NOT FOUND 4:47 REMOVED

[@israelcorquev]

4:47 removed? Nope

[@visionofsolace8961]

@@israelcorquev only the movement speed buff for allies was removed

[@justaguy2458]

@@visionofsolace8961 and every dash now can go through azir ult

[@witchofbabylon5021]

it was removed u guys are dumb lol

[@reign.benildetolentino7259]

@@israelcorquev they can dash in and out of the wall now

[@luigidragon]

Wow, Riot really improved the quality of the champion spotlight videos, new epic music and improved visuals. Glad to see the quality of their content is improving =D

[@davidmiller8009]

Pants are Dragon pin me you...wait where am I?

[@Promozi]

Pants are facebook

[@edrienmanzanero4081]

Hmmm interesting

[@xdashirip1474]

Hope this one never change.

[@rekka6366]

Xerath vs Azir. Is your champion black and blue or white and gold.

[@adrielmorales4034]

Wow. Nice one and I get it. Mine is white and gold

[@pyrrha7124]

Black and blue with a jizz cannon :P

[@TheMaskedFrenchMan]

+Adriel Morales Mine is Blue and green. . . . . yeah I'm different XD

[@noahi2042]

+TheMaskedFrenchMan lol mine is xerath gold and black

[@erictouw6668]

+Wali Adeeb I have guardian of the sands xerath so mines white and gold :^)

[@blissbomb]

half of this sheet was removed

[@theironknight2544]

bliss bomb *shit

[@hydrxjen4256]

Darth Chewei tryna make it decent for kids bro

[@luisperalesbo]

I never understood what the fuss does dashing have to do with a controling shurima emperor, could've stayed like this just remove his e and he'll stay away from pro

[@theawesomehummer5091]

BUFF HIM OR MAKE A NEW SPOTLIGHT

[@bwazhw5074]

he's already op

[@Matt-pk7qx]

+lols61ful which one are you talking to

[@Matt-pk7qx]

Oh, ok

[@abdullahahmed7730]

to the people who are saying azir is op .. i dare u to play a ranked game with him now and to win ( unless you main him very well already )

[@bwazhw5074]

Abdullah Ahmed lmao thats irrelevant. We were saying he was strong months ago. Before they gutted him

[@ShawFujikawa]

"It's definitely 'Darude-est' way to deny gold from your opponent." ... really, Phreak. >.

[@Boliever]

i thought i was the only one who heard that xD

[@BWTV]

I heard that xD

[@ISwedishShift]

Song name in video? Kappa

[@Droopsnooot]

dat pun

[@MrAndyboo]

Well with all that sand flyin' around... xDDDDD

[@GabzitoHD]

6:42 "hashtag tons of damage" LOL

[@vinczesamuel7768]

+GabzitoHD He said puns of damage....

[@xctxvix4479]

XD

[@Marten-er4oz]

A

[@jrmc9222]

Azir damage in 2021 LOL

[@roastingnerd8545]

@@jrmc9222 we're disappointed, like as if he's alot to learn, then you only have max 800 damage. I guess he's cc now

[@Soliy87]

After all these nerfs azir does hardly any of what he originally did

[@warriorgt7gr222]

Exactly

[@BraveLilToasty]

Remember when Riot didn't nerf Azir? Yeah, me neither.

[@Chs3__1234]

He is balanced for pro play

[@NoobFromUA]

He looks like protoss high templar

[@12345urbana]

WHY U BETRAY DOTA?!!!

[@marios1861]

Brian Qin the insecurities

[@surfyplayer8231]

Yeah Starcraft

[@antoniobosnjakovic4180]

well with the amount of champions riot ripped off, ur probably right

[@shem7146]

@@antoniobosnjakovic4180 and now mobile legends and countless other clones are ripping off LoL

[@DotsHouseofShenanigans]

I don't remember the last time Phreak rolled out so many puns of damage in one spotlight. Especially the one about the sandstorm. That really was Darudest. Support my alcohol addiction by watching my League stuffs. I'll see myself out now.

[@DotsHouseofShenanigans]

P.S. Watch my League vids, drink more rich, chocolatey Ovaltine, and shame me for my self-promotion.. Thank you for your time and have a good night.

[@shinoeric]

Dot's House of Shenanigans ill shame you for the phreak hate then the self-promotion. for shame!

[@DotsHouseofShenanigans]

***** Phreak is my spirit animal that allows me to jungle anyone with ease. But the puns are painful!

[@shinoeric]

painfully funny i love the puns #phreak4life

[@SSDsmiley]

***** Punfully funny

[@ScrewyLui]

5:35 Darude - Sandstorm pun xD

[@Barandur]

hahahah true! :D

[@DangerDamage01]

dududu

[@kill1nowz]

WELL THEN

[@xdrkillzx]

dudududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududududu

[@Sinful_Citrus]

I couldnt belive he actually did that ...

[@sbeg1436]

did... did he just make a darude sandstorm joke?

[@MahouSkeye]

SBEG yes, yes he did

[@ognjenarsenijevic3444]

SBEG when

[@salj.5459]

Ognjen A. 5:35

[@nickkatsaros6828]

You're talking about how "OP" is every champion in every spotlight. Well.. stop doin that bros. Imagine if Trynda were coming out now. u Would be out of your mind with his ulty in the gameplay section. "OMFG this champ's ulty makes him undead!?for 5 FUCKING SECONDS!? RIPROT RITO." :D i mean, relax! Anyway i love how they expand your gameplay options in this game, if they focus on Season 5 to fix the community this could be one of the best games ever. Great Job Riot.

[@alextygesen3101]

While I do agree that that mentality is stupid, newly released champs are a bit stronger so that people buy them. New heroes always have some issue that the PTR magically didn't notice was too strong.

[@francescofavro8890]

***** he doesn't. the only way to kill him for sure is to ignite him after 2-3 secs of ulti.

[@Redribbo]

Francesco Favro not always if trynda has a high lifesteal combined with his Q, best thing to do is to exhaust him and put CC on him then ignite!

[@traheanhoi6640]

Cute is justice Cute is victory Exhaust OR cc. Don't lose the trade. 1 ult for at least 2 summs is not worth it. Ignite do halven the effect of self-healing including lifesteal and his Q.

[@Hellkie]

"fix the community" you really think that's even remotely possible?Riot is not responsible for people not raising their kids correctly and people just being assholes,they are everywhere online these days.

[@JesusTVs]

RIP Azir. I'll always miss you and your knock up. ;/

[@TheLastAatroxMain]

they removed it?

[@_Fryce_]

+Jonathan Sebhatu Yeah, they killed azir in comparison to this one

[@TheLastAatroxMain]

+FryceRice99 why? wtf alistar has 2 knock ups when not take his away...

[@blackstarsoul97]

I was playing him this morning and wondered why my knock up wasn't working

[@TheLastAatroxMain]

serously why this stupid change they should nerf the other stupid champs

[@talltaless7461]

i like how after 100 nerfs azir is still an extremely strong champion and one of the hardest champs to master mechanically but what i dont get is how zilean can have an ult that revives him and team mates, yasuo has infinite dashes, garen can deal true damage to the villain with no mana cost, teemo can be in the game...and they choose to nerf mechanically hardest champion to master riot logic

[@malouchua9370]

+WildeningSum6067 you forget darius, xin Zhao, nasus, Jax..

[@talltaless7461]

+WildeningSum6067 this man understands

[@talltaless7461]

graves can have a cigar BETTER NERF AZIR!

[@ainsleysorsby]

+WildeningSum6067 90% of the champs you listed are balanced or weak. Sona? Lmao

[@wildermanfruitmeister8204]

Garen has infinite mana,build him right,he can just run away and regen health really fast. Yasuo is somewhat balanced. Zilean is somewhat balanced. Veigar can have infinite ap. Master Yi can penta kill easily if built right. Teemo is strong af. Rengar 1-shots people Darius 1-shots people Cho'gath is balanced,I agree with you there. Warwick is REALLY strong early game,so he is SOMEwhat balanced,because he sucks late game,I kinda agree with you there. Ryze,his new rework makes him broken and unkillable when built full AP. Ashe is balanced,I agree with you there. Kayle,if built right,is basically unkillable if she has mana,mainly because of her ult and her dmg abillites. Annie is somewhat OP,but when she is ganked/pinned down.She's dead.I agree with you there. Xin Zhao,build him full lifesteal and he can solo Baron,and his passive means kills are easier.So he's basically unkillable. Udyr lategame is basically manaless,his mana costs. Twisted Fate isn't balanced,if he's built full ap,get ready to die,because his cc can insta kill you. Sion is balanced.I agree with you there. Taric is the guy who will be tanky no matter what,he can protect his teammates make them invulnerable.He's a gr8 support.Somewhat balanced.I agree with you there. Jax can 1 v 1 almost anyone because of his passive,build him at least one guinissho rageblade and attk dmg build and he is the duelist. Fiddlesticks,full ap,nah,his lifesteal abbility,not balanced. Nasus,I made a mistake,he doesn't have infinite ARMOR stacks,he has infinite ATTACK DMG stacks with his abilities (siphoning strike),which makes him VERY strong on late game. Dr.Mundo is balanced.I agree with you there. Sona is balanced.I agree with you there.

[@MoiselleTheFae]

BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRD MAN!

[@albertgarcia5415]

Wait is dis really him?

[@michrisoft]

Albert Garcia yes.

[@RozArialind]

angry birds

[@MoiselleTheFae]

Rozalind Aria Angry bird throws bird soldiers at people. Possibly Sejuani's pig.

[@nym5qu17]

Gen Doukeshi yis yis we need this nice idea gen :D

[@TAliedC]

"The name Azir shall once again crack the sky" I never heard this quote in game

[@valadusk6060]

It didn’t sound like his voice either

[@mr.jammin9825]

Azirude - Shurimastorm (I'm sorry)

[@dacabakaya9356]

Actually funny

[@SuperNeimars]

XD

[@doomman7349]

Ironically, Azir lets others do his job, but playing him actually takes a lot of skill

[@TheDaveBringer]

Congratulations Riot, you just made a bunch of money off of me. No joke though, ever since concept art of this guy was circling around way back, I was hoping he would be real. Anyone else remember those pictures of him from a while ago?

[@hrisi441]

Who doesnt remember Serth :-D

[@shacklebat]

Yeah

[@hrisi441]

Oops ment Seth

[@DreadedFangs]

hrisi441 i remember seth :P

[@xPhantomxify]

I will be the best Azir player

[@BatGero]

I want to see bronze V ppl playing this champ :D

[@willpalmer5182]

Some bronze players aren't bad ya know

[@sonnenbrillenjohnny2717]

and then?

[@chaboykells]

will palmer said no one ever

[@bofaybaykweh]

boym33tsjew except he just said it HERR DERR

[@Convicted_Melon]

He's not that hard to play.

[@TheJR7360]

Azir = Winged Dragon of Ra Ao Shin = Slipher the Sky Dragon

[@ZelkovaHack]

aatrox=obelisk the tormentor?

[@tyetnic]

Ao Shin The Executive Producer

[@darkdagger955]

hmm then who is exodia?

[@mamsalam96]

Hexn Exodia isnt a god

[@GeneralGiggleMuffin]

Hexn malphite

[@TBaron2865]

Its darud(est) way to deny cs - well played phreak

[@TBaron2865]

Darude*

[@boostedanimal9960]

Darude Sandstorm it called me a bitch

[@lolb4udie]

5:34

[@pyromancer28]

OmglolNarutorules and this is why gamers will always carry the stereotype of being bigots

[@deopanther1631]

OmglolNarutorules But being attracted to children isn't necessarily wrong. There is literally nothing they can do about what they're into. However, most people like that refrain from doing anything, minus the few who are eventually caught and registered as a registered pedophile.

[@__Stitchy]

OmglolNarutorules Being sexually attracted to another consensual adult in a suit isn't comparable to being attracted to children. Frowned upon doesn't mean shit, 90% of the people in the real world don't know or care about what bronies are. You're just trying to 'represent the common opinion' to strengthen your pathetic obsession with judging.

[@dominicrichardson5122]

QQ more. If the tards don't want to be made fun of they shouldn't act like such weird stupid fucks and drag ponies into everything.

[@ornaterope8319]

This hate thread started because some assholes are hating because some one likes a T.V. show... The internet is a great place.

[@lukaszepesi]

This looks like a quite a high skill cap champion so it will be fun to watch him in pro play, if he get's there.

[@MrCmon113]

Yeah like with Yasuo, I'm looking forward to the pros picking him up.

[@Futuristixs]

goo.gl/eryOsL Enjoy Smurfing :-) !

[@profbfc]

Taxtro Yasuo is a very easy champ to play and master.

[@MrCmon113]

profbfc What is that smell? *Sniff sniff* Smells like Warwick main.

[@lukaszepesi]

Taxtro Lol :).

[@JackBlack-qn7us]

you think its fun riot? champ hasn't been released yet and you're making a spotlite about him

[@Zhyiber]

This is to get you ready for the champ they have always done that... And the champs are released within 48 hours since the spotlight was released

[@punker25350]

it has always been this way ... First the spotlight then the release ...

[@bergkampthagoat]

How can you spell spotlight wrong when its in the fucking title.

[@magnusm4]

it's better than having noobs play him instantly on pvp. I read up every fact about a champion before i play them then a bot game to check him out THEN i try pvp. Yasuo noobs back then.

[@kaleb6765]

magnusm4 I go into a ranked game first time on a champ without knowing what his ability do :D, its more exciting that way.

[@stoez659]

0:50 Removed 3:10 Removed 4:00 Removed 4:41 Removed 4:48 Removed thanks riot!

[@creaketh]

Using his W on turrets was really cool considering his soldiers can’t hit them. I think the R dash prevention was a little strong though since it already knocks people pretty far back. I’d rather it briefly slowed people or something tbh.

[@phila7x]

definitely darudest way... COME ON PHREAK

[@psuedoFRE4K]

Hell yeah

[@baschabermain]

Anyone else got this video recommended after T1 win?

[@AlMeZero]

There needs to be a LoL movie, "Get ready for Darude-st way to promote a move, Mother-urfers!" The Azir The Shurima, And the Sandstorm Starring: Azir as Azir, Nasus as Nasus, Renekton as Renekton Created and Directed by: Phreak Co-directed by: Riot Games Inc. Coming soon to theaters, Oct, 27, 2015 Totally no reference on the month and day of release... Kappa. Rated T: For Tons of Damage Teemos Taric's Gems Trinity Force

[@riceball23]

That ult/wall is gettin nerfed lol I can already tell. It's up for way too long.

[@glittch135]

I think that's the point of it. If it disappeared as quickly as Trundle's or Anivia's it wouldn't be worthy of being an ult. It's dimensions are bigger and its time is longer, and that is kinda the scale needed to turn a minor CC into an ult...

[@dylanmorrison1936]

I've seen streams and the ulti gets bigger every time you lvl it up. The first ulti lvl will only be like a 3 solider wall, the second would be 6 and the 3rd would be 9

[@Yami-Yeti]

***** On top or its size and duration, its a knock back and it cant be gapped by dashes

[@emperorehryn2370]

***** It's not worth using anyway. 90% of everyone is going to blow their ulti pushing the enemy out of other teams skill shots or stationary moves like Kat's ulti or Karthus's circle of bullshit or Akali's circle of cantseemybullshit. It's stupid. This champ derps harder than Gnar does.

[@Tweakey]

Well if the duration is any shorter it might as well be Anivia's wall. It may get nerfed, but if you think about Jarvan ulting in a smaller jungle path, the duration of everyone being blocked is about the same. I guess time will tell though, he's not out just yet.

[@eggs_tm]

'Azir has 2 passives'. yeah that worked for yasuo, very balanced

[@typervader]

Except one of his has a 3 min cd on it.

[@GearyDigit]

***** And a 1 min duration at best.

[@Shinkada]

Yasuo IS balanced, he just makes people mad for some reason.

[@TheliMagnus]

people already crying over the doubles passives, soo much bronze, and some1 already told you but the turret passive is not really that usefull cuz early game where are you going to need that? and then it has a 3 minutes cool down and only last 1 minute and has low hp, is not op or bad, is good just that

[@stiffneck1518]

actually there are some not op champs that has 2 passive too? such as vlad?

[@jenielpabiano6058]

The champion that erased JDG Ruler in Semi

[@마스터마인드애드]

* *chirping intensifies* * "Azir has slain Xerath" dat's what you get for *TRAITORRRRRRRRRRR*

[@apipek]

at first i thought Azir would be poor and lame champion but now I see it's only the sun disc that makes him stupid, that spell is overpowered beyond anything Riot came up with so far

[@Zhyiber]

I am 100 percent sure that his passive will be nerfed :/

[@GummiAnd]

the passive has a really long cooldown. plus his sun disc towers will die on their own so just avoid them

[@rewrewrwe4602]

You said that his passive make him stupid, and then you say that is is overpowered...hmm..your logic amazes me. Also, why is that passive overpowered? Don't forget about double ctitical strike on yasuo.

[@omgitsjeromed]

. Last time i checked poppy and sion have some pretty busted passives to and we all know how top tier they are.....

[@icspps]

Ryze's passive is broken. Ryze the champion is good, but not broken.

[@NellaWasHere]

I love the turret ability, but the other abilities seem so hard to use.. :/

[@Sarazoul]

They are not that hard honestly. Gets some getting used to for sure but its not really hard to use a combo with him. W (auto attack untill enemy gets out of soldiers range) then Q+E+W (for a second soldier). Try to focus on using a one soldier combo at first (add the second once you get used to the champ). Its not that big of a deal to use just one W since the second soldier only deal 25% of the normal damage and the damage from Q is the same wether or not you have two soldiers (cause the damage is only applied by the first soldier that hits). You'll still deal a very good chunk of damage this way and its not that hard to pull off. As for his ult, early game i STRONGLY recommend to always keep it as an anti-gank ability. Once you use your Combo, you can't use your E to escape, so you are really vulnerable to ganks at that point. Keep the ult to save your ass out of there. Once you start team fighting however you can use the ult to split/block the enemy team which isn't that hard to pull off either. Using the ult on a one or more ennemys in jungle is also very effective as you can really block them in a corner.

[@Dante-fj1tj]

Azir IS VERY EASY TO USE YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@CaioHSlater]

>Hard to use >LEAGUE OF LEGENDS ability Go try out dota or Hon, you fucking pleb

[@maufelixcristobalgalicia2010]

CaioHSlater INVOKER

[@paintballguru1]

CaioHSlater

[@nikushaa9]

Video length is 9:11, he can rebuild towers... Coincidence? I think not!

[@ZavernKY]

You are 1 second off.

[@MystElectric]

9:10 actually...

[@master673]

illuminati confirmed.

[@camposandre2000]

I didn't get it :s

[@kevinwaldron419]

On my screen its 9:10

[@johnwolfe5842]

Faker's Azir. Ruler will remember this forever lmao

[@xKataLicious]

So much mechanic on this champion, love it!

[@gamerhats4145]

He really seems fun to play, if anything maybe the art of running away can once again be revived

[@Marpfie]

yea will be fun. i hope they dont make him easier like they did with syndra... i stopped enjoying syndra when her skills were made so she pretty much cant miss her stun anymore lol

[@JackBlack-qn7us]

Oof

[@alexandervazquez7501]

CONGRATS RITO!!! You have made another hard but masterable champion that is completely different from other mages PS: plz reduce the damage of heimerdingers turrents (we can't destroy them if there are no minions or creeps to block the immense damage they do PLZ....HE cant just go anywhere, place down all his turrents, and bam you cant kill him without dieing and him just loling all over chat!!!)

[@valithor2]

Or you could just learn how to play Syndra.

[@akondar]

heim is easy, focus down heim at range or bait their lasers using a tank and go in for the kill on mr squishy. You don't just walk into a heim nest.

[@mynameis950]

akondar i prefer to call him heimer, not heim. But that's just me.

[@Silkbeardable]

Turrets** No 'n'

[@Oferdrincere]

here is a hint: buy syndra.. play against heim.. just w his turret throw it at that bastard then q.. does dmg and destroys his turrets.. he cant do shit after that

[@TheRubberducky999]

my god did he actually say its darudest way to deny minons for your opponent? 5:34

[@ChaosThief76]

The caption said Darude-st, so yeah he said it.

[@joesnowsill3403]

ChaosThief76 puns of damage

[@KHfan0011]

Patch 6.10 Azir: Fuck ALL of this.

[@breakdown460]

+KHfan0011 I don't get it what happened to him?

[@sayanskywolf13]

+BrokeDown he has been getting nerf after nerf after nerf

[@smurfsmurfsson1279]

+sayanskywolf13 I'd say that some mechanics got removed and replaced with others

[@whitemagmacro]

getting nerf in 6.14 again im fucking done with this game

[@ungureanubogdan2398]

+Dutch League Community versatile*

[@CABprods]

Did he really just say "Darudest"... Yeah im officially done

[@RealClassixX]

Darudest way... Riot, did I just fall in love with you all over again?

[@Ch1ck3nfox]

I noticed it too omg ... But whats the song called guys ??

[@matttschida5812]

Ch1ck3nfox idk. definitely not blitzcrank

[@shadowfury880]

Ch1ck3nfox Sandstorm :P. Which totally matches Azir's look and theme too :3

[@dkluzer]

"mid lane champ" will became sup xD

[@Mvshr00m]

I was thinking the same thing xD

[@MrSpiritesdk]

What kind of emperor supports?

[@WilkuPainter]

MrSpiritesdk the Emperor of Supports.

[@58rocKsErt1]

Etan Foo I'm pretty sure his soldiers only attack what he wants them to attack

[@dkluzer]

emperor of the bush seending hes soldiers to atk the adc/sup using hes ult to protect the carry and so on xD

[@xShianx]

Did no one catch the darude - sandstorm reference? When he says it's definitely darude-est way. Lol

[@ZekDrake]

I'm pretty sure everyone got it, and lost faith in humanity right after

[@mikezeilstra4646]

Everybody did -_-

[@xShianx]

You'd think more would be commenting about it then

[@josa9545]

What if Azir is in URF? Theres no hard limit, can he summon an army?

[@dylanmorrison1936]

you kinda answered your own question, if theres no limit than yes

[@PoplovPanda]

There was actually. Shaco as an example only had the right to place 4 boxes. I suppose they'll tweak it if they ever re-release URF...

[@hoholinkmariomaster]

Well he IS an emperor.

[@xrecix]

i miss urf :(

[@Lanyovan]

Some guys on reddit did the math, it wasn't that ridiculous because his base attack speed is quite low and the URF attack speed bonus didn't apply to abilities.

[@SiunZoxdi]

Really good spotlight and really interesting champion. Although it kind of seems as though he might have to much control of the mid lane... and/or any lane for that matter. I'm already expecting nerfs and he hasn't even been released yet.

[@SabberKante]

You mostly do :P remember yasuo? or most champion spotlights? everyone always thinks its kind off gamebreaking or something. But yea, the champion spotlight was really well done, best one imo yet.

[@MrMetarod]

SabberKante The best champ spotlight ? HAH ! That's not how you spell Heimerdinger Champ Spotlight

[@kennyc8889]

He'll be an awesome support! Just like my Support Zed (manaless op) or Katarina Support ( Q for days)

[@xXJumboShrimpXxPS3]

you should have seen him on PBE... His soldiers could attack towers. Talk about split push

[@rakash4118]

boooy you were right

[@firelordevan]

Champ looks so fun but tricky to play. Seems like he will be strong and useful to a skilled player with the knowledge of league and Azir mechanics, but a champ that will suck for people aren't as skilled. Awesome job with that one Riot!

[@SuperNeimars]

True... But he is still gonna be awesome as heck!

[@SETHthegodofchaos]

It will be a wonderful midlane champion for all players who play marksman and other type of autoattack champions :)

[@firelordevan]

SETHthegodofchaos I am an adc main, kiting is my thing. It shall be fun.

[@SETHthegodofchaos]

Astro IXI i know me too =D

[@Bob-tq9ny]

Yeah...

[@Eruerucamicaminono]

Shurima Drift was still not invented in this spotlight. Thank you, mechanically-gifted players for this amazing play.

[@Waggabagaboo]

Phreak was feeling feisty when he wrote this Spotlight, geez.

[@benjaminjohnson6643]

Lmao. Ikr

[@HelioGunner484]

#tonsofdamage

[@lolosh99]

Happy birthday Azir. Hopefully for your birthday you don’t get nerfed again.

[@wentaj3270]

If his wr goes up by 1%, he will be deleted from the game (3rd time)

[@deiyui1275]

came here after faker's play

[@mr_suits]

Take a shot for every removed or Nerfed ability. Congrats. You died

[@aziremperorofthesands6369]

I miss those times when my was not just a joke but an actual spell.

[@hinamiravenroot7162]

Emperor of the Sans

[@PaladinCape]

People will build AD on him..

[@MessiasMC]

no? he stacks with ap

[@thersmoviemaster]

it won't work his soldiers gain damage from ap

[@glittch135]

They will be dumb since he has nothing which scales with AD.

[@dylanmorrison1936]

I watched pawnce stream him top lane on the pbe, and the enemy top laner built armour xD

[@glittch135]

Dylan Morrison I remember that, it was pretty funny.

[@MrStegore]

WOW "darudiest way". You just had to have a darude sandstorm reference.

[@MrStegore]

5:35

[@WoofySKD]

if you ever played azir and are wondering why he doesn't seem very good, this spotlight doesn't talk about an extremely important mechanic mastered by all pro azir players: You can use conquering sands (Q) while dashing with shifting sands (E). This changes everything about azir, absolutely everything. His escape range, his engage potential, his combo speed, his burst... When I first bought Azir i didn't know that, but after I realized u could do that Azir went from fucking sloppy to play to fucking awesome.

[@SIMPalaxy]

Le petit Krucho It increases his pick potential to a stupid level.

[@zaklarc6441]

It does talk about it...

[@natsukitr9839]

Azir seems like a very toxic play style.

[@XIII_Vanitas]

why?

[@Stolanis]

He's about zone of control and area-denial tactics, just like Ori and to a lesser extent Lux and Ziggs, so he can be outplayed if you know what you're doing. All ya gotta do is counterpick him: anyone with good mobility or good range will wreck him, so counter with assassins or pokey champs.

[@jhinpotion9230]

Pick Ziggs, Talon or Kassadin, shit on him, win game.

[@EylsRichEntity]

I'd say Teemo, Cass, Singed, and Twitch are a bit more toxic.

[@hedidit55]

I agree. Feels like against another yasuo

[@jasonbridges8095]

Video time is 9.11 illuminati champ confirmed

[@KadurOrdo]

Well, are we watching the same video? Mine is 9.10 mins long

[@harolancoise]

This video is made by riot. Half life 3 confirmed

[@muntoonxt]

Darkcelestrian How do you know it was meant to be an insult? DATS RIGHT.

[@lorenzodemoniere1778]

CeliosLP Mine was 9:11 but then it changed to 9:10 when it loaded LOL.

[@jasonbridges8095]

OMG YOU CANT HIDE THE ONES THAT ALREADY KNOW RITO! XD

[@gooseyjuice]

Secret Passive: Other champions get sand in their armor. Super annoying

[@DryTheMeowstic]

Or in their boots, if they have boots.

[@seraphis]

Or in their vaginas.

[@NellieN60]

dryfclr6 Everyone needs boots.

[@VGShazbot]

Chaffing does annoyance damage over time

[@DryTheMeowstic]

Demonic Seoul I mean champs, some champs don't use boots.

[@flammabletoaster1110]

lol Renekton, Nasus and Azir all reference the Egyptian mythology gods Sobek , Anubis and Ra

[@slimghost645]

They should make pharos team skin Im egyptian btw :D

[@albertwang3536]

FlamingHotRamen Azir and Xerath were ancient friends, before Xerath betrayed Azir during a ceremony to make him Immortal. He killed Azir and made himself immortal instead.

[@rayanekarouch6088]

I think this is quiet old but xerath resembles seth the god of chaos as he himself unleshes chaos and the father of sobek as he manipilated renekton

[@baldwinivofjerusalem47]

@@slimghost645 no offense but not a real Egyptian, Simply an Arab.

[@SeventhSalute]

I thought Nashor's Tooth was going to be a core item? How does his soldiers not benefit from the item?

[@MintyDarkFinger]

They don't apply on hit effects. But I think it's viable regardless because of the sheer amount of attackspeed you get. Athene's is also good if you want to be more mana sustaining early.

[@SeventhSalute]

Nashors Tooth doesn't have an on-hit-effect though. That's what I'm confused about.Or is it talking about the bonus damage to aa's based on the ap ratio?

[@joelnorris6119]

SeventhSalutexMTG Yeah, it's talking about bonus damage on auto-attacks.

[@MintyDarkFinger]

It does. When you hit with your auto's 15% of your AP is converting into damage.

[@92rainmaker]

SeventhSalutexMTG That's an on-hit effect.

[@MegaEpicTomato]

look at that difficulty

[@TreyDobe]

Tried him in pbe, I can confirm he is incredibly difficult to use and is entirely item dependent, if not fed early on and gets behind he's more or less useless

[@nedyalkonedyalkov9925]

Joseph Murray how u got pbe? i cant

[@TheVoltStrike]

Joseph Murray would probably rely more on farm than kills, i never got many kills early with him so i think it would be better to just farm and harrass the oponente away from lane.

[@TreyDobe]

Nedqlko Hristov Well it's my little brother's account, I was too lazy to make one when there was a window open to get it. TheVoltStrike I see, it takes way too much effort to try and finish off someone with him, unless they are stupid and don't leave lane it's really tough to secure kills with him early. Yea I agree with you there, he's better off farming at the beginning making sure he has the gold for his core items then wreck face in teamfights if his team can lock them down for him to get those insane AA's off on the enemy.

[@angryeyedude1]

Joseph Murray Not to mention, from what I seen while playing Xerath against Azir, he is very vulnerable to poke. Which Xerath has a lot of.

[@ThatAsianWhoRushes]

So OP

[@1998moonwalker]

Goes to every champion.

[@MrGengarTv]

This guy is an ap yasuo

[@nunonhpp]

Just like Gnar...

[@Whyisthisathinghonestly]

played it in pbe, it really isnt op.

[@DanteValentine16]

Jamesy I agree everyone says the same thing about every new champ

[@BodyThoseFools]

holy moly i've almost mained this champ for 7 years now

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

I concur with your username, Emperor Azir.

[@shem7146]

I mained Azir for the entirety of season 7 and 8 then took a break on 9 then went back on season 10 but mained Jhin instead. Honestly great champions.

[@rowanbennett6070]

Hahaha i see you also revisited his champion spotlight 😂

[@wladynoszhighlights5989]

And, was it worth? :D

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Hell, it's about time. Never mind, still not available (EU). Why are you doing this? Is it so hard to release the spotlight once he's already out? All this hyping then delaying has the opposite effect of what you intend. Freaking lame.

[@iMoD190]

champions have never been released before their spotlights. the time between gnar and azir is stupidly short compared to every other champion release this season. i'm not sure what you're complaining about.

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Solaire OfAstora I've just explained what I was complaining about. Maybe they should start releasing them with the spotlights.

[@freeze0117]

Solaire OfAstora I've played since season 1 and there was a time when a champ was released every week or every other week...

[@Zusokami]

The Spotlights always come with the release of the Champ on the US Servers... now dont ask me why they cant release a Champion on all Servers simultanously but we all know the EU Servers of Riot by now.

[@itisthefear]

freeze0117 well there are way too many champions available nowdays anyways, i dont think that people are comfortable with gnar yet. and i really think it will take ages for people to get used and adapt to Azir's gameplay

[@Tombert]

Screw Arise, I'll take Q first if I want to!

[@daankersten9494]

You, I like you

[@DerUnbekannteFlo]

Its like Zileans E, you cant take anything else than W

[@SlickAsPiss]

You can't... It will be like Zil with his cd

[@Umnity]

SlickAsPiss He meant that Azir's first ability is locked similarly to that of Zilean's abilities. He just didn't phrase it correctly :P

[@lifeinanutshell7147]

I watched some PBE gameplay videos and the options for you to up Q and E are blackened out. You can only choose W, as Phreak mentioned in the video. Also without W how can you use Q? Q requires a soldier to be around to dash to the soldier's location. Please...

[@YuihiraAlice]

They should probably remake this emperor's spotlight for the amount of things removed from his kit.

[@twinkstance]

5:50 ... try to fight a volibear ingame like that ( especially with all the 100 azir nerfs ) and u get slamfucked bigtime.

[@eucalyptusdreadlord1552]

If you have Liandry's, Rylai's, and Void Staff, you can do it! If you don't, then you will, unfortunately.

[@HeyitsMartyn]

+twinkstance Yeah tell me about it, his winrate is 41%. The lowest in the game. They made such a hard to master and unique class useless because the easymode simpletons couldn't counter him.

[@jameslorenzo7255]

Imagine riot release this champ in wildrift so wierd

[@aryanburnwal2371]

Bruhh

[@janssajass]

It'll be almost impossible doing the combos, lol nope

[@HaritsahHikam]

@@janssajass i was thinking the same thing too. But for some reason, now. I think azir can implemented in wild rift

[@aya8475]

@luiz7542 no he wouldn't, zed is in wild rift and they ported him pretty nicely , now Zoe is coming, which is also kinda wierd controls, Azir would be easy just add slide to the Q and select the soldier you wanna dash to with E, and that's it

[@whizkeythewiz9419]

Can't wait for this champ to be introduced in Wild Rift! 🙌🏻

[@francisgasperini]

it won't

[@deathmaster38]

@@francisgasperini its already in wild rift lol

[@aya8475]

@@deathmaster38 ? No it's not, we need mages like him, they're adding Zoe,but Azir is unique and I think it would be a healthy addition to wild rift

[@deathmaster38]

@@aya8475 i was thinking about Legends of Runeterra mb

[@vario6492]

He was the last champion to be born on the old map. And Kalista was the first champion to never get to know the old map :(

[@kienmaple]

I just tried Azir, and I gotta say he's a really well designed champion !

[@MrJack3197]

this champ seems to be a really good one. Useful in team fights when in the right hands.

[@ninjatemo4693]

yea in the right hands :D:D:D:D:D

[@MrJack3197]

i bet everyone would like to play as him now...we will have noob azirs everywhere.

[@TjarpDex]

Giacomo Laudenzi Unlike everyone in silver I actually practice in normals a LOT with new champs before going ranked... The mentality usually is "OMG NEW CHAMP OP INSTA LOCK ME CARRY DIS SHIET" and then they end up 0/15 or some other ridiculous stats...

[@zeddgaming1337]

Giacomo Laudenzi left hand racist

[@MrJack3197]

dex, people should stop complaining about how a person play. I mean, if it's a normal i understand: u are trying your champ, you are trying to get in confidence with his/her ability. But if it's a ranked you should have already played a lot that champ. LoL is a team game where every player is essential to win the match. If a player fails, the team suffers his mistake. Unfotunately lol is full of dickheads.

[@PedroJohnston1]

also, darudest way to deny gold? probably the best pun i've ever heard on these.

[@nara070690]

This is Phreak level content

[@Alegiance]

Darude sandstorm joke √ Tons of damage joke √ Rekt √ Fishing trip joke √ Insec joke √ Skewer the scorpion √ Bird joke / final form √ PHREAK IS ON FIRE.

[@okcool4585]

Back when there were still interesting champions published with an exciting story and no pink boring woman who thinks that life is only about dancing and singing.

[@michaelharis9962]

Serapine slander let's goooooo

[@sunder5625]

Cranky lmao

[@Sassy_Witch]

Riot stop trying too hard to be funny please...

[@derekpetitt2729]

he made me laugh, and half the time i dont even laugh at dunkey vids

[@kpkpkpkpkp209]

John airleat Some of Dunkeys vids are just annoying

[@gamefreak114]

That was Darudest thing I heard all day...

[@HMWND]

John airleat Implying that people think dunkey is funny. Only idiots watch that shit.

[@vario6492]

hes just being Phreak, and we love him for that...

[@Nemes1sXx]

DARUDEST WAY.. Are you kidding me? I face palmed so hard i have a bruise on my forehead.

[@Macaulyn_97]

That turret summon ability looked very OP, but poor Azir seems like he can barely fight by himself, he is too reliant on soldiers.

[@wendi6905]

#that'sthepoint

[@Zero_Shift]

Lord M Which Midlaner can fight for himself without abilities? Besides, he has 40% cdr, he never really runs out

[@Zahaele]

It's not really fighting for himself though, in a way. The soldiers aren't really their own entities; they're more like an extension/upgrade of his normal basic attack.

[@exequire]

When an emperor goes to battle, of course he won't battle alone

[@SykoSeele]

My emperor doesn't need to get his hands dirty.

[@SirajusSalekinTanzim]

Azir is sooo good if you know how to play with him but man is he hard to control....

[@returntolifeband]

It's definitely "Darudest" way to deny minion gold from your opponent... **DIES**

[@0000GrayFox]

The best Champion Spotlight I ever seen! You did a great work for this Azir, Rito! GG WP! :D

[@zdrux]

"...it's definitely *Darude*'est way to deny gold to your opponent.." Sandstorm?

[@DainnGreywall]

Welcome to League of Legends, Champion Spotlight, featuring Azir, the nerfed Emperor.

[@niemandinteressierts5509]

Every Champ is not balanced or too op and better nerf irelia BUT... its not the Champ who is too OP its still the player who has to know the mechanics and the special playstyle! Did u ever see a skilled bronz 5 yasuo player (or yi, or akali, or irelia)???Maybe one out of 100 but EVERY CHAMP is strong ! ps: pls think about it before u tell me i m wrong!

[@PhilnoTV]

srsly? Yi? Akali? They are some of the easiest champs do pick up and do decently in at least the 3rd game.

[@haithammoussa4600]

I thought about it. You're wrong.

[@ryukokazuma1410]

PhilnoTV replace that with ori or cassiopeia. Sentiment is still there

[@SabberKante]

Niemand Interessierts poor you. giving constructive feedback and receive these answers. you have to put in mind, that above 70% of all players are bronze and silver. They always have a reason to cry or call op, since they dont know how to counter, position, etc. most of the time "yi / akali are easy". Well Pick yi in diamond and you get rekt mostly since most know how to play against him. Its the damn player, not the champion. Atleast in gold and above.

[@colsupertaco]

Well duh. People don't realize that this is a team game. Of course champions are OP, if they balanced every champion to be equal they would only be like 15 different ones and team fights wouldn't even be fun. The whole point of the game is for your team to balance out your champs strengths and weakness.

[@uniwolfacorn]

"this is DARUDEist way to deny gold from your opponent" Phreak you scoundrel

[@cj_hive]

Wow is that azir my favorite champion at the game that they removed almost every thing at the video and no1 is playing him at iron to master now i'm so thankful for all of these nerfs riot especially the ulte one

[@aya8475]

I play him

[@BBspike100]

Ability Combo 5:16 -The Lane Emperor = WQW -The Kiting Mage = WWQWQ -Declaring Teamfights = WQER

[@talltaless7461]

i believe the last move youre referring to is THE SHURIMA SHUFFLE

[@mjavon12311]

WQER isn't even the Shurima Shuffle. To do the SS you have to E THEN Q as you're about to reach the soldier

[@MarkoDarkoYT]

I can't wait to not purchase this champion, eventually play him during a free week, decide I don't like him then not think twice about it until 6 months later, when I'll get owned by someone playing as him. Then I'll sink RP into him, continue to never play him and not care because reasons.

[@MrCmon113]

So what? Are you suffering from verbal diarrhea or is there some hidden point to your comment?

[@AsDeft]

Taxtro The former.

[@MarkoDarkoYT]

Brandon Bruursema Pretty much :P

[@Avatarbee]

If all turrets/inhibitors are destroyed on Azir his team and he places a sundisk on one of his turret-slots does the nexus become invulnerable again?

[@aldyeet]

Yep. This type of turret is like a normal turret but it stays for a matter of time ! :D