ADC Azir: A Quick Little Research Scribble

  First off, this post is just a gold scrub's scribbled delusion, so I don't recommend trying it in ranked.

1. Why ADC Azir First off, this chicken has insane CC, poke, sustained damage, and survivability that you wouldn't expect from an ADC. High late-game ceiling, and you can switch between attack speed Azir and poke Azir. These days, a lot of mid lane champs are coming that beat Azir up like a bug in mid lane. Plus, when Zeri and other backline champs barely run on a wall, Azir has a mobility spell that flies over two walls, an insane gap-closer.

2. Runes First, Azir's early damage is terrible, so I recommend not trading and just playing safe. Go Arcane Comet with Manaflow Band, and poke with Arcane Comet whenever it's up, like Malphite does with his Manaflow and Comet. Secondary runes go Resolve for that late-game survivability and to recover from early trades.

3. Summoner Spells Flash is a must. TP or whatever, you do you. It depends on the comp, enemy ADC, and assassins. If you're confident in your reaction speed and can pull off a Faker-level Cleanse, then Cleanse isn't bad.

4. Item Build Even if you're going poke Azir, he's not a raw damage champ like Lux, so you need at least some attack speed and AP. I think Nashor's Tooth is a must for first item. Then follow the usual build and go Rylai's to slow enemies. This is where it gets different. Third item, go Liandry's for full poke mode. From there, you'll have some mana, so just poke with W+Q whenever you're in range. Fourth item, if you inevitably have to face the enemy ADC in a duel, get Cosmic Drive for some attack speed, move speed, and survivability. If the enemy ADC doesn't have good engage, you can just poke from range, slow, and run away with your speed. Fifth item is a bit weird. Either way, even if you build like this, you're a dead pigeon once you get caught. So just go Zhonya's or Banshee's, live one more turn, and try to dish out sustained damage. Sixth item, go magic pen. I'm lazy so I'll end the item build here.

5. Support First off, Azir's soldier auto-attacks don't proc lifesteal or crit. It's an absolute trash f*cking skill. So Nami, who enhances auto-attacks, is the worst. Lux or Vel'Koz, those mage supports, are also not great. Since both bot laners are poke, if the enemy builds MR, my main damage gets cut in half. Hook champs aren't good either. Even if you land a hook early, you'll still lose the trade hard, so it's a no-brainer no-go. The best are tank supports that block engage. Since it's a poke comp, surviving just a bit longer is key. Braum, Poppy, and Rell look good. Among them, Braum has slows for both bot laners and is good at taking hits and surviving lane.

Afterword: I'm a school kid writing on OP.GG for the first time. I know ADC Azir is absolute garbage, so don't leave too many hate comments, be gentle with me. (And yeah, my username says Bronze but I'm Gold now lol)