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the Emperor of the Sands

Azir Mid build & stats

MageMarksman C 431 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
50.3%
Pick rate
1.6%
Ban rate
0.2%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Void Staff
Void Staff
3,000 gold
Dusk and Dawn
Dusk and Dawn
3,100 gold
9,300 gold
54.5% WR each item separately

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
1,100 gold
45.5% 44 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
57.1% WR
7 games · 2% pick
Press the Attack
Press the Attack

Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
66.7% 9 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Azir

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Azir wins 50.3% of games as Mid on patch 16.18 (431 games).
  • Most common core: Rabadon's Deathcap → Nashor's Tooth → Shadowflame — 49% win rate over 51 games.
  • Take Press the Attack as keystone: picked in 54% of games with a 52% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Ekko (78% over 9 games). Hardest: LeBlanc (22% over 9 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Azir scales: 59% win rate after 35 minutes versus 49% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Nashor's Tooth
Nashor's Tooth
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
40.0% WR
5 games · 1% pick
Dusk and Dawn
Dusk and Dawn
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Nashor's Tooth
Nashor's Tooth
25.0% WR
4 games · 1% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Nashor's Tooth
Nashor's Tooth
Void Staff
Void Staff
33.3% WR
3 games · 1% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
45.5% WR
44 games · 10% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
37.5% WR
8 games · 2% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
54.5% 3% (11)
53.1% 7% (32)
46.7% 3% (15)
42.6% 11% (47)
36.4% 5% (22)
33.3% 3% (15)
33.3% 1% (3)
20.0% 1% (5)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
57.1% WR
7 games · 2% pick
Press the Attack
Press the Attack

Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
66.7% WR
6 games · 1% pick
Press the Attack Presence of Mind Legend: Alacrity Cut Down Bone Plating Overgrowth
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
25.0% WR
4 games · 1% pick
Press the Attack Presence of Mind Legend: Alacrity Cut Down Bone Plating Unflinching

Keystones

  • Press the Attack Press the Attack Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions. 51.2%10% pick
  • Lethal Tempo Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack. 30.0%2% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 66.7%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 41.7%11% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 66.7%2% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PShurima's Legacy

    Azir can summon the Disc of the Sun from the ruins of allied or enemy turrets.

  • QConquering Sands

    Azir sends all Sand Soldiers towards a location. Sand Soldiers deal magic damage to enemies they pass through and apply a slow for 1 second.

  • WArise!

    Azir summons a Sand Soldier to attack nearby targets for him, replacing his basic attack against targets within the soldier's range. Their attacks deal magic damage to enemies in a line.

  • EShifting Sands

    Azir shields himself briefly and dashes to one of his Sand Soldiers, damaging enemies. If he hits an enemy champion, he instantly readies a new Sand Soldier for deployment and halts his dash.

  • REmperor's Divide

    Azir summons a wall of soldiers which charge forward, knocking back and damaging enemies.