Azir on the way to power changes in League of Legends with Patch 8.5

Azir will get some nerfs with upcoming Patch 8.5, according to the latest PBE update.

Azir has one of the lowest winrates in North America for mid lane champions at 48 percent, according to League stats site Champion.gg, combined with a playrate of just four percent. He’s a difficult champion to play, and his very complicated kit requires coordinated team gameplay at the highest level to really function properly.

Not only does solo queue lack coordinated team gameplay even at the highest elo, but his mastery curve is more extreme than most other champions in the game. He takes a lot of time to learn and even play competently, and these nerfs coming in Patch 8.5 will just make it harder on that majority of players. The base damage of his Sand Soldiers is dropping at all levels, starting at 10 less damage at rank one and a whopping 30 at max rank.

This is a very straightforward nerf and the likelihood of it being felt throughout the playerbase, not just on the pro stage, is high.

Patch 8.5 must arrived next week with Azir changes.