Azir came to TFT with his soldiers that arise from the sand as a Tier 4 champion to dominate the desert.

Azir brings his soldiers to attack instead of him, and every time he casts his ability, he summons an extra one.

In this article, we will talk about the combos to best place Azir in to make sure you bring your enemies down in the sands and win the game.

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Azir is one of the greatest picks in Tier 4 champions, as he can deal tonnes of damage from his place in the backlines without having to move or take unnecessary damage.

Azir shares two critical traits, which are the shurima and the strategist, which allow him to highly increase the team’s stats, especially those that are from the shurima.

Azir’s stats, traits, and items are all to be discussed down below to make sure you get the best outcome from placing him on your team.

Best Azir builds in TFT Set 9

Azir’s stats:

• Cost: 4 Gold
• Health: 750 / 1350 / 2430
• Mana: 40 / 50
• Armor: 30
• MR: 30
• Ability Power: 100
• DPS: 23 / 41 / 73
• Damage: 30 / 54 / 97
• Atk Spd: 0.75
• Crit Rate: 25%
• Range: 4

Azir’s traits:

1. Shurima

Every 4 seconds, Shuriman heal 5% maximum Health. After 8 seconds, select Shuriman Ascend and gain 30% max Health and 45% Attack Speed.

• 3 The strongest Shuriman Ascends
• 5 All Shurimans Ascend
• 7 Instead, Ascend at combat start, +20% Ascension bonus
• 9 Ascend twice, at combat start and after 8 seconds, +25% Ascension bonus

2. Strategist

Combat Start: Allies in the front 2 rows gain a Shield for 15 seconds. Allies in the back 2 rows gain Ability Power.

• 2 200 shield; 20 Ability Power
• 3 350 shield; 30 Ability Power
• 4 500 shield; 45 Ability Power
• 5 800 shield; 60 Ability Power

Azir’s ability

Arise

Passive: Every third attack, a Sand Soldier deals magic damage to their target.

Active: Summon a Sand Soldier to attack your target. If Azir already has 3 Soldiers, they all immediately deal 70% of the damage instead.

Carousel priority:

These are the components you would need to focus on since the very first circle in order as you will need them to build up the required items for the team in most of the comps you will find bellow:

Azir’s best items

1. Giant Slayer

Grant 20% bonus Attack Damage and 20 bonus Ability Power. Abilities and attacks deal 25% more damage to enemies with more than 1600 maximum Health.

2. Guinsoo's Rageblade

Attacks grant 4% bonus Attack Speed. This effect stacks.

3. Jeweled Gauntlet

Grant 15 bonus Ability Power and 15% Critical Strike Chance.

Damage from an Ability can critically strike.

Best comps for Azir

3. SAND AND BLOOD

Synergies:

• 6 Noxus
• 3 Shurima
• 2 Jaggernaut
• 2 Strategist

This is a normal reroll to level 8 with a good economy to make sure you level up your mains so you can win.

This comp revolves around Katarina and Azir as the main damage providers, while having the noxus members in the frontline to sustain enough damage.

Best build for this comp:

1. Azir is one of the main damage dealers as a Shurima who gets additional attack speed and healing while sharing the strategist trait, which provides the frontline with more tankiness and the backline with more damage.
2. Katarina is your second main damage dealer, as she shares the noxus trait, which provides her with additional stats, making her able to sustain more damage and turning her blades into a lethal weapon.
3. Sion is a great tank on the frontlines as he can sustain tons of damage, and if he dies, he won’t; he will just return to deal more damage.
4. Darius is one of the greatest frontlines in TFT, as he can sustain tons of damage while dealing more damage.
5. Nasus is a great frontliner, sharing the Jaggernaut trait, which makes him and Darius stronger tanks.
6. Kled will be adding to the noxus trait and sustaining a lot of damage to buy time for the backlines to deal the damage needed.
7. Swain is a critical pick as he can add to both the Strategist and noxus traits.
8. Cassiopia is a great pick in the backlines, especially in the early game, as she can deal tons of damage from the backlines.

2. LORD AZIR

Synergies:

• 6 Noxus
• 5 Shurima
• 2 Strategist
• 2 Jaggernaut

This comp requires at least two additional emblems or hearts, which are the noxus and shurima, to reach the needed synergies.

This is a fast reroll to level 8 with a great economy to make sure you get your mains to level 2 or 3 to get the most out of this comp.

This comp revolves around Cassiopia and Azir being your main damage dealers.

Best build for this comp:

1. Azir is one of the main damage dealers as a Shurima who gets additional attack speed and healing while sharing the strategist trait, which provides the frontline with more tankiness and the backline with more damage.
2. Sion is a great tank on the frontlines as he can sustain tons of damage, and if he dies, he won’t; he will just return to deal more damage.
3. Darius is one of the greatest frontlines in TFT, as he can sustain tons of damage while dealing more damage.
4. Nasus is a great frontliner, sharing the Jaggernaut trait, which makes him and Darius stronger tanks.
5. Swain is a critical pick as he can add to both the Strategist and noxus traits.
6. Cassiopia is a great pick in the backlines, especially in the early game, as she can deal tons of damage from the backlines.
7. Samira will be adding to the noxus trait while dealing some good damage from the backlines and shredding enemy’s armor.
8. K’Sante is one of the most critical picks, as he can just kick out enemies’ main champions out of the field, and he shares the Shurima trait.

1. SAND HIT

Synergies:

• 7 Shurima
• 2 Strategist
• 2 Bastion
• 2 Invoker

This comp revolves around the Shurima trait, where all the champions start the battle ascended, which gives them more healing and attack speed.

The comp revolves around Azir and Cassiopia, your main damage dealers.

Best build for this comp:

1. Azir is one of the main damage dealers as a Shurima who gets additional attack speed and healing while sharing the strategist trait, which provides the frontline with more tankiness and the backline with more damage.
2. Nasus is a great frontliner, sharing the Shurima trait.
3. Cassiopia is a great pick in the backlines, especially in the early game, as she can deal tons of damage from the backlines.
4. Taliyah would be a great pick as she shares the shurima trait and can also have three chalices of power to empower Cassiopia and Azir.
5. Jarvan will be sharing the strategist trait with Azir, which empowers both the frontlines and backlines.
6. Shen is a must as he would be sharing the bastion trait, which makes him more tanky, and the invoker trait, which would allow the team to generate more mana.
7. Renekton would be sharing the Shurima trait and sustaining a lot of damage on the frontlines.
8. K’Sante is a great pick for this comp as he shares both the bastion trait, which makes him a tank, and the invoker trait with Shen; he is also the 7th Shurima member.

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