Azir is a ranged mage usually played Mid on Summoner's Rift. This guide covers Azir in ARAM: Play as a backline mage, using soldiers to zone and poke while saving your ultimate for peel or setup.
Azir ARAM Abilities
Azir summons a Sun Disc from destroyed turrets, which acts as a permanent, powerful defensive structure.
Azir commands all Sand Soldiers to dash to a target location, damaging and slowing enemies they pass through.
Azir summons a Sand Soldier that attacks in a line, replacing his basic attacks within its range.
Azir dashes to a Sand Soldier, gaining a shield and readying a new soldier if he hits an enemy champion.
Azir summons a wall of soldiers that charges forward, knocking back and damaging all enemies hit.
Azir ARAM Playstyle & Tips
Play as a backline mage, using soldiers to zone and poke while saving your ultimate for peel or setup. Focus on sustained damage and positioning to avoid being caught out.
Tips
Use your soldiers to poke from a safe distance and control the narrow ARAM bridge.
Save your ultimate for disengaging or pushing enemies into your tower.
Build attack speed items like Nashor's Tooth to maximize soldier damage output.
Position behind your team and use Shifting Sands (E) to reposition or escape.
Prioritize ability haste to spam soldiers and ultimate more frequently.
Combos
W (soldier) > Q (move soldier) > auto-attack for poke.
E (dash) > R (ultimate) to knock enemies back into your team.
W > Q > auto > E away for safe trading.
Azir ARAM Build Patch 16.13
Runes
Primary — Precision
Lethal Tempo
Presence of Mind
Legend: Alacrity
Cut DownSecondary — Sorcery
Gathering Storm
Axiom ArcanistSummoners
Skill Order
Max your skills in this order
Starter Items
- 1.
Recurve Bow - 2.
Amplifying Tome - 3.
Glowing Mote
Core Items
- 1.
Luden's Echo - 2.
Nashor's Tooth - 3.
Sorcerer's Shoes
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- you are the primary AP carry
- enemy team is stacking health
- you need maximum burst damage
Avoid when:
- you need utility or survivability
- your team has mixed damage sources
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- you are the primary AP carry
- enemy team is stacking health
- you need maximum burst damage
Avoid when:
- you need utility or survivability
- your team has mixed damage sources
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- your champion needs to kite effectively
- enemy team lacks gap closers
- you want to peel for carries
Avoid when:
- your champion has built-in slows
- enemy team has tenacity stacking
Options
Azir ARAM FAQ
What is the best build for Azir in ARAM?
In ARAM, Azir typically builds core items like Luden's Echo, Nashor's Tooth, Sorcerer's Shoes and Lethal Tempo runes (Precision primary, Sorcery secondary).
What runes should I use for Azir in ARAM?
Take Lethal Tempo in the Precision tree as your keystone, with Sorcery as your secondary tree for Azir in ARAM.
How do you play Azir in ARAM?
Play as a backline mage, using soldiers to zone and poke while saving your ultimate for peel or setup. Focus on sustained damage and positioning to avoid being caught out.
What is Azir's best combo in ARAM?
W (soldier) > Q (move soldier) > auto-attack for poke.
