Azir is widely regarded as one of the strongest League of Legends champions out there, why may be why developer Riot has decided to tone him down a bit in the latest patch.
Update 5.17 tweaked his special ‘Q’ attack, ‘Conquering Sands’, which lets him summon his sand minions to him and do damage to any players who get in their way – now, enemies will no longer take damage from every minion. Just the first one.
It’s one fairly minor (but still impactful) change in an update that keeps things fairly simple.
“As promised, we’ve stuck to the lighter side of things for 5.17 - there are definitely a good number of champion changes, but that’s about all there is,” says Riot’s Patrick “Scarizard” Scarborough. “With Worlds just around the corner (5.18, don’t forget!) we’re putting the finishing touches on the game-state so everything’s polished and ready for the big stage. We even have Bard buffs.”
There’s a rundown video of the patch below, if you’re into that sort of thing.
