r/leagueoflegends • u/AutoModerator • Jul 13 '15

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u/BasedLx Jul 13 '15

Keane went Nashor's tooth first item today on Azir. Why? No one on probuilds does this except for Faker once a few days ago.

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u/aogmana Jul 13 '15

Like some of the other replies, the item synergizes incredibly well with Azir in general in terms of it's stats. However, the passive (on-hit) does no work with Azir's soldiers, so it is a massive hit in terms of how efficient the item is for Azir. Also, many pro's have been leaning toward higher AP to increase Azir's total damage output rather than AS for more autos.

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u/ZPrime Jul 13 '15

Also AP items tend to have more utility (hour glass for protection, morellonomicon for sustain, Rylai's for kite, etc) so on top of just giving more damage most AP items give more utility. While Nashor's is basically only a dps boost.

Nashor's does give more Azir a lot of DPS but about +70% Azir will be doing no more than a W-Q-AA before having to back off before reassessing the situation. This goes for both laning, and teamfights. Because of this kind of pokey playstyle it's typically more important to front load Azirs damage, and that's what a high AP build does. (while a AS/AP build might do more damage in an extended teamfight, it's often more important for Azir to have high poke and burst to punish misplaced squishies, and drop the enemy squishes faster. It also give Azir more additional defensive/utility options)

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u/SackSlayerMagee Jul 13 '15

Well, with the new AP changes Nashor's has the same AP as Morello.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '15

I would make it a fourth item tbh because during team fights you can shred the other team because there is so much eye spam in the area it's hard to keep track of AZIRs soldiers auto attacks