Champion sheet · Mid

Azir

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

5.3%#118 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.6%picked in 191 of 7,218 games
Ban: 2.7%98 bans over 3,566 games, against 0.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid41.8% between 36.0% and 47.9% over 184 gamesSoloQ 46.6%: no clear gap

Median length28.6 minsoloQ 27.7 min

Amateur: 6,931 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 376,433 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
How to play itPress the Attack, then Nashor's Tooth, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 87% of mid laners.TeamfightDamagePoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.3%
SoloQ
0.9%
1.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.9% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.5%
SoloQ
0.2%
2.5% ban rate in amateur play over 2,247 games, against 0.2% in soloQ over 169,540 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.6 min
SoloQ
27.7 min
Median of 28.6 min in amateur play, against 27.7 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Press the Attack, then Nashor's Tooth, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesPress the Attack60% · 4,258

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport69% · 4,905

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 51 games

Core (3 legendaries)36% · 1,147

36%of soloQ games

Nashor's Tooth
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 87% of mid laners.

Team damagetop14%25% · mid laners: 21%
Plays teamfightstop17%59% · mid laners: 55%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Teamfight
Damage
Poke

Like other mid laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 29 in lane, 66 in mid game and 75 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

504-24 vs 528

943+44 vs 899

1,331+152 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Azirmid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 60% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

2.6takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 29 of 100 among mid laners504 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 66 of 100 among mid laners943 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 75 of 100 among mid laners1,331 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 30 of 100 among mid laners-152 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 40 of 100 among mid laners-103 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 29 of 100 among mid laners2.6 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 47 of 100 among mid laners477 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 83 of 100 among mid laners59% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 35 of 100 among mid laners20% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 30 of 100 among mid lanersrank 30 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 32 of 100 among mid laners0.4 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 87 of 100 among mid laners25% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.