Champion sheet · Mid

Azir

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

5.2%#120 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.5%picked in 471 of 18,692 games
Ban: 2.7%472 bans over 17,733 games, against 0.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid45.8% between 42.0% and 49.6% over 465 gamesSoloQ 47.2%: no clear gap

Median length29.5 minsoloQ 26.4 min

Amateur: 18,736 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 315,199 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 Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 87% of mid laners.TeamfightDamagePoke
With / againstBetter than expected against Sion in amateur play: +20.3 pts over 30 games, range above zero.+20.3 pt30 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

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
0.8%
1.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.8% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.1%
SoloQ
0.2%
3.1% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 0.2% in soloQ over 122,828 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.5 min
SoloQ
26.4 min
Median of 29.5 min in amateur play, against 26.4 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

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

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesPress the Attack56% · 3,294

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport86% · 5,116

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 98% · 77 games

Core (3 legendaries)22% · 461

22%of soloQ games

Nashor's Tooth
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass

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?

Better than expected against Sion in amateur play: +20.3 pts over 30 games, range above zero.

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.

Against

Topgap to expected

Sion66.7% · expected 46.4% · 30 g+20.3 ptSoloQ -9.6

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin50.0% · expected 47.1% · 46 g+2.9 ptSoloQ +0.2

Midgap to expected

Orianna60.5% · expected 49.4% · 38 g+11.1 ptSoloQ +4.4

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal67.7% · expected 50.2% · 31 g+17.6 ptSoloQ +1.6

Jhin56.8% · expected 49.9% · 37 g+6.8 ptSoloQ +1.5

Caitlyn48.8% · expected 43.7% · 43 g+5.2 ptSoloQ -2.7

Supportgap to expected

Lulu51.9% · expected 47.9% · 54 g+4.0 ptSoloQ -0.8

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV48.4% · expected 44.1% · 31 g+4.3 ptSoloQ +7.7

ADCgap to expected

Xayah56.7% · expected 47.8% · 30 g+8.8 ptSoloQ +5.6

Caitlyn54.5% · expected 48.0% · 33 g+6.6 ptSoloQ -0.3

Ezreal44.4% · expected 41.5% · 45 g+2.9 ptSoloQ -3.2

Jinx54.3% · expected 49.9% · 35 g+4.4 ptSoloQ +1.6

Supportgap to expected

Leona54.5% · expected 46.5% · 33 g+8.0 ptSoloQ +0.5

Braum48.4% · expected 48.0% · 31 g+0.4 ptSoloQ +4.2

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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