Early

In the early game, your goals are to



Farm up safely



Get in free hits, but don't fish for any



Reach the Sorc, Nash, Staff powerspike



Stay Alive: Above all else, you must live. Farm up, try to at least reach the main triple-core damage combination. Combined with early ranks in Arise!, the damage will rapidly ascend to relevancy



Don't use Conquering Sands: As much as possible, avoid using Conquering Sands. There is nowhere near enough mana to harass two opponents at once (I tried. Amply.) Focus on farming and scaling.



Grab free hits: While you might not be fishing for hits with Conquering Sands, get a free hit on an enemy if you see a chance. It'll stack Manaflow and scare off aggression a little.



Efficiently Summon Soldiers: You don't have to summon a soldier for every CS, nor do you usually need more than one soldier alive at a time. Azir has a satisfying instant autoattack; enjoy it!









Mid

As the laning phase ends, you will start taking on your full form



Your damage is incredibly threatening now



Massacre objectives



Avoid aggressing with Conquering Sands



You are a Massive Threat!: With just a few complete items, this damage-efficiency tailored approach will have enabled you to become extremely damaging even without kills or more time. You now can melt even tanky targets.



Stay in the Backline: Harassing is not only dangerous, but Conquering Sands doesn't hurt much without those early ranks. Stick to your role: you are a marksman, and must kill everything that approaches while staying safe



Use the Ult Defensively: Emperor's Divide is one of the best anti-melee skills in the entire game. Tanks should have trouble approaching, assassins should be shoved off when they dare try to hurt. Focus on maximizing your overall DPS.



Watch Your Mana: Once you're out of mana, you're spent. You have no real mana regeneration. Be cautious of your mana bar to make sure you won't overexert yourself before battles are truly done.



Slaughter Objectives: Stationary targets are fodder for Azir's soldiers. You can take down Barons and Dragons at record speed with a few soldiers, a fact that should be abused amply to set them up using control wards.









Late

Kill everything



For Shurima!

