As is known, one of Riot's usual policies is when there is a new general, they will hold back until a new season and then officially apply to the professional arena. That is, the player will have time to get acquainted, practice with this champion in PBE, in rank or Scrim sessions. But it will not be used until Riot allows it. But in the opposite direction, Riot will immediately ban a champion, if they find that they possess errors/bugs that cannot be corrected in a hotfix version (emergency update – roughly translation).
Riot always has sequences – temporarily locked with League of Legends when applying them to a professional environment.
Recently, in the new update for League of Legends (version 14.4), Riot decided to lock Azir in a professional arena in every server. This information immediately received great attention from the League of Legends community. Because, in version 14.3, Riot has locked Neekko (and there is no information that this general has been returned in version 14.4). Now, Azir also encountered a similar situation, which means two of the mid -line generals used the most recent meta have disappeared.
In version 14.4, Riot will lock Azir in all servers of all areas
According to many reviews and speculation, Riot's decision comes from the heavy bug that helps Azir after moving will be able to stealth for a few seconds. For anyone who has not imagined how serious this error is in the professional arena, the player's reaction to a situation is only calculated in seconds. The fact that Azir has a stealth time can help players set up a perfect Shurima Shuffle, turn the game if calculating the time and location is reasonably moved.
The situation that Azir has just moved is invisible, many people think that the cause of Riot must temporarily lock this champion
In addition, many opinions expressed concern for Faker and Chovy. Perhaps everyone knows, Azir is the general that creates the most important situation in the match T1 – JD Gaming. Not only does T1 win JDG, but this match is also considered the “early final” of Worlds 2023. Indeed, the final of the T1 – Weibo Gaming Final is too “one color”. And Azir is also the “cabinet” of ChoVy in the past many seasons when possessing the ability to make play as well as very useful even when traveling or fighting.
There is an opinion that this happened for a long time and there were also people who expressed concern to Faker and Chovy
However, as professional players, Faker and Chovy, along with their host teams, will also find different ways to adapt the situation. At the same time, Riot also needs to rush to bring Azir back soon when this champion is considered one of the strong generals, standard make play of League of Legends and a symbol of the mid lines in the professional arena.