User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 452: The Prelude to the Final Battle, Review./@comment-1153699-20150915213648/@comment-1153699-20150916180131

He negated his Sand Tsunami with a single Lightning Bolt and overpowered his second attack with a casual spell (the sand around the nuke is Azir's second attack). Again, Azir thought he could solo Ishgal. He's like the Zancrow / Jackal of this arc. These types of characters tend to overestimate themselves quite often. And he only said he wouldn't have died from that attack (I don't think he would either). He said nothing about being able to tank it and keep fighting as if nothing happened though.

FT have been 1v1ing their enemies since chapter 1. Why would it change now? All I'm saying is, don't buy too much into the hype and get disappointed later. :/