Im sick and tired of seeing azmodans attempt to backdoor. It wont work if you do it 24/7. I am an azmodan main with a 60% winrate hundreds of games played eu gold and na diamond. Three things to keep in mind that are critical. In order of importance.
1 predictability
2 team moral
3 stacks
1 if you’re always afk pushing a lane enemies will know what to do. Optimal strat is to win objective 4v5 then send 1-2 to quickly gank. Also not bad to send 1 to deal with you from start. You will almost always get the first objective to push bc enemies wont know what your azmodan play is. However if you do this they’ll start sending people to deal with you. Unlike other split pushers you have no escape nor sustain. So if they send 1 to deal with you it’s likely that you die for half a structure, maybe less, at this rate your team will lose 3+ objectives before you even threaten core. You only need 1 path to victory. Dont make it obvious that you want to backdoor, go with team. If you’re always with team and split at oppurtune moment to get keep/core the enemies will take longer to react and you’ll get more value. Stay with team most of the time.
2 morale. If you leave team 4v5 they will just spend 20+ minutes dying. They didnt agree to play game to be distrations. They will get annoyed that they cannot play the dang game. Even if you’re with them for 50% of teamfights thats a MASSIVE boost to their morale. Otherwise they will int bc they’re not having any fun.
3 stacks. If you’re only soaking one lane and spending your time dead, chances are that you aren’t getting stacks. Post rework azmodan is heavily built around stacks. If you aren’t double soaking to get them you’re giving up a large portion of power budget. At that rate just greymane and aa structures for full value.
If you go with team for most fights you will increase stacks/dmg potential, keep your team happy and xp high, and ensure that a backdoor is a SURPRISE. Keep these in mind when you play Azmodan.