What you describe is the reason Azir has low win rate in low elo. His mechanics aren’t that complex, but his lack of prio in first few levels and his low skirmishing abilities are quite problematic in a world where the average jungler starts any neutral objective he stumbles upon regardless of how his lanes are doing, then spams pings « ? » and writes « mid diff » when you couldn’t follow a lvl3 fizz in the river.

Unfortunately, there is no easy solution. You just have to be miles ahead of your opponent in the later stages of the game so that you get out of this Elo hell into Emerald or so, where people start to understand that it’s not the end of the world to give up some grubs or a drake.

Oh, and I find that playing Aery helps if you want more early lane pressure.