Might be wrong, but IIRC it is a reference to that!

The changes are great. Her losing the Q movespeed isn't that big of a deal, it was gimmicky and unnecessary anyway so I won't miss it.

I've always played Ahri as an assassin over anything else and my favorite version of her was when she had the damage amp on Charm, so it'll be cool to see it back. Even if they choose to go with a version without the damage amp, she's trading movespeed for damage which I'll take any day.

I think she'll end up being over-tuned tbh, but I won't be complaining :^)

Also, looks like it's being delayed til 8.7 or later.

Did you really? Or are you just pretending you did to have an excuse to comment to farm raffle points?

Making picks with Charm is the best way to carry a game as Ahri, or initiate a favourable fight. The key to pulling off successful picks is typically by waiting in a brush, or behind terrain in the fog of war. It's super easy to pull this off at lower elo too, you just have to make sure that where you're trapping isn't warded, or they don't know you're there. You can gain this knowledge through either vision clearing with Red Trinket/Control Wards, or simply by observing the enemy team's movement and how they act while you're waiting in a brush, or around a corner.

Other than that, playing safe and calculative is the best way to secure wins with Ahri. It may sound extremely obvious, but the less you die the easier it is to carry. This is especially important with Ahri due to her nature of being able to make plays very easily and the high impact she has during Mid game. She is incredibly squishy though, which is why there is a huge importance to playing careful, especially when Spirit Rush is down.

Something I do all the time is when I don't have Ult, I'll ping the cooldown and tell my team not to fight without my Ult, because of how crucial it is for Ahri to be able to do anything really. Basically, my biggest tip is to never fight without your Ult, unless you really, really have to. Either wait, or try to stall out a fight until it's back up. Ahri goes from like a 10/10 to 2/10 in terms of effectiveness when she doesn't have her Ult :D