Can force you out of bushes easily. Also punishes you early when you have less mobility (Pre-6).
If he hits 6 before you, you're pretty much dead.
Annie
Watch out for her passive, other than that she has nothing on you.
Ashe
Her slows are crazy and she WILL punish you if you get too close. Just try to poke as much as possible early game. You should be able to dodge her R from a distance.
Bard
Have not played this match up a lot but you should be fine.
He has sustain but all you need to look out for is his R.
Blitzcrank
Don't get too close and watch out for hook. Try to contest bushes as much as possible as long as you have them warded.
Brand
Should have enough mobility to avoid his damage and stun.
Braum
Is able to block charm, has lots of CC and can easily escape if you miss your charm.
Heimerdinger
He HURTS. Just try to poke him and watch out for his stun.
Janna
She has insane disengage on you. Early game you should be able to easily get her, just watch out for her tornado.
Karma
She has disengage/root on you.
You just need to dodge her abilities and you beat her.
Leona
Leona WILL punish you for even breathing. She has insane CC. Her hook locks you in place, she can follow up with her Q. Also she can also use R to block your mobility.
Lulu
She has slows and lots of utility. Try to poke until she runs out of mana early and you can easily burst them down.
Lux
She has good poke and will have better bush control but overall slow skillshots that you can dodge easily.
Milio
Has good sustain with his heals and shields. Try to poke him as much as possible.
Morgana
SHE WILL MURDER YOU. If she lands a single root on you, you're dead. Just watch out, try to get her out from bushes. She has a slow projectile speed so as long as you can see her you can dodge them.
Nami
Has super good speed boost and CC. Also good healing. You probably will not beat her.
Nautilus
If he gets his R on you, you're probably dead. He can either catch you with his hook, or easily get away. He's also incredibly tanky. He probably wins most matchups.
Neeko
Neeko is insane. Her damage is incredible and she has a root that goes THROUGH minions. If she manages to catch you with her R, you're dead.
Orianna
She slows/gives MS, has good CC, does damage, and can give a shield. You will barely play this matchup ever, if at all but be careful if you do.
Pantheon
Can poke you, and will jump on you if you try to dash up to enemy ADC. Try to bait him.
Galio
Knock-ups, taunts, shield. Not good for you.
Poppy
Can easily get you off of her whole team. Bait out her CC (E and R).
Also her W gives her MS. try to charm her just after she uses it.
Pyke
If he is able to hit a hook on you, you're dead if he's able to follow up with his E. He will try to bait your mobility our for his R so be careful.
Rakan
You can easily charm him out of his W if he misses, and also his R while he's running up on you. Just make sure his E is down or you probably won't hit a charm.
Rell
She has good CC but you should be able to dodge it. She has mobility but you should be able to outrun her. Just don't get too close.
Renata Glasc
Renata doesn't have enough range to punish you and you can dodge everything.
Senna
She has slow, incredible poke, root, shields, mobility and good damage. Play super safe and bait her abilities out when you want to go in.
Seraphine
Slows, roots, charms, heals/shields, and does good damage. Need to make sure she's low on mana or bait everything out. Also keep track of her passive.
Shen
Taunts and can block damage, also can save his teammates in a pinch. On paper you should win, though.
Sona
Early game you dominate. Just be careful of her scaling, and make sure you dodge her R.
Soraka
She can easily root you with her silence, and has slows. Other than that, just poke her ADC down. You win all-ins.
Swain
Roots and pulls, just try to dodge his E. You can easily get out of his R. He will seriously punish you though if he roots you.
Tahm Kench
He has CC, just try your best to dodge. You can easily get away from him.
Taric
Should be able to dodge his CC. He's a little tanky so watch out.
Thresh
You should be able to dodge his hook and flay range but if you get stuck in his R then you're probably dead unless you go through a wall and pray you have enough mobility to get away.
Veigar
If you get stuck in his cage then you're going to take A LOT. Other than that, you can dodge everything.
Vel'Koz
He does a lot of damage and has a small amount of CC. You should be able to dodge all of his abilities easily. Just try your best to poke and not take any damage.
Xerath
Same as Vel'Koz.
Yuumi
She is incredible at protecting her ADC. She has slows, healing, shields and MS boosts. Just try to make her waste her mana and you win.
Zilean
CC and damage, also can save ADC from death. Just try to bait his R out and dodge his other abilities.
Zyra
She has really good poke and CC. You probably will have to play defensive on her unless she's bad.
Jhin
Very good when it comes to chaining your CC.
Samira
She can work very well with your charm and poke. You make it very easy for her to go in.
Ashe
Her slow makes it easy for you to hit your charm, good if you aren't confident with your charm. Her R is also good if you want to chain CC.
Caitlyn
Can't help you much with CC besides her trap but she is good at following up with your charm with her range + insane autos.
Draven
Draven is basically insane, even on his own. He is good at following up with your charm.
Can also charm enemies back into his R if you're able to hit it in the small amount of time you have.
Ezreal
Just go full roam when you're with an Ez.
Jinx
Has good damage.
You can easily CC chain because of her slow on W + her E.
Can also charm enemies into her E.
Good range to follow up on your charms.
Kai'Sa
Kai'Sa can easily help you burst down enemies and she's super good at roaming with her mobility. End game you're basically unstoppable.
Kalista
Has okay mobility with her passive so she can keep up with you.
Her R is also super good with you, very good CC chains. Would suggest going a little tanky if you're worried about dying after she throws you at them, but she should be good enough at following up on your chain where it's not needed.
Lucian
You don't really have all the dive that Lucian is looking for since you only have charm, so early game could be rough. Just poke and try to get Lucian to a point where you can go in.
Miss Fortune
You hit a charm, MF can instantly follow up with her insane dmg, especially with Lethality MF making a comeback.
Nilah
Pretty much the same as Samira.
Senna
You can CC chain with her root but she doesn't offer you much. Extremely weak early game.
Seraphine
Good poke lane. Also good sustain with her shield/heal.
Good CC chains with her slow/root and double charm = OP.
Sivir
Sivir is already very iffy at the moment as an ADC. Really all you can do is poke and get Sivir built.
Her R speed boost is good with your insane mobility.
Tristana
Level 2 all-in is insane. She's really good at following up on your charm.
If she jumps on them you can easily catch up and help her burst them down.
Twitch
Together you guys have good roaming.
Laning phase you shouldn't struggle.
He can easily follow up on your charm.
Varus
Good CC chain with his R.
Also good at helping you burst down.
Vayne
Pretty good laning phase, you shouldn't struggle.
Late game you dominate.
Insane mobility and roaming potential.
Veigar
With your combined damage, you're basically unstoppable.
Also good CC chain with his cage (can also charm them into it).
Should be able to help him scale very well.
Xayah
Good CC chaining. Should have no problem together.
Zeri
You aren't really a support Zeri is looking for.
Could be able to help her with charm but you're better playing back and letting her farm.
Synergies
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Jhin
Very good when it comes to chaining your CC.
Samira
She can work very well with your charm and poke. You make it very easy for her to go in.
Ashe
Her slow makes it easy for you to hit your charm, good if you aren't confident with your charm. Her R is also good if you want to chain CC.
Caitlyn
Can't help you much with CC besides her trap but she is good at following up with your charm with her range + insane autos.
Draven
Draven is basically insane, even on his own. He is good at following up with your charm.
Can also charm enemies back into his R if you're able to hit it in the small amount of time you have.
Ezreal
Just go full roam when you're with an Ez.
Jinx
Has good damage.
You can easily CC chain because of her slow on W + her E.
Can also charm enemies into her E.
Good range to follow up on your charms.
Kai'Sa
Kai'Sa can easily help you burst down enemies and she's super good at roaming with her mobility. End game you're basically unstoppable.
Kalista
Has okay mobility with her passive so she can keep up with you.
Her R is also super good with you, very good CC chains. Would suggest going a little tanky if you're worried about dying after she throws you at them, but she should be good enough at following up on your chain where it's not needed.
Lucian
You don't really have all the dive that Lucian is looking for since you only have charm, so early game could be rough. Just poke and try to get Lucian to a point where you can go in.
Miss Fortune
You hit a charm, MF can instantly follow up with her insane dmg, especially with Lethality MF making a comeback.
Nilah
Pretty much the same as Samira.
Senna
You can CC chain with her root but she doesn't offer you much. Extremely weak early game.
Seraphine
Good poke lane. Also good sustain with her shield/heal.
Good CC chains with her slow/root and double charm = OP.
Sivir
Sivir is already very iffy at the moment as an ADC. Really all you can do is poke and get Sivir built.
Her R speed boost is good with your insane mobility.
Tristana
Level 2 all-in is insane. She's really good at following up on your charm.
If she jumps on them you can easily catch up and help her burst them down.
Twitch
Together you guys have good roaming.
Laning phase you shouldn't struggle.
He can easily follow up on your charm.
Varus
Good CC chain with his R.
Also good at helping you burst down.
Vayne
Pretty good laning phase, you shouldn't struggle.
Late game you dominate.
Insane mobility and roaming potential.
Veigar
With your combined damage, you're basically unstoppable.
Also good CC chain with his cage (can also charm them into it).
Should be able to help him scale very well.
Xayah
Good CC chaining. Should have no problem together.
Zeri
You aren't really a support Zeri is looking for.
Could be able to help her with charm but you're better playing back and letting her farm.
as a low elo player, charm is incredibly broken. I am a support main and have played charm supports like Seraphine before. Ahri is also one of my most favourite champions ever, and while I do play her mid I find her to also be fun in the support role.
If you practice Ahri support enough, then she can easily be one of the best supports. She works if you're incredibly good at her. While I'm not the best, I've played it a decent amount to see how it works. Yes it works, and it's technically not a 'troll pick'.
How To Play Ahri Support
Ahri isn't the strongest early game.
Maintain bush control, and if they contest make sure you charm them when your ADC is in a spot to follow up. Always look to poke and slowly chip away at them before being able to all-in on them.
If you are not able to kill them, leave lane once you hit 6. Ahri has a massive power spike when she hits 6 due to her roaming potential. Make sure you abuse this instead of wasting your time.
Always abuse them when they are out of position mid game. I heavily encourage roaming as Ahri support with her mobility. Using this roaming potential you can abuse anyone out of position easily. You can always easily reposition yourself if you manage to go too far, that's what's so great about Ahri.
When it comes to team fights, PEEL first. You wait for them to step up first before you try to initiate anything.
Art credits to Oreki Genya.
About Me
I am a BRONZE support main.
I used to mainly play enchanters but lately I've been experimenting with other off-meta supports and found that they work incredibly well. I've been playing the game for roughly 5 months as of June 16, 2023. I love playing these off-meta supports because I started hating the enchanter playstyle of not being able to do anything if my team is bad.
Last but not least...
Keep in mind, I am a LOW ELO player. This is what has worked for me personally, and it's different than what you'd think. I like being creative with builds. You can ask questions and give advice but please do not police my guide! Thank you. <3
I'm always looking for somebody to play with.
I love duo queuing with people, and I'm a pretty flexible player so I can play just about anyone.
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Thanks for reading, and I hope this was able to show some people how I like to play Ahri support and have fun with it, trying new builds all the time.
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