Hi everyone, lil bit of my own story, no need to read. :P
When Ahri came in as new champion, when I saw the videos and stuff, I said "meh". Then I gathered enough and bought her, just for a try. And omg I love her ! Since then she became one of my mains, and I tried out many builds, even from here or from other guide sites. After a little while I came with this one, and it still gives me decent results (like 15-2 or I once even had a 18-0) So now I decided to create my first guide just for Ahri to share this guide with you. :)
Enjoy ! ^^


History & Updates:
01 Jan 2012: Finally done with the guide. :D Enjoy it. :3

I chose a simple AP Rune set. It gives you some Greater marks of Insight which, added to your Sorcerer's Shoes & masteries, will give you enough so that you don't have to buy Void Staff. (Unless you're not focussed, then you can replace the Zhonya's Hourglass by the Void Staff). Some gold saved. :D

Next are the Greater Seals of Vitality. As you see the starting item doesn't grants you any health, so you have very low health in the beginning. This will help you a little bit. Ahri is very squishy as long you don't have your Rod of Ages.

And about the Greater Glyph of Scaling Ability Power and Greater Quintessence of Ability Power... Nothing to explain. Pretty common for an AP. ^^

I chose a really simple AP mastery tree. Nothing to explain, really. Gives you more AP, lil bit of cooldown reduction, More magic penetration and mana regen.

Viable Summoner Spells:

Flash is a plus for escaping or chasing. Can get you over the walls and stuff. Even if you use your Spirit Rush over the walls, can still help you to excape to a Blitzcrank or something like that.




Ghost is a pretty good escape/chasing tool too... Although I keep a preference on Flash for the ability to be able to go trough walls.




It all depends of you if you choose this or not. Sometimes when you tower dive your ennemy is left with like 5HP... Then you can rage. But if you have this you'll get him killed. But sometimes, for some, it just won't help or some even forget about it.. Take something else instead if it's your case.

Neutral Summoner Skills:

This is really according to how you play. Cleanse can save you after you dived someone with a CC under a tower or something, and Exhaust could help you getting some kills, but personnaly I don't take these.





Take this only if you really want to stay longer in your early game fase. It's true that, late game (unless you want to play a bit of support) it's simply useless.

No Good Summoner Skills for Ahri:

... No.




Erhm... It could do something if you lane... But really, with your passive and Hextech Revolver you won't find any need in this. Well... Maybe to escape a gank, but it doesn't really give that much health, so you have to be lucky if you use this.




You're not support, so why would you take this ?

Explanations of the Skills:

Passive
This is a really usefull passive. If you time it right, it can probably save your life. It helps for your laning too. If you have your Sapphire Crystal in the beginning, you can more or less spam your skills. You have a pretty big mana pool, low Cooldowns. Btw, combined with Hextech Revolver (YES, it stacks together) gives a very nice spell vamp and dus a good laning substanibility.




This is a pretty ok early game harass, not the best, though. Ahri isn't that good harasser because of the short range. But mid-end game this becomes a very good damage skill. Very low CD, doesn't use that much Mana... So easily spamable. Good to get stacks for your passive. Once your passive is activated (with the 9 stacks), it's good to launch this because this is the one that can hit the most. Be smart. Wait for a new fresh minion wave to come before using it, so you get the max health out of it.




Beginning, and even any time in the game, this is pretty much the skill that grants you the most damage of all your skills, and it prioritizes champions ! Just like your ultimate ! But... Well... Beginning maybe not. From lvl 3, once you hit your E, it's fine to launch it with your Q and generally the half of your ennemy's health went poof.. But unless that, don't use it. It's mana waste.. Although you can use it to get some stacks for your passive.. But believe me, you better keep it for when you attack or when you're attacked.




A very good CC. 2 seconds long when maxed. The only thing is that it is a skillshot that CAN hit minions. This is one of the reasons she have to be nicely placed. Mid, you generally stay on the borders to try to snatch your ennemy with this. End game it's nice to use with your ult to catch up on fleeing ennemies.




To be honest with you, I believe this is the best ulti in the game. Ahri is an assassin, if you didn't know it yet. She has high damage. And this, my friends, will help you getting feed in the beginning. Don't do it if you're not sure to get the kill, or else you'll get killed yourself (because yes, this is dangerous !). If your ennemy is at about 500-400 health... Don't do it if you're in the beginning.. Try to hit him with the E - W - Q again, and then you can easily tower dive with your Ultimate. Indeed, you understood it. Beginning of the game, this ultimate can be used for two things: To tower dive or to escape any kind of gank. Please be smart when you tower dive, and don't, I repeat DON'T, forget your W !!!

Well. This was it. :)
I hope you'll have a lot of fun with Ahri, because once you get her, she's actually really fun to play. High mobility, confuse your target, it's pretty funny when you see it. Just try to not act stupidly, and it will all be fine ! She's not as hard nor that EASY that people say. She IS OP, but you need to know how to play her.
Have fun !

PS: Thanks to jhoijhoi for the line dividers/separators. ;D