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Ahri Build Guide by

Ahri - The 9 Tails Fox [UPDATED - Patch 4.5]

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Spells:

Ignite

Flash

Items

Starting Items

Boots of Choice

Core Items - Offensive

Core Items - Defensive

Viable Offensive Items

Viable Defensive Items

Sample Full Build

Ability Order

Ahri Passive Ability

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Introduction
Pros / Cons
Masteries
Runes
Summoner Spells
Abilities
Items
Summary
Changelog

Hey guys! This is Midnight and welcome to my guide. It took me some time to make this guide so I would appreciate if you guys would read this completely and give me some decent feedback!

is a very fun champion to play. Although she's quite difficult to master, you can do a lot of great plays with her. She's one of the champions which can burst you down without a chance of retaliating. Once she lands her on you, "GG WP". She's also pretty versatile and can re-position herself during teamfights with the help of her .

Pros

+ INSANE burst
+ Has the ability to 1v1 almost anyone

By just her standard skill combo, she already has an insane amount of burst. And it increases by tenfold or more with -- and because of that she has the ability to 1v1 almost anyone -- Even .

Cons

- Has low mobility without
- Skillshot Heavy

Don't get me wrong having high mobility and re-positioning power is also her pro but, when is on cooldown, she's basically just a walking-nine-tailed-squishy. She's so skillshot heavy that it makes her inconsistent.

is an all-around great mastery because it provides 5% CDR for just 4 points in Tier I! You never wanna miss that one right? isn't really a big mastery but it sorta helps you with last hitting with your auto-attacks and spells. is pretty much straight-forward, AP per level, done. adds a tiny amount of sustain in lane which can/might help you in certain occasions. gives Flat AP, straightforward. is just really good -- it guarantees a cleanup combo against low HP champions. increases your AP by a %, pretty straightforward still. is a great mastery for and most offensive champions because MPen is really good on burst/nuke mages. increases your harassing potential using your auto-attacks by a little bit, but it's really neat. increases your damage by a %, straightforwardly great. helps compensate a little for the lack of mobility she gets without her . increases your mana sustain early game, making you last longer in the laning phase. allows your spells to be up faster which is neat, eh? -- Allows your blue buff to be with you for 30 more seconds! Amazing!

Greater Mark of Magic Penetration: 7-8 bonus MPen is decent -- especially for burst/nuke mages like Ahri -- so you don't wanna skip this out.
Greater Seal of Armor: 12-13 bonus armor is pretty good. Not to mention this is the standard seals used by most champions.
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist: 12 bonus MR is also good especially since you're probably against an AP Mid. If not, then your seals will do the thing.
Greater Quintessence of Ability Power: Who doesn't want 14-15 free AP? It helps with your early game damage greatly.

: A really good summoner spell for a lot of reasons. Mainly for kill securing but it can also help shut down those nasty healing/regenerating maniacs. (e.g. , , , etc.)

: Probably the mostly used spell in the game for high leveled summoners. This is probably because it can help in chasing/escaping or even to combo it up with .

Essence Theft: This can make you have more sustain in lane which in turn, allows you to be extremely aggressive, that's what makes this passive so strong.

TIP: It's very wise to use Orb of Deception for your passive, if and only if it hits 4-5 or more targets on both ways. If not, then better use Fox-Fire instead.
Orb of Deception (Q): This skill is very strong indeed. It help your wave clear speed, and because it deals true damage on the way back, it'll surely hurt your lane opponent.

TIP: Landing a successful Charm can help you land Orb of Deception easily. If needed, re-position yourself by using Spirit Rush or Flash to hit your Orb of Deception accurately.
Fox-Fire (W): Pretty straightforward skill overall, and is quite useful for dealing more damage with your Charm and Orb of Deception combo.

TIP: A big minion wave isn't a problem! Just make sure to position yourself near the enemy champion and the Fox-Fire will prioritize them over any minion that's nearer to you.
Charm (E): Ahri's extremely strong skill. Don't you find it amazing for a spell that makes the target walk slowly towards you and amplifying your damage to the target by a bit?

TIP: Always try to use Charm before your other skills for an easy combo. The standard combo is usually Charm -> Orb of Deception -> Fox-Fire.
Spirit Rush (R): Ahri's main mobility skill. This skill makes her extremely difficult to chase or to escape. Once you hit 6, the lane pressure you put on the enemy mid laner gets to a whole new level.

TIP: Don't just spam your ultimate because of the damage. Be wise enough to re-position yourself while you can (but not too far) from a teamfight.

Starting Items

It gives you a slight amount of AP and HP that will surely help early game and have extra mana sustain.

Even if you have , you'd still need more of these to help prolong your sustain in lane. This should be bought AFTER buying a until your gold runs out.

Take this trinket because... why not?

Boots of Choice

This is what you'll mostly end up with since, Magic Penetration.

I don't usually go for this but I advise you only take this if the enemy team has tons of Hard CC or even atleast your enemy mid laner has a hard CC.

Core Items - Offensive

This item's active, makes the enemy carries cry like . Aside from the AP that it gives that'll obviously increase your damage output, but if you use before your combo, it'll literally disintegrate them in a matter of seconds.

The whole point of this item, which is probably applicable to every AP Carry right there, is the HUGE amount of AP that it gives. Which in favor, allows you to deal tons of damage.

Core Items - Defensive

A really decent item for AP Carries, because this saves them from sticky situations. This might be a good idea to rush when against AD Mids. Oh and this item's pretty useful when negating strong ults like .

This item allows you to cast spells continuously without the need of the blue buff. The CDR and MR that it gives is pretty decent too.

Viable Offensive items

There's nothing better than when countering someone who is stacking magic resist. Get this after your core items and you'll shred them! (and their MR)

Don't get this that often. Unless your against someone with a low range (preferably melee) which will allow you to harass them even more. Do note that you can cast up to 6 times which (obviously) grants you 6 times to trigger .

I don't really take this most of the time, and I feel like it's only useful to counter champions who can regenerate quickly when they're on low health (e.g. , )

Viable Defensive Items

Provides a decent amount of AP and MR. The MR is great for reducing the damage taken from the enemy AP Carry AND the aura helps you deal slightly more damage to them.

This is very useful for , no kidding. It allows you to survive longer in lengthy fights/teamfights AND applies a slow on all your skills which will greatly benefit your entire team.

Pretty straightforward if you ask me. Gives you extra MR, HP and a decent passive that'll help you block CCs.

Provides decent armor and magic resist. Straightforward still -- basically you enter a fight, deal some sick amount of damage, die & revive, fight again (but be careful).