Author x About me x Why Ahri x Socials Champion x Pros / Cons x Abilities x Tips & Tricks

Pre-Game x Summoners x Runes x Team Comp In-Game x Items x Gameplay x Strategy

About me!
Sup friends, My names Ambitieux, or Ambi. I'm a High GrandMaster Ahri OTP. I've been playing since season 2, I usually have a positive mindset and a good time play. I've peaked out at around 689 LP GrandMasters in NA. I'm also a Twitch streamer and do that on the daily, showing my adventures in ranked while having a good time. If you guys want to catch me or ask any questions, don't be afraid to do so in any form below.

Honestly, I remember starting to play Ahri Because back in season 5 When Deathfire Grasp was still in the game, Ahri was beyond broken to the point you just need to Spirit Rush into Fox-Fire And they just die. Plus one of my buddies played only Ahri and after awhile she kinda grew on me. I truly picked her up in season 7/8 when I finally came back into playing ranked and after being gone for so long and still having to be Diamond. The safe playstyle ended up being super fun and enjoyable. It allowed me to interact while streaming and not get punished, plus lets be honest Who cant resist her charm.

SUMMONER SPELLS - FLASH: Flash is the most standard and safest rune to date in League. You will need this for either offensive or defensive purposes. Can also make flashy plays with it, I don't suggest not using it. IGNITE: Ignite in my opinion is a crutch for lane to allow an Ahri to snowball extremely hard. If you do NOT intend to go for kills in lane / bully them out of lane I would not run Ignite and instead run TP. Good exmaples of Ignite would be melee matchups that you know can push under tower / need kill pressure for. TELEPORT: Teleport is the more popular summoner you will have. As you will run against many control mages mid it will be essential to keep up tempo / pace and allowing TP helps alleviate this pain.

Welcome to the new season everyone! I hope season 14 is treating everyone fairly. I've had a good time and a TON of success with these runes. The reason I run Electrocute Over other runes like Summon Aery Is due to the consistent ability to bully with easy bake combos while having a range advantage. Playing off of abilities like Fox-Fire and Charm While walking back and autoing allows for more safe burst rather than taking small auto attack trades. Some of these tricks for trades will be shown later in the guide.

Within the rune tree's that we already picked. I always prefer one that can give me some mana to help alleviate some of the early game hurt from Ahri and for that reason is why I pick up Manaflow Band allowing me some extra mana for the early game for an easier time. For my next set of reasons why I now official run Gathering Storm over the old Transcendence This is due to the recent changes from riot, lessening gold obtainability and slowing the pace of the game. This allows for games to regularly go over 30 minutes giving a LOT more potential to Gathering Storm. For some hard set numbers, any time over 30 Minutes gives 48 AP (This is more than half of a Needlessly Large Rod

Attack speed helps with short trades, Also allows for smoother CSing. Adaptive force rune Adaptive Force for extra damage, Scaling HP Flat Health will be better for games you are playing for long term, Flat HP Flat Health for fighting in lane.

Jungle Synergy Very ideal. Nice lockdown with good diving position not only in your lane but others. Very nice with counter ganking and staying relevant.

Top Synergy Able to be a very strong front liner, while still having the CC capabilities of a support, able to lock down and make picks and play exactly how Ahri wants to play.

Support Synergy Able to make quick picks, and play around the map with Ahri very deadly combo.

Why are these champions good?
-Any champion on a team paired with Ahri Can be good it's just what you make of it. Realistically you don't need to have the most CC in the game to have good synergy, but anything that is allowed to roam with her and play with her Charm while inside bushes is always a bonus. Champions like the one above are just very acceptable picks.

Pros

+ Very good blind pick. + Very safe Laner. + Lots of mobility options. + Ok waveclear. + Safe kill options. + If no items, still good at picking. + Very snowbally + Good roaming capabilities.

Ahri has some very unique and well known positives. She is a very safe laner, she usually is a very safe pick. Overall is a low risk low reward champion compared to the rest of the cast. She excels almost all around as a mage/assassin type champion. She has GREAT movement options from the new buffs with Fox-Fire and her old but reliable Spirit Rush allowing her to be a force to reckon with. This being said, she can snowball quite hard if given the opportunity but is a fairly hard champion to master.

Cons

- Not too many GREAT matchups. - Weak early. - Skill shot dependent. - Can get shutdown easily - Can get poked out easily. - Weak early wave clear. (Can't clear casters till lvl 9)

Although is very well rounded, that means she has some very hard losing matchups. Due to her being so well rounded she also doesn't extremely excel anywhere, this being said her damage is quite low compared to others. She has a high skill ceiling due to her reliance on skill shots, mostly Charm. And will be a waste of time if resources are spent into her, and she ends up not being able to perform. Her ability to not clear Caster minion Pre lvl 5 Orb of Deception or level 9 champion level. She is quite weak to start off the match. And can be quite easy to overlook.

THIS PORTION IS FOR PLAYERS WHO DON'T KNOW AHRI'S ABILITIES AT ALL. THIS IS JUST HER BASIC SET OF ABILITIES NOTHING SPECIAL HERE.

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Essence Theft (Passive)

INNATE: Whenever Ahri hits an enemy with one of her abilities, she gains a stack of Essence Theft, and can gain up to 3 stacks per ability cast. Upon reaching 9 stacks, Ahri's next ability Heal power heals her for 3 / 5 / 9 / 18 (based on level) (+ 9% AP) for each enemy hit and consumes the stacks if at least one enemy is hit.

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Orb of Deception (Q) RANGE: 880 COST: 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 MANA COOLDOWN: 7

ACTIVE: Ahri sends her orb in the target direction, dealing magic damage to all enemies it passes through. At maximum range, it homes back to Ahri, dealing the same in true damage to enemies hit on its way back.

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Fox-Fire (W) RANGE: 700 / 725 COST: 40 MANA COOLDOWN: 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5

ACTIVE: Ahri gains 40% bonus movement speed that decays over 1.5 seconds and summons three spectral flames which orbit her for up to 5 seconds. After 0.25 seconds, each flame targets a visible enemy, or after 0.4 seconds targets the closest visible enemy in range, dealing magic damage. The damage is doubled against Minions below 20% maximum health. Subsequent flames on a single target deal 30% damage.

Flames prioritize enemy champions hit by Charm then enemy Champions, then low-health minions that can be killed with Fox-Fire, and then the target of Ahri's last basic attack within 3 seconds.

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Charm (E) RANGE: 975 SPEED: 1550 CAST TIME: 0.25s COST: 70 MANA COOLDOWN: 12

ACTIVE: Ahri blows a kiss in the target direction that deals magic damage to the first enemy hit, Knockdown icon knocking them down and Charm icon charming and Slow icon slowing them by 65%.

An enemy hit by Charm is rendered vulnerable for 3 seconds, taking 20% bonus damage from Ahri's abilities.

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Spirit Rush (R) RANGE: 450 EFFECT RADIUS: 600 CAST TIME: NONE COST: 100 mana COOLDOWN: 130 / 105 / 80

ACTIVE: Ahri Dashes to the target location and then fires energy bolts to up to 3 visible targets, dealing magic damage. Spirit Rush can be recast twice more at a 1 second static cooldown between casts within 10 seconds of the activation at no additional cost. RECAST: Ahri Dashes, mimicking the first cast's effects.

To start off, Ahri can animation cancel a LOT of her abilities with Flash, it's a very commonly used trick within lots of champions to cancel animations during ur flash to get abilities out quicker. Some abilities of Ahri being Orb of Deception. This ability you can Quickly tap Q, use Flash and it should cancel the animation as you are flashing to ur target location. Play Video Another tip is not wasting time with Fox-Fire animation. Although It's very fast it can easily be canceled with Spirit Rush. This being said you can hit both at the same time if you are looking to all in an enemy. If not I suggest waiting to use Spirit Rush for crucial moments when you need to escape danger.

VERY IMPORTANT DONT SKIP OVER. THIS NEXT PART WILL BE A GIANT WALL DUMP OF STATS AND GOLD PRICES FOR EVERY ITEM + 1 FOR AHRI. SO IT WILL BE MYTHIC + WHATEVER ITEM THAT IS META FOR AHRI I DID THE MATH HERE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO AT HOME UR WELCOME.

I know this is a wall of text that might not make sense. It's categorized at the top what the target damage is of the person. (Average character at that time((Not specific to mages)) and the gold values after each item. With damage total's at the bottom. The only rune that is stacked for these damage charts is Gathering Storm And had no other amplifiers. The combo for each one of these damage formulas is as followed. Charm-> Orb of Deception-> Fox-Fire-> One Auto Attack Some of these numbers might be tiny bit biased towards % hp like Liandry's Torment and Shadowflame so please keep that in mind. If you have any questions comments or concerns please divert ur attention to the comment section. I will try my best to get to you.

The Early game will talk about lane situations and general ways to play the lane. If you want matchup info please go to the matchup info tab in the beginning of the guide

Breaking down Ahri Early game you can chop it up into different levels. Level 1-3 is usually any champions powerspike in the game but for Ahri It can depend on who her matchup up. If we are looking at a melee matchup like Yone or Zed or any other melee matchups, her power comes specifically from her levels 1-2. The reason being she has a fast and easy combo that can chunk upwards of 20% Of the enemys Health (Look for the tip in the tab above under Tips n Tricks) This allows you to have heavy lane dominance in the early game allowing for any number of possibilities. A big on is the kill pressure from levels 2-3. If ur able to get ur enemy down to the half health range while you have Electrocute and Ignite up you can look for a very cheeky Flash Charm Move combo (Which can also be displayed in Tips n Tricks) which allows for an early game kill. Now I'm not saying you are forced to do this but even if you just try to poke them down with the easy combo you force the enemy into turret allowing you for free poking under tower. To explain how you can poke the enemy under tower you want to use your Orb of Deception everytime they try to go for a minion and if you dont have that up you can easily throw an Auto Attack with Fox-Fire as you are running away from range so you don't take return damage. (Put in youtube video for above ^) This can be used much easier on melee matchups but still able to do against ranged. This lead can allow you to look for easier vision on the enemy jungler warding his chickens or wolves depending what deep vision you want to use. I personally suggest if you are in a winning lane to STAY in the lane and try to push ur lead before you leave and help your team.

The last area explains your matchup info for melee's but for ranged it's a bit different. Ahri Has a hard time against most ranged matchups. Not to say that she can't win but it can be much harder to hard snowball the lane. Ahri built in is a very safe champion that if brought into late game with average gold has the ability to one shot a carry and get out very safely due to her Spirit Rush and this being said your guiding goals for these lanes should be to use the quick combo on your Fox-Fire. (From Tips n Tricks still) and making sure ur spacing out your auto attacks with your Orb of Deception to allow good damage. And to safely farm and push and pull waves to allow yourself to hit 6 This is Ahri Best moment due to her matchups like Anivia or Syndra or most mid laners being low mobility to very low mobility. Because unlike others Ahri Can easily out manuever them with Spirit Rush allowing for easy gap closers and a free kill. (Look to tips n tricks for not wasting ur all in on 6). The best ability is to stay safe and wait for jungler pressure so you are able to kill the enemy due to ur gap closing abilities. But if this isn't possible I'd suggest scaling until you have safe roam timers to look on helping side laners due to ur high mobility and the ability to use Fox-Fire MS to get there faster. This also allows forces you to focus more on vision so that your jungler can have an easier time setting up ganks and allowing plays around the map.

As mentioned previously in the gameplay. The major strategy's of Ahri are to get picks as much as possible. This being said, Control Ward Is of most importance especially in the early game, with the bushes in the river bed of both sides of the map having major map presence. Putting a Control Ward there early will get you some good information. Following that a big early game strategy that will help boost your chances of winning, is allowing your jungle to get ahead early by killing the Rift Scuttler That spawns at 3:15. This is a very important time so you should start using Orb of Deception To push in the lane beforehand. Preferably around 3:00. The most optimal pathing is to be able to push in your opponent before this time to get an early ward down in the enemy jungle. This will allow you to see the enemy jungler before they see you (I've also marked some locations in Green where good ward placements are). Allowing you to get the jump on them with Charm and hopefully a clean kill. This strategy alone should be able to boost your chances of winning, and if you can keep getting good ward coverage in the enemys jungle. It will almost eliminate any possibility of you not only being surprised by a gank, but other lanes being ganked as well due to the extra information you get from this. My personal suggestion is having bot river/jungle warded so that you can always look for roams into the bot lane whenever Spirit Rush is up. While running in-between lanes, don't be afraid to use Fox-Fire for the extra MS. If you are able to have pressure on both lanes, this will allow for ease of access into Drake. A key component into winning the game. Another very good strategy is being able to capitalize on non crucial moments. It's always important to keep CSing no matter what time in the game. When lane phase is over, look for side lanes that you can keep csing to relieve pressure, but if there is big objectives up like. Drake or Baron Nashor Then try not to side line, or stay in the lane with the objective in it.. Looking for good control wards in enemy bushes and sitting and cramming yourself into awkward spots that the enemy wouldn't think ud be in. Is a good way to surprise them with a Charm One shot kill! :D

This may seem like a combination of Strategy. It's because it is, BUT Strategy is only on paper should be executed, but can't always be a sure fire thing. But what should ALWAYS be looked for in a late game Ahri No matter how fed or not fed you are, is the ability to pick off an enemy player. If you are playing alone and are fed enough, you can easily kill of a member of the enemy team if you are waiting for them to side lane, or even just in a very strange spot that you shouldn't be. Due to ur ability to leave at any moment with Spirit Rush. This being said, the most common spots to lay in are paths to important objectives. Like Drake, And Baron Nashor. This being said in the late game make sure you always have a Control Ward Ready and always able to be in a spot to pick off the enemy jungler. Allowing you to then proceed to take major objectives.Never forget your origins though, although you may be able to play very stealthy in bushes, that isn't your only strength. Even in common team fights you are able to quickly Flash your way in with a Charm animation cancel, (as mentioned in Tips n Tricks.) And turn the tides of team fights with quick reactions and out maneuvering. Never be afraid to dive deep into fights due to your high mobility.

I hope everyone got a better understanding of Ahri Today reading my guide. This was my first ever guide and I'm looking forward to releasing one as soon as the new season comes out and the dust settles. If I'm missing anything and you have any questions, Please don't be afraid to comment below! Afterall we only have around 20 days until ranked ends and I hope I can help as many Ahri Players as possible. I stream everyday at 8PM PST. Except for Thursdays. At Twitch.tv/Ambitieux. Make sure to come by and say Hello if you saw this guide. 'Im more than willing to answer questions there as well. :D