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Why are they looking at Ahri's Q movement speed?!

Aria·2/18/2018, 2:28:42 AM·3 votes·1,487 views

Listen. Listen. She's my main and I've put so much money into her, as you can obviously tell. I have every single skin, I don't want my favorite champion ruined beyond belief as Riot usually ends up doing. She has the most mains in the game, doesn't she? We absolutely have to make an outcry IF they mess her up, I'm not saying they will.

They're right in saying her W isn't the greatest ability, and that she can't snowball nor fall off well. That's true, and separating bad Ahri's and letting them do worse from good ones who could do better sounds amazing, really. It does.

But why are we calling the MS buff on her Q "too safe"? I understand that yes, it is. But why are we looking at THAT when Fizz has a free fucking Zhonya's that deals a shitton of damage? I'm sorry, using her Q at least requires some iota of dodging to make the MS buff useful. Fizz can outright dodge a Tibbers stun. How is Ahri too safe with her Q (she really is with her R, not debating that) when Fizz isn't?!

Please, at least, don't touch her Q being what it is aside from the movement speed buff (and if you do remove it, please compensate PROPERLY), and please keep R and E as they are. Spirit Rush and Charm are great, I'd really hate to see them ruined.

12 Comments

xToxicOsirisx2/18/2018, 2:33:19 AM3 votes

Ahri is a balanced champion. She's not doing badly. That's why they're looking at her movement speed. If they buff her w, or any damage at all really, they need to take that power from somewhere else.

Vapor Wave Vibes2/18/2018, 3:20:27 AM3 votes

Ahri doesn't need the movement speed on q when she has an ult with 3 dashes.

Linna Excel2/18/2018, 2:35:31 AM1 votes

Probably because everyone complains about the Q MS bonus. I was kind of wondering if it was going to stay when they thought about adding that orb item.

MagicFlyingLlama2/18/2018, 2:38:03 AM1 votes

Look at her stats. Contributes very little and is unsatisfying for a lot of players, regardless of the decent winrate. Pick rate is way down.

Anonagon2/18/2018, 2:51:05 AM1 votes

I didn't see where Riot commented on Ahri's Q, but I can assume from your post that they are looking into removing or altering it because of the safety it provides. I can understand if you are a main of the champion you wouldn't want it changed, especially if you started playing her after its implementation, because you're used to it and it impacts how you approach your combat patterns. However, the MS mechanic on her Q has caused her to be a very safe champion relative to similar mages. It took a champion who previously had no escape without blowing her ult and gave her one of the most powerful movement steroids in the game. Because of it she has a massive advantage over other mages in poke trading and gank evasion. Its understandable that Riot would want to address this safety if they want Ahri to be a more powerful or interesting champion.

paisy2/18/2018, 3:57:22 AM1 votes

They can add power to her if they remove it