Riot is biased towards Ahri
I think its a fun champ to play and play against her kit is definitely not toxic or broken but I believe she is overpowered/a bit overloaded. At first Ahri got reworked and doesn't rely on the charm anymore for amplified damage because all her other spells got buffed. Then DFG got removed and she received a 'compensation' buff but she was the ONLY one! And to be honest she didn't even needed that buff nor DFG because she was a slod champ already. And other champs who bought the item remained untouched! Then all the AP items got reworked but her 'compensation' buff was never entirely removed after the introduction of Luden's Echo which was actually a better item for her kit after her rework than DFG would have been. So I don't see why she hasn't been nerfed yet other than Riot really likes her and therefor is biased towards Ahri. Her laningphase is extremely safe and easy and therefor a solid blindpick even in pro scene. I think the main problems are her passive and ms boost on Q.
Lets assume she is an assasin
- Then remove her passive. She goes in and out with her ult and its not even a skillshot. Therefor she doesn't need the heal to get out alive after deleting a squishy. In lane you really don't need a lot of skill to play Ahri because you can afford to make tons of mistakes without getting punished for it. She can easily farm and don't try to trade with her because 1 wave later she is back at full HP. That is by far my biggest problem with her.
- Because her lanephase is too safe and easy and Luden'Echo also gives ms boost I would delete the ms boost from her Q and make it her passive so each time she casts the 3rd spell she gains a slight ms boost, less than she gains now but now with ever spell. Then she has too make relevant choices wether she wants to push someone out of lane, zone him or escape a gank rather than all options being available all the time.
, is more overloaded than hers. Hell ,even stupid
's kit is more overloaded than she is. Ahri is fine. They nerfed her passive heal so it doesn't do as much, and her MS boost is fine too. With all the crazy, stupid gap closer, dashing, high mobility champs, people can still catch her. You don't need to be QQing about a champ that is in a fine place.
would have gotten real nerfs back in the days when she was abused by pros instead of a mere 6 AD nerf ).