alternative to DFG for ahri

Rustling Bush·Jan 25, 2015·1 votes·730 views

since their getting rid of it next season what do you think a good alternative item for her will be.

10 Comments

FebruAhriJan 26, 20151 votes

who is ahri? I can't hear you over the sound of #LC$BIGPLAYS champs like zed and lee

CenturosJan 26, 20151 votes

But Ahri has two skillshots and three dashes! She can be LCSBIGPLAYS too!

balbraakselJan 26, 20151 votes

Well you won't be bursting anyone anymore with Ahri. And mana regeneration is extremely costly and inefficient. I think you should first hope for Riot to fix those problems on patch 5.2.

Drunk RummateJan 26, 20151 votes

morello + deathcap + void staff + lich bane + banshees/GA

morello + deathcap + void staff + zhonyas + banshees/GA

As you can see, there is a lot of variation in mage itemization. The removal of DFG gives us even more options, such as the choice to build a deathcap second or a void staff second, with the other item following immediately thereafter regardless of our choice.

And if you can't tell I'm being sarcastic. Though the item suggestions are legitimate.

balbraakselJan 26, 20151 votes

What about: item 3151 or item 3027 or item 3003 ?

Drunk RummateJan 26, 20151 votes

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What about: or or ?

item 3151 No CDR, low AP - rip damage output vs squishies and mobility uptime on Q

item 3027 No CDR, low AP - rip sustained damage output, lower damage vs everything until fully stacked (compared to morello) and lower mobility uptime on Q. Tradeoff is you can take a shot, but that shouldn't really be happening often with mobility on Q and Ahri's range. It also makes your passive less efficient since you're healing the same out of a larger health pool.

item 3040 No CDR, no stats until fully built - rip early game, bursts higher than morellos but lower mobility uptime on Q and less sustained damage.

I mean, they're options. I just don't think they're good ones.

balbraakselJan 26, 20151 votes

And scaling cooldown reduction Glyph's + 5% cooldown reduction from masteries isn't an option to make those items good picks on her?

Drunk RummateJan 26, 20151 votes

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And scaling cooldown reduction Glyph's + 5% cooldown reduction from masteries isn't an option to make those items good picks on her?

Scaling CDR glyphs don't reach 15% until level 18. That's a huge chunk of the game where you're sitting at about 7-15% CDR which is really underwhelming on a mage. CDR glyphs are generally more effective as a tool to go from 25% to 40% cdr, rather than using them to eschew building CDR entirely. I would sooner build Ionians than take the runes and wait to scale because that midgame powerspike timing is very important for a mage.

That said, you can try whatever you like. This is just my opinion. I can't see any of those items being better than a 2300 gold morellonomicon though.

balbraakselJan 26, 20151 votes

The problem I have with item 3165 is that it doesn't have mana (bigger mana pool would make sense on mage Ahri considering her cooldowns) and the mana regeneration isn't that great. So personally I'd try to avoid if I would play her and get runes and masteries that allow me to buy different items.