This thread comments makes me mad. Do people not understand that winrates does not mean anything? Lux has a 53% winrate and 5% playrate but do people think Lux is OP, no because you can outplay her hard. The only reason Ahri has a post 50% winrate is because she is a very safe and unforgiving champion and that makes her "noob" friendly to not feed on. People that say Ahri is OP are dogshit at this game and have no idea to play a lanephase, its most of the time the same people that thinks Yasuo and Zed is broken af.
Ahri is Fakers favorite champion, but he NEVER plays her in solo Q despite her having a 52% winrate, because he can play Malz and do the same job but better and more reliable. The nerf and the rune changes just fucked her laning phase totally. She can't proc TLD with Q + Auto anymore, so she has no power in lane pre-6. Post 6 she has to hit EVERYTHING perfectly to actually be able to kill someone and Ignite. If they have cleanse you are not gonna kill them. If the enemy buys any MR or merc treads you are not gonna kill them with a perfect combo unless you are INSANELY ahead. Meanwhile Katarina can 2 shot someone at level 6 if played properly. Even level 3 that happens.
Despite having a bad early game and shit late game, she has some of the wort AP ratios and base damage in the game. If you look at a similar champ kit-wise like Leblanc, she has BETTER early game, better ap ratios, better base damages, 2 dashes on a low cd, BETTER late game, Maybe the same mid game if not better. She has low mana costs which means she can start corrupting potion for sustain and she can go TP because she does not need ignite for kill pressure. If you land a chain on your enemy at level 3, you are probably gonna blow one of their summoners. If you do the same thing on Ahri you are gonna tickle the enemy AND be out of mana for the rest of the lane until you back.
In summarize Ahri has a high winrate because of her mobility only, not because she is a strong champion. She is a discount Leblanc that gets outclassed by almost any mid in the game and you have to 1 trick her or play her ABSOLUTELY perfect if you wanna carry on her. If you miss 1 spell you are not gonna get a kill. Play any other champion and the same thing won't happen ever.
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(I forgot when it was; I believe yesterday); her W feels underwhelming this pre-Season.
