Could you imagine if Riot let Ahri sit at a 44-45% winrate like Ryze, Azir, or Cassiopeia have?

waiting for WoW·Nov 21, 2017·12 votes·494 views

It doesn't even take her going below 50% for the boards to be filled with "buff ahri" and "ahri gutted posts."

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Taliyah RocksNov 21, 20175 votes

Ahri is a generalist champ, if she doesn't have a decent winrate, she's useless. SInce she doesn't fit a particular "niche", she can't afford to have a low winrate.

I'll take Morgana as an exemple, she fills the niche of being a direct counter to champs like Blitz or Leona, so even if she was "weak" on average, she could still be used as a counter.

While Ahri might be a "counter" to some champ, she's never a hard counter like Morgana and other champs can be, so she has to rely on an overall good winrate to be decent.

Succubús GFNov 21, 20174 votes

Okay so I'm going to go ahead and dissect this Ahri -50% . They legit nerfed her to a weird spot and actual imo they could buff her a bit as an assassin-y mage. Ryze- Also a really problematic champion. His win rate is really bad because if they buffed his ratios legit he would be so broken. Cass- She is literally only 2% less than ahri win rate wise? And I daresay it is mostly because cass is very niche and hard to master and therefore people don't always do well with her in low elo. Azir- Is literally doing better than ahri win rate wise and is a problematic champion due to the nature of his kit BYE

Also Cass and Ryze are kinda like the top 2 boosting champions for boosters so..

KoutetsujôNov 21, 20172 votes

The nerf was way too big, I used To spam Ahri ( only champ played during my 4 firsts mounths on lol) but know she is dogshit. She has a lot of mobility but no damage even with electrocute Adc's and mages still live after a full spell rotation. Then the adc 3 shot you [sg-miss-fortune]

HalcyonDwellerNov 21, 20172 votes

If by "filled with" you mean spammed by the same few users repeatedly then sure... The boards users are definitely rising up as a group and complaining about Ahri being weak. /s

Seriously, the last time somebody complained about Ahri being weak, it was over a month ago and it was just one person posting like 5+ threads about it every single day.

Ahri InariNov 21, 20172 votes

They are whinning because they are bad and haven't realized how hard they were carried in the last 2 season. Her current state is due like any other ap, their itemization suck.

Mobile PhoneNov 21, 20171 votes

i never could have imagined that in a game some champs are more viable than others!!!! Wow totally has never been seen !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

waiting for WoWNov 21, 20173 votes

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i never could have imagined that in a game some champs are more viable than others!!!! Wow totally has never been seen !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Viable?

More like will never get actually nerfed like every other mage has because she is the Yasuo of AP champions and sells too many skins

BeatzBoyFTWNov 21, 20171 votes

So technically, viable...

ParoeNov 21, 20171 votes

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Viable?

More like will never get actually nerfed like every other mage has because she is the Yasuo of AP champions and sells too many skins

Ahri is incredibly strong and reliable - shes also super duper safe.

People bitch about Ahri being weak because shes so safe though; in her "main" players she creates a mindset of "i cant risk anything if i dont have to". Which is incredibly unhealthy.

Mobile PhoneNov 21, 20172 votes

funny how she is never the most picked or highest winrate lol. her winrate is between 50-52% right now and not a top pick so idk why youre whining about her other than skins. Doesnt even take her getting to 52% for people to whine about her, but hey lets just totally make sure her status of being decent right now is blown out of proportions.

GayFluffyUnicornNov 21, 20171 votes

She was the most picked highest winrate midlaner for two years before she got nerfed. So two years= never

Pika310Nov 21, 20172 votes

...and when she did finally get nerfed, it was in addition to having Deathfire Grasp removed from the game, leaving her Double Nerfed. Something Rito constantly claim to avoid doing, but actually do way more often than not.

Then when she stopped being played, she received another nerf and then another, then another. It's like the #BetterNerfSona mentality, but on a much smaller degree. She's not allowed to be good again, so Rito refuses to buff her and then periodically nerfs her, just in case she might reverse-power creep her way back into the meta. (aka everyone else gets nerfed to the point she doesn't look so bad anymore) Which is exactly what happened the last time she was viable, temporarily.

Mobile PhoneNov 21, 20171 votes

lol was i talking about from almost a year ago? no. Her last nerf has kept her at around 50-51% winrate from may til now. I like that you're trying to bring up stuff from years ago :] Like out of all things you could have brought up you say something about years ago...