Ahri's true damage gimps her potential against squishies in 6.23
With the new changes to masteries and items, the breakdown on % amp damage is as shows; 2.0% from sorcery 7.5% (total from bounty hunter) 2.0% (from assassin mastery) 5.0% (when opponent is below 40% hp) 10.0% from the new abyssal (which I like to build on Ahri) (I KNOW THIS ONLY APPLIES ON MAGIC DAMAGE, I'M JUST SAYING IT TO MAKE A POINT) 26.5% damage amp total. (It is very circumstantial when all of these amps would apply at once, however, a typical full ahri combo would usually leave a squishy target at less than 40% hp, so the return of her q would usually meet that requirement.)
The problem here is that her true damage does not benefit from % damage amps. Most of the games I've played on Ahri with abyssal I've ended up doing more damage with the magic portion of the q than the true damage part of it against people with 42 or less mr ( I like to run 14 magic penn on my rune page and sorc shoes). According to Riots tendencies towards balancing boomerang abilities (talon and ekko in particular), this is not healthy game design. The return should be doing more than the initial. Sure this is true against pure tanks and bruisers, however, it kind of gimps ahri out of a bit of damage against squishies, and isn't always consistent depending on builds.
Now, I would like to propose that either % amp damage gets reworked, or a portion of Ahri's magic damage from q gets shifted over to the return true damage. The second proposal really wouldn't change much other than get rid of a bit of potential damage against squishies, and maybe help her deal with high resistance champions, which she really struggles with. IDK, maybe change the true damage proc so that it can benefit from a maximum of 16.5% amp damage, but that would cause a lot of problems because no other true damage in the game benefits from the % amp.
I really don't know what to make from all of this myself, I just wanted to point this issue out in hopes that someone else will have a better answer, or perhaps an argument justifying why this is ok and that I'm just over reacting. Perhaps this is even a good thing considering she does more damage against squishies and I'm just ruining this exploit for everyone. Idk, I just think this interaction is extremely weird between Ahri's q and % amp damage
The title is kind of clickbait, sry guys.
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Ya know, any time I try to point anything out about Ahri, the people who come to these threads turn it into an "AHRI IS OP" circlejerk. I really just wanted to point out this interaction because it is an inconsistency among riots other designs.
90% of the comments here have nothing to do with this interaction, Jesus Christ this community has hit an all time low. I probably won't come back to the gameplay boards, meaningful discussion is an afterthought here.
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basically oneshot the 1 level behind Brand with 2 ults + 1 w? o