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With seeing PBE changes, I'm not sure if Ahri will really benefit from changes at all.

Beats29··2 votes·385 views

1st of all I'm not QQing, I'm just putting my own thoughts after thinking a bit. I'm also a big fan of playing her as a mage and I'm not a fan of DFG, so I don't use it. If you disagree with my thoughts feel free to chat and to discuss it with me :)

From the changes I'm seeing, her W and E got buffed, while the dmg amp if gone. In my opinion this means her poke will be better, but her killing potential will decrease. I see it as a buff to safety in lane when farming, but a nerf to her full combo. While a mage, she needs a full combo to burst a enemy. Her picking potential will decrease with this change.

Surely she is meant to be a mage, but she should be also be able to pick an enemy with charm. If you really don't want the dmg amp, then increase the CC duration at early levels at least, since peple don't max it 1st.

Most mages rely on their full combos to pick up a kill. Lux does it. Syndra does it. Liss does it. etc etc. And while this is a buff to her poke and safety in lane to farm, her picking potential will decrease due to the nerf on her full combo. Charm is an utility spell, not a damage one, and it should give utility.

TL;DR: Ahri's charm needs something more to reward the player or the full combo will be hurt. Keep the damage amplification or increase the CC duration at early levels.

4 Comments

Elphrihaim3 votes

tbh I don't see the point in doing any changes. The Q change is really cool so I'd love to see it stay, but I don't think that her E damage amp should go.

It was awesome both thematically and gameplay-wise.

Knight SoIaire 2 votes

while i dont like the changes too i understand the thought proces of riot on this one damage amp forced ahri to be an assasin where she jumps in, charms and kills a squish if she has to be a mage instead of assasin the dmg amp has to go, this way they can buff her kit overall to make her better at dealing aoe dmg, with dmg amp left any buff in any direction would force her into assasination even harder

Talamare1 votes

They want to make Ahri as braindead easy to play as possible

Mirage Seraph1 votes

Yes, Yes... buff Charm duration at early levels. My AD Ahri will go from silly and fun to silly and stupid good! ...

Though I dunno. If they change Ahri the way the PBE currently says I'd be content to try it out IF they are prepared to offer further compensation. I don't build DFG on Ahri either but losing that charm amp could hit her pretty hard when it comes to kill potential. One way or another, I want to try it for myself before saying she needs further compensation. I'm happy to remove the damage amp, I never liked it in the first place, but it's still 20% more damage.

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