I think it's high time a Rioter makes a post about Ahri.

For the past few weeks, the board has been a pool of complaints about Ahri, salt mining and strawman argument fights. I'd like to see that changed; I think we've had quite enough complaints about Ahri.

Ahri has had a high winrate for weeks, months, seasons. Ahri has had a high pickrate for equally long. Ahri has recently gained a spotlight thanks to LCS plays, resulting in a flood of renewed complaints from players who believe Ahri shouldn't be balanced around 53% winrate/20% playrate.

In a way, such complaints are understandable: highest pickrate Mid having the highest winrate (or second-highest) is often indicative that there may be some balance issues afoot. That, or it invites the argument that Lucian is perfectly balanced.

I think it'd be swell if a Rioter would, at some point, discuss Ahri and explain her current balance nuances so that the boards have a focal point for any future discussions rather than recycling the same arguments from before (namely, "Ahri is unbalanced, look at winrate" vs "Ahri is perfectly balanced, 53% winrate is pure skill by 20% of midlaners" vs "Ahri isn't balanced, she needs her Q movement speed stripped").