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Ahri's Ultimate With Charge Counters

RadicalNation·1/15/2015, 6:07:18 PM·1 votes·577 views

Ahri is a pretty good champ already. She get true damage, auto targeting spells (for better, for worse), hard CC (DFG damage boost), and mobility.

Ahri's, ultimate (Spirit Rush) gives her a quick burst of mobility; but what if it was on a charge system like Akali? Moreover, Ahri's ultimate would still function the same except the cooldown is on a charge system. Details: three charges, each on a 90/75/60 second cooldown (or so); upon kill or assist, a charge is restored.

I think that would be an interesting change to consider. I believe it would improve her kit, making her more assassin-like (a fox is both cunning and hard to catch) while still retaining the core of her mage-like charm (pun intended). This change would not make Ahri overpowered because she has a relatively small mana pool (especially in the current meta of building her), ergo abilities must be used sparingly to allow for her bursts of slaughter (R E Q W AA R ...). Plus she is a squishy mage; if focused, then she goes pop real fast (gib fest).

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Lord Dusteon1/15/2015, 6:17:03 PM1 votes

Here's a recent red post describing this.

"We did actually test Ahri during her initial development with an ammo system on her ult, with separate use/recharge, rather than the current 3 casts in X seconds approach. Conclusion we came to's the same point you've made - high mobility, within a limited period of time, results in both healthier and more interesting gameplay. Ammo system Ahri always had a dash charge up to escape with, so was much harder for opponents to deal with and was disincentivized from trying to make cool multi dash plays." - Meddler, http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/uzXWWVZ9-ahris-state-after-52?comment=0003