Ahri's Foxfire ability

Linna Excel·May 11, 2014·4 votes·451 views

IMO Ahri's Foxfire should give her a 3 or 4 second speed boost of maybe 30%. I say this so she has some option for mobility when her ult is down or it isn't the right time to use it.

4 reasons why this is a great idea:

First is it'd help her fantasy as a mobile/elusive champion out.

Second is she has a pretty cool cast animation for this when she's running.

It'd give more value to the skill so you can start with it instead of a charm (reposition to set up the charm) and give Ahri users more options.

I don't know about everyone else, but her Foxfire seems to be a weaker spell nowadays since it can't clear like Orb or multiply her damage like charm. I know it can do good damage and has its uses in you don't have to target it, but it doesn't seem great on its own. This would make it something you'd want to level up instead of being "well I maxed Orb and frankly E doesn't scale well so I'm forced to level W." This would give it its own purpose.

8 Comments

ManchetteMay 11, 20143 votes

I think that Ahri already has quite a bit of mobility in her kit, to be honest. Having three consecutive dashes available to you, which can get you out of almost any situation, is extremely powerful in and of itself. If you truly wish to increase your movement after attacking, why not buy item 3257 ?

Linna ExcelMay 11, 20143 votes

Using 3 dashes to escape kills your damage potential. There's so much damage locked up in her ult it isn't even funny. Those 3 dashs are also on a long cooldown compared to other mobile assassins.

Next is you shouldn't fully upgrade your boots until late in the game. So for most of the game, you won't have that option.

Last is this suggestion would give her a non-flash option to close, initiate, or escape and unlike the boot upgrades wouldn't require her to attack first or to keep attacking. I think she also needs this so she can more easily reposition to hit a charm which is key to her current kit. Having to waste a dash to get a clear charm shot is bad, and the other guy could still dodge it.

AhrisJun 17, 20141 votes

Ahris only mobility is her ultimate. Which she cannot use it unless she is willing to kill someone or escape from any situation. Champs like ori can feelo use her escape for farming because it will be back in a few seconds.

I find this suggestion quite nice.

Bondage BunnyboyMay 11, 20142 votes

Please yes. This would make me wanna use her much more often. Right now she's as mobile as Lux pre-6, and if she gets ganked and has to blow her ult, she's just another immobile mage with decent damage that has a ton of counterplay. Maybe a bit too much... I mean honestly, if you're getting hit by Charm when she doesn't have ult/flash up you deserve to die.

Hyrum GraffMay 13, 20141 votes

I think it's a good idea. However, I'm worried about her mobility being too much when her ult is up. Maybe it could normally be only a small speed buff, which is doubled when her ult is on CD?

Linna ExcelMay 13, 20142 votes

Yes, that'd be one option if she's too mobile. Another would be give her +16 speed for the total duration of the fires around her and another +8 for each one she still has. And this would be radical, but you could move the flash to her W, up the CD to about 16, and then rework her ult somehow, but that would be a major change.

AhrisJun 17, 20141 votes

lol 3~4 sec speed boost is like infinite speed boost on ahri lol. And this will make kiting ahri better, and does not really change assassin ahri since assassin ahri gets her job done instantly, no chance to use her speed boost effectively. I think this is a nice change to give more different play style for ahri XD

Linna ExcelJun 17, 20141 votes

Well, the speed boost value and time could be varied.

I was toying with the notion of varying the speed based on your orbs. If more orbs are active you move faster for each one plus a small base boost (example 10% base plus another 5% per active flame orb).