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Ahri's newest lore good or bad?

Dark Wither·4/26/2017, 5:42:09 AM·4 votes·2,586 views

Just finished reading the newest update for her lore and overall I would rank it pretty good. It has both good and bad things I see about it. Before they wrote it, I heard many people arguing over changing it. Riot silently hinted that it kept some aspects of her previous lore. Ahri still seems like she is the seductress although it doesn't directly say its because of her charms. As well as it says that she still feels regret for taking the lives of others.

As for the new stuff I actually really like it. It gives her an actual direction instead of a very basic left up for interpretation like her last lore suggested. This however left out the origin story but at least we understand her personality and what she is seeking. I also liked the addition of her love interest even though I think it will upset a lot of people. The vestayan web was also a brilliant touch separating Ahri as her own sub category to add a little to mystery and to shove it to those who think Ahri is a furry. What do you guys think love it, hate it and please give reasons for both.

24 Comments

Kukan Seishin4/26/2017, 7:09:14 PM3 votes

I like it a lot compared to her old Lore

Xano5014/26/2017, 7:18:15 AM3 votes

It's not good if Ahri don't try to grow up as human. I like Ahri in old lore what she tries to grow up as human better.

NineTailedMystic4/26/2017, 9:58:17 PM3 votes

I don't want to play League anymore because of it.

WitchQueen Annie4/26/2017, 8:53:02 PM2 votes

it still sounds like she's a serial killer except with fox ears...

not much diff between new and old?

Strident4/26/2017, 2:30:57 PM2 votes

Rammus OK Rammus

Writing style wise, it was too blunt for me, but I understand why it was written that way. Decent parallel between flowers, but it's kind of artificial. Content wise, it ended my internal conception of Ahri altogether. So it's like whatever, that's the direction they want to take now and I can't change it.

GreenLore4/26/2017, 8:47:17 PM2 votes

Overall I am a bit torn about it.

I think the lore itself is pretty good and I like how she struggles to surpress her urges. However I did think that her trying to become human was actually an interesting storypoint,so I am a bit sad that that part is gone.

Izilthzhe2/15/2018, 4:56:50 AM2 votes

I'm personally a huge fan. I was always tired of seeing people classify her as a someone who just existed to eat people's souls. I always thought it was terribly dull for her to just 'want to be human', because, let's be honest, humans suck major a--. The "new" (I say "new", despite it being 10 months ago) lore gives her more depth and emotion, and makes her more relatable. It also gives more surfaces to build off for those of us who write fanfiction. I've seen arguments that they "destroyed the old Ahri I liked" or that "she's no longer unique" - well, I call bull. The old Ahri isn't gone - she's just been expanded. In the end, it's the same core character - a nine-tailed fox woman who is regretting her past misdeeds. She has a motivation, and an actual past, rather than just some sh-tty origin story of "woo here's how this person came to be in five sentences". As for why she's still unique; the lore team created a character who was BASED on the old legend of the kumiho (or gumiho, however you want to spell it). She's still based on that. But she's also more human than ever before. Making her vastayan allowed her to have an actual heritage beyond, "some wild foxes and she magically became kinda human somehow". Riot gave her the Ymelo sunstones - as what? What significance do they hold? That's another surface to build off of for us writers. They gave her a motivation - multiple ones, in fact, from parentage to altruism to regret and beyond. They gave her a past, through her old lover and that mysterious amulet. They demonstrated her strength of character through her ability to resist giving her memories in the Garden. I personally think the new lore is amazing. Yes, I'm biased because I never saw Ahri as the nine-tailed succubus-seductress that so many people instantly concluded. Yes, I always saw her as more than that - even in the old lore, she joined the League to prevent herself from killing more people? As a character, in the actual present of the lore, she was never someone who wanted to kill. I think they've done a wonderful job simultaneously fleshing that out and allowing her to grow. If you're any good at reading into the stories all around us, you've realized that characters don't have to have a human body - or even a body at all - to be truly human.

BONERFORAHRI4/1/2019, 11:44:06 PM1 votes

Even though this is an old comment I am just gonna point this out. Ahri 's release was basically to celebrate the opening of Korean server of league of legends. She is probably the only "Korean" champion. Because of this, they motivated her champion theme as a nine tailed fox, which is the old myth in Korea, where she seduces human beings and take their liver to collect essence. (Basically a Eastern Asian version ofEvelynn, an Asian Succubus). Since this is not a Rated R game, they skipped the Liver part and said she only collects Essence, but their ultimate goal is still the same, by becoming a human as they both admired human beings. Ever since they changed their lore I personally feel like Ahri kinda lost her character. She was one unique champion. Now she is just one of the Vastayans..

Linna Excel4/27/2017, 5:46:48 PM1 votes

In terms of direction is was a downgrade as far as I was concerned. I just liked what she was in the old lore better.