Ahri Advice?

Myrza·8/10/2015, 10:41:13 PM·1 votes·950 views

Ok, I've achieved level 5 Mastery with Ahri after ages of using her over and over in normal games. But lately I feel like I haven't been doing as well as her as a I should. I've been missing lots of Charms lately (which is probably me reading too much into enemy movements) and my team blames me a lot whenever I don't kill/stun an enemy. They get mad at me for KSing when they would have died either way, and I'm at 0 kills. I've been working with her making minor changes to her builds, but it's really hard because I'm so bad at last hitting minions, no matter what champ i play. It's getting frustrating and i don't want to get others' hopes up by them seeing I have level 5 mastery only to let them down when I don't do well.

6 Comments

Lanakila Au8/10/2015, 10:56:14 PM1 votes

You need to stay back and learn to cs. That is where your power comes from, go in a custom game and just practice last hitting until you get good with it. When I play Ahri I ward a lot and use that to create picks. Its very easy to hit someone that you have vision of when they don't see you. I abuse this constantly in game. Always upgrade your warding trinket and buy pinks until you're full build. Set up those wards in there jungle in the mid game, you'll be surprised by how many junglers prance around their jungle with low health waiting to be charmed.

WalkingInACircle8/10/2015, 11:41:45 PM1 votes

Well, I looked up your lolking, so I guess I'll start with some runes/masteries advice.

Typically people format 21 mastery points into one category for the top tier bonus, and 9 into another. Ahri is almost always either 21/9/0 or 21/0/9. Rune wise, you probably should build up the two standard AP and AD pages, and then you can leave them alone until you're satisified with your champion pool. Those pages are:

9 armor seals 9 MR glyphs (flat or scaling, I like 3 flat 6 scaling) 9 mpen marks OR 9 AD marks 3 AP quints OR 3 AD/AS quints

They'll work reasonably well on any champion.

I also see you're taking heal every match. Ignite is preffered on aggressive champions, especially midlane where your opponent will probably also have ignite which counters heal.

Anyways, I wouldn't worry about getting people's hopes up. Champion mastery means no more than what it means for you: that someone has played the champion a lot. But players don't improve unless they try, so.

CSing. It comes with experience at the game naturally. You usually want to avoid letting your wave fall under the tower because its harder to get the last hits. If the wave falls under the tower, the basic last hit guide is that a melee minion takes 2 tower hits, then 1 auto from you. Ranged minions need 2 autos from you, and 1 tower hit, so you have to hit them before the tower does once, then again after. In Ahri's case she's a champion with waveclear, and she'll often blow the wave up if it gets pushed towards her tower. If you have to take some minion damage getting the last hits, that's okay.

For a standardized Ahri core build, you're looking at something like item 1056 item 1056 item 3285 item 3020 item 3165. I really find Luden's Echo is the item that powers her up best, while Morello's fits your needs. But she's pretty good with most items and its worth staying flexible, particularly based on laning opponent. Don't mind going item 3001 against, say, Katarina.

The easy way to hit charm is to just be patient with it. You can sling your Q if you want to poke, but charm is best held onto until things get going. The whole "land charm and burst" thing is really not necessary. You don't need it to hit your other skills, and its not her burst that makes Ahri unique. Its staying on the fringe and sides of a fight and firing into it, while baiting and charming opponents out of position.

DashScythe8/12/2015, 5:49:50 AM1 votes

work on last hitting minions. I've learned that makes so much more difference. sometimes when I play as lux I can be two levels behind, but since I get so much gold, my items are better enough I can hold my own.

Myrza8/12/2015, 8:00:44 PM1 votes

Thank you all so much for replying, I really appreciate it! With these tips, I'll go work on my last hitting and masteries, because that's what seems to be one of the bigger issues. Builds can be sorted fairly quickly, after all.

kneel on Ice8/13/2015, 1:52:01 AM1 votes

Also as Ahri dont play deffensive , early game try to heat Q on ennemy every time he gets near minions , you get to farm + poke at the same time , and after getting item 3165 item 3285 dont even bother vs squishy champs you Z+Ulti and u take half their lifes , but i think ahri is one of the champs who needs really good ms to play with , cause missing charm or Q can ruin everyting :/ and dont waste ur mana !!