How to beat Ahri

Common role: Mid

A mobile mage who charms you in and bursts, with three ult dashes to escape.

What makes Ahri dangerous

Ahri pokes with her Q, and lands her charm (E) to lock you for a full burst combo. Her ultimate gives three dashes to engage, chase or escape, making her a safe, slippery pick who roams to other lanes and deletes squishies. She's forgiving but relies entirely on landing her charm.

How to play against Ahri

• 1Dodge her charm (E) — it's a slow skillshot and the setup for all her damage. Stand behind minions and sidestep it; without it she can't burst you.
• 2Track her roams. Ahri leaves lane with her mobility to gank other lanes — ping and follow, and she loses her main source of leads.
• 3Punish her when her ultimate is down — that's her only escape. Without her three dashes she's an immobile mage you can all-in.
• 4She's squishy. Assassins and hard engage beat her once her charm and ult are used — bait them, then commit.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Entirely reliant on landing her charm skillshot.
• ✓Squishy — dies to burst when her ult is down.
• ✓Mediocre waveclear and short trading range early.
• ✓Predictable roams if you have vision.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Ahri's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Furto d'essenza

  Dopo aver ucciso 9 minion o mostri, Ahri si cura.Dopo aver abbattuto un campione nemico, Ahri si cura ancora di più.

• Q
  Globo dell'inganno

  Ahri lancia e riprende il suo globo, infliggendo danni magici all'andata e danni puri al ritorno.

• W
  Volpe di fuoco

  Ahri guadagna un breve aumento della velocità di movimento e libera tre volpi di fuoco che localizzano e attaccano i nemici nelle vicinanze.

• E
  Malìa amorosa

  Ahri manda un bacio che danneggia e ammalia un nemico, fermando all'istante le sue abilità di movimento e facendolo camminare, inerme, verso di lei.

  Strong: a charm that locks you for her full combo. Weak: a slow skillshot — stand behind minions and sidestep it; no charm, no burst.

• R
  Assalto spirituale

  Ahri scatta in avanti e scaglia dardi di essenza, danneggiando i nemici nelle vicinanze. Assalto spirituale può essere lanciato tre volte, prima di entrare in ricarica e si ottengono rilanci aggiuntivi abbattendo i campioni nemici.

  Strong: three dashes to engage, chase or escape — her safety net. Weak: on cooldown she's an immobile mage — all-in her when it's down.

Itemization

Ahri is AP burst. Magic resist (Mercury's Treads, an MR item) and a Zhonya's/Banshee's to eat her charm-into-combo answer her. The single best counter is simply dodging her E — do that and she's harmless.

This guide covers Ahri's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.