Talk:Ahri/@comment-4882515-20150117040010/@comment-25223119-20150117045231

Having looked at the changes, I believe Ahri is definitely balanced at the moment. It seems like Riot is trying to incentivize Mage Ahri players through her Q. Which means, Mage-oriented Ahri will achieve maximum damage if they successfully land two rotations of Q, to and fro. Speed Boost is probably given to compensate for her low base MS amongst all AP Assassins.

For Assassin-oriented players, despite the removal of DFG, Riot has reverted values of Foxfire, which means it's back to its nuking power, but lower damage overall due to the unchange % of subsequent Foxfire damage. Charm has also been slightly increased in damage, possibly to add in a bit of late game burst.

For those who love assassinating, I believe this will set them apart from Mage players in terms of itemization. Rabadon's, Zhonya, Void, Rylai, Mpen boots, Lich Bane.

For those Mage Players, items should be Rylai, Rabadon's, Abyssal, Mpen Boots, Liandry, Lich Bane.

One guarantees DPS, the other on Burst. It also ties back to Riot's original intention for the champion. To poke down before going in, or to go in, go out and poke down. Now, I believe Ahri is truly a Mage-Assassin, not too focused on Assasination, but balanced interaction between her Mage-Assassin aspects.

Ratio may have been intentionally left unbuffed in order to prevent her from going OP again. But at the current moment, as @PokechuXD has put it, Ahri's damage is no longer completely focused in her Charm. She's no longer brutally punished her mistakes/lack of player mechanics.

Skillcap wise, the level remains the same. The idea is to land skillshots, but different ones. Mage Ahri players will focus on Qs, Assassin Ahri players will focus on E followed by full burst.

Again, to reiterate, Foxfire's ratio may have been untouched in order to  mitigate the "free damage" that she gets. In this way, her buffed values will give her Foxfire some nuking value once more, but not to the point it's perceived as free damage. It will be a soft nuke.