Talk:Ahri/@comment-37514365-20190308154909/@comment-26808509-20190318120224

This is a case of skill match-up. It used to be in Ahri's favor (her Charm used to stop dashes, interrupting LeBlancs W, but that was removed), but now it's kind of even.

LeBlanc and Ahri share a similar nieche - that of a mobiel burst mage with catch potential - but different directions. While Ahri offers AoE damage, waveclear and safety (she can stay on range, which makes her overall safer in late game than LB who has to jump in), LeBlanc offers a lot more single target burst and has more ways to cross the enemy frontline.

But I guess you don't wanna know the difference in the late game but for the laning phase. Just one thing: NEVER jump into her face if she has her E up. For anyone with a decent ping and reaction time it's pretty easy to charm (or hit any CC for that matter) if you dash towards them. Unless of course you come from outside vision. Either try to bait ot her E before you trade her or don't use your W aggressively at all. When I lane against an Ahri most of the time I don't even max W but Q, as you are most of the time not able to use W as a damage tool against good Ahris. Instead use it as reposition tool and try to work with Q and E (and R).

Another thing that you should watch out for is never use W when she has E and R up. If you use it (no matter if aggressively, to farm minions or to dodge anything), she will just collapse on you with her R. And since you blew your W you won't be able to dodge her E unless you have R, in which case she will follow you with her second and third dash. That's a fight you won't win, because your W will still be on cooldown and your R has just been used to dodge the E.

All in all here is how you shoul lane: poke her with Q and AA's (start with corruption potion to heal against the minion damage), dodge her Q poke, try to bait out her E. As long as she didn't use it, never jump into her face. If at all you can jump somewhere near her, but sideways (maybe to hit a quick Q - E). That makes it a lot harder for her to hit Charm than it would if you jumped straight into her face. And once she hits 6 DON'T USE W AT ALL as long as she has E and R up. Try to bait her into using one of them, then make your move.

Outside of that, try to farm, try to control the wave and try to roam.