Talk:Ahri/@comment-25837934-20160111052606

I want to ask a legitimate question.

Why can Ahri have hard CC (that lasts up to 2 seconds, 12 sec CD) while being an assassin? I always thought that Riot wanted to steer away from giving assassins hard CC, because being stunned, silenced, or charmed (in this case) against an assassin gives little counterplay.

Look at Kha'Zix, for example. He has no hard CC, just a few slows in his kit, and he only deals damage against isolated champions. All Ahri has to do is land one Charm and you're normally dead. You have 2 seconds to survive her burst. In Kha's case, there's at least a chance at retaliation. You can either burst him first or hard CC him.

Just wondering, because she is an assassin, there is no denying it. She's got the damage of an assassin, and even her tag labels her as one.