User blog comment:KarasuGamma/Ahri's Nonexistent Role/@comment-6867526-20130410081148

You can't do much damage early game because ahri is very reliant on items. Her scalings are so low because of the fact that those spells hit multiple times.

Orb hit 2 times.

Foxfire hits 3 times.

Spirit rush hits 3 times.

I usually take full AP runes on her to maximize her damage earlygame. At level 3 if i can land all 3 of my abilities, then that's 50% hp gone at the LEAST. Though it's usually about 75%. When i mained ahri, i would become the clever fox that lulls them into a sense of false security under their turret when they are on low hp, and then i pop my foxfire and spirit rush in for the kill.