Mage

Ahri

The Nine-Tailed Fox

Innately connected to the magic of the spirit realm, Ahri is a fox-like vastaya who can manipulate her prey's emotions and consume their essence—receiving flashes of their memory and insight from each soul she consumes. Once a powerful yet wayward predator, Ahri is now traveling the world in search of remnants of her ancestors while also trying to replace her stolen memories with ones of her own making.Read the full story on Riot's Universe site

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P
Essence Theft
Q
Orb of Deception
W
Fox-Fire
E
Charm
R
Spirit Rush

Ahri

Overview

On patch 16.21, Ahri is rated B tier in the mid lane, winning 50.6% of 6,294 ranked games with a 6.5% pick rate. The most successful build this patch runs Electrocute with Flash and Teleport and builds Shadowflame, Malignance, Luden's Echo, and Spellslinger's Shoes.

Ahri struggles most against Heimerdinger (25%), Vel'Koz (29%), and Pantheon (31.8%) and does best against Malphite (74.3%), Talon (71.4%), and Taliyah (71.4%).

Ranked solo/duo · patch 16.21 · 6,294 games · updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we calculate

50.6%

Win rate

6.5%

Pick rate

6.3K

Games

16.21

Patch

Playing as Ahri

Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.

Playing against Ahri

Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.

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Matchups

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Strong against

Malphite74.3%35
Talon71.4%28
Taliyah71.4%21
Twisted Fate62.7%51
Nasus60.0%20

Weak against

Heimerdinger25.0%24
Vel'Koz29.0%31
Pantheon31.8%22
Akshan40.5%37
Hwei41.8%55

Abilities

P
Essence Theft
After killing 9 minions or monsters, Ahri heals. After taking down an enemy champion, Ahri heals for a greater amount.
Q
Orb of Deception
Ahri sends out and pulls back her orb, dealing magic damage on the way out and true damage on the way back.
Cooldown: 7Cost: 55/65/75/85/95Range: 970
W
Fox-Fire
Ahri gains a brief burst of Move Speed and releases three fox-fires, that lock onto and attack nearby enemies.
Cooldown: 9/8/7/6/5Cost: 30Range: 700
E
Charm
Ahri blows a kiss that damages and charms an enemy it encounters, instantly stopping movement abilities and causing them to walk harmlessly towards her.
Cooldown: 12Cost: 60Range: 975
R
Spirit Rush
Ahri dashes forward and fires essence bolts, damaging nearby enemies. Spirit Rush can be cast up to three times before going on cooldown, and gains additional recasts when taking down enemy champions.
Cooldown: 140/120/100Cost: 100Range: 450