Riot Games has officially confirmed Ahri mini-rework for League of Legends season 12.
Riot Games has brought some great mini-reworks in season 11 for the champions, who were pretty underwhelming in the meta. Rammus, Xin Zhao, Irelia, and some other mini-reworks have landed very well, and most of their presence in soloq increased quite a bit.
League of Legends season 12 is here, and Riot has already shared plans for the upcoming mini-reworks. In 2022, Teleport is getting meta-defining changes while Janna receives a major update to her kit.
To make the early season 12 even more interesting, League of Legends Lead gameplay designer Riot Axes has confirmed that Ahri is also getting a mini-rework.
Based on stats, Ahri’s pick rate (4.1%) and win rate (50.8%) are pretty average. However, League’s one of the most popular female characters is out of the meta for quite some time now. Moreover, she has not received a big balance update since patch 10.18 changes.
Even Riot believes players who previously resonated with Ahri aren’t enjoying her as much anymore. And the goal of this mini-rework is to make her “fun and well-supported.”
“We do expect that if we succeed with this work, she’ll be more popular,” Riot Axes said.
Now, League of Legends Principal Character Designer, Riot August, has officially shared the Ahri mini-rework details.
Ahri Mini-Rework
Buffs
- W:
- Damage: 40-140 >>> 60-160
- Mana Cost: 45 >>> 25
- Flame Duration: 5s >>> 2.5s
- MS Duration: 1.5 >>> 2s
- Updated last hitting logic and cleaned up VFX
- R:
- Duration: 10s >>> 15s
- [NEW] Consuming a champion’s Essence with Essence Theft (P) while Spirit Rush is active, extends its recast duration by up to 10s and grants an additional cast of Spirit Rush (up to 3 stored).
- Cleaned up VFX and added Ammo Bar icons (currently placeholder)
Nerfs
- Base stats:
- Health: 526 + 92/lvl >>> 480 + 82/lvl
- Health Regen: 5.5 >>> 2.5
- Armor: 21 >>> 18
- Q:
- Mana Cost: 65-85 >>> 60-100
Adjustments
- Passive:
- [Reworked] Killing minions or monsters grants Ahri an Essence Fragment. After obtaining 9 Fragments, Ahri consumes them to heal for 40-120 (+25% AP). When Ahri scores a takedown against an enemy champion within 3 seconds of damaging them, she feasts upon their Essence, healing for 80-200 (+35% AP).
- Brand new VFX+SFX for all skins
- E:
- Damage: 60-180 (+40% AP) >>> 80-200 (+60% AP)
- Mana Cost: 70 >>> 50
- [REMOVED] No longer grants a 20% damage amp on the target
According to Riot August, the main goal of this rework is to “Lean into her mobile mage identity by allowing R to partially reset, giving her more opportunities to carry fights.”
More Changes on PBE
Ahri’s mini-rework has already received some buffs on the PBE. Here are the changes:
- Base health increased from 480 to 500
- Q AP ratio increased from 35% to 45%
- R cooldown starts after first cast instead of after all casts are over
Release Date
Ahri mini-rework is scheduled to go live on League of Legends patch 12.3, Wednesday, February 2, 2022.
