# Ahri Counters Who counters Ahri? Best and worst picks against Ahri by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Ahri in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/ahri/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/ahri/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Ahri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ahri/) ## Page Content [Ahri guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ahri/) [Play against Ahri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ahri/how-to-play-against/) [Ahri counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ahri/counters/) Best and worst picks against Ahri in Mid at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Sion, Heimerdinger and Brand beat Ahri most often. Irelia, Mel and Naafiri win the laning phase against Ahri by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Ahri Highest win rate versus Ahri in Mid. - 1 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 326 games 57.4% - 2 [Heimerdinger](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/) 136 games 57.4% - 3 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 392 games 55.6% - 4 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 2,042 games 55.0% - 5 [Ziggs](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ziggs/) 213 games 54.9% - 6 [Vex](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/) 1,138 games 53.2% - 7 [Syndra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/) 2,119 games 52.7% - 8 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 745 games 52.5% - 9 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 997 games 52.4% - 10 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 1,074 games 52.0% - 11 [Vladimir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/) 1,153 games 52.0% - 12 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 2,449 games 51.4% - 13 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 790 games 51.3% - 14 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 1,197 games 51.2% - 15 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 1,536 games 51.0% ## Worst picks against Ahri Lowest win rate versus Ahri in Mid. - 1 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 178 games 39.3% - 2 [Smolder](https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/) 169 games 44.4% - 3 [Aurora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurora/) 770 games 45.1% - 4 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 144 games 45.1% - 5 [Cassiopeia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/cassiopeia/) 252 games 45.2% - 6 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 195 games 46.1% - 7 [Kassadin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kassadin/) 648 games 46.9% - 8 [Vel'Koz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/) 229 games 47.2% - 9 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 182 games 47.2% - 10 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 757 games 47.3% - 11 [Akshan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akshan/) 612 games 47.4% - 12 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 1,669 games 47.4% - 13 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 565 games 47.4% - 14 [Taliyah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/taliyah/) 353 games 47.6% - 15 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 1,453 games 47.8% ## Best lane counters vs Ahri Largest gold lead over Ahri at 15 minutes in Mid. - 1 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 360 games +1,102 - 2 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 1,084 games +973 - 3 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 342 games +890 - 4 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 190 games +708 - 5 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 845 games +636 - 6 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 504 games +567 - 7 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 589 games +511 - 8 [Syndra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/) 564 games +458 - 9 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 337 games +408 - 10 [Akshan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akshan/) 219 games +398 - 11 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 374 games +396 - 12 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 243 games +396 - 13 [Vel'Koz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/) 116 games +351 - 14 [Twisted Fate](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twistedfate/) 427 games +347 - 15 [Locke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/) 190 games +333 ## How to play against Ahri Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Punish her when Q or E is down by stepping forward for the next wave. Keep trades short enough that she cannot reset spacing with W. - Hold side-to-side movement until she aims E instead of walking straight back. Missing E leaves her lane trade and gank setup exposed. - Track her ult charges before entering river or fog. Force her to spend a dash defensively, then re-enter before E returns. - Group with enough spacing that one E cannot start a full pick chain. Collapse after she misses it rather than chasing through narrow paths. - Protect your carries until her ult is spent. Turn immediately if she uses a dash forward without E available. ## Where Ahri is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Ahri's kill pressure depends on landing one pick tool; grouped teams and minion cover blunt her threat. - Her damage is rotation-based rather than sustained, so durable targets survive the combo and force disengage. ## Ahri counters: questions ### Who counters Ahri in Mid? At Gold+, Sion (57.4%), Heimerdinger (57.4%) and Brand (55.6%) have the highest win rates against Ahri. ### Who does Ahri counter? Ahri wins most often against Lucian (39.3%), Smolder (44.4%) and Aurora (45.1%). ### Who wins lane against Ahri? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Irelia (+1,102), Mel (+973) and Naafiri (+890) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Ahri. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Mid Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mid/) - [Irelia counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/counters/) - [Mel counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)