Talk:Miss Fortune/@comment-10911184-20130616012313/@comment-4922088-20130617190052

Cait and MF are both strong and the negative stigma around Caitlyn being weak late-game is not an issue in Season 3. Item changes as well as meta changes have really been in her favor.

If you want an honest comparison of strengths and weaknesses I'll list a few.

Caitlyn -

Positives: Strongest sieging power of any carry, range, passive zone control in traps (also being a hard snare), strong waveclear abilities, high poke/harass with passive. Skill floor is much lower than MF.

Negatives: Abilities provide little to no damage in teamfights as game progresses, typically resulting in a dps loss if used as such due to long channel time making you miss auto-attacks. Ult is easily blocked. Due to lacking any natural form of attack speed steroid attack speed slows hit her harder. Poor duelist if unable to abuse long range.

Miss Fortune -

Positives: Strongest AoE of any carry, high roaming power, mixed damage which is surprisingly strong early, has active zone control thanks to double up/make it rain, attack speed steroid/healing debuff, has an ability which can be mixed in well with auto-attacks to provide a dps boost. Typically stronger duelist unless Cait abuses range.

Negatives: Skill floor is much higher than Caitlyn due to lack of reliable escape and need of positioning for ultimate. Mana costs can be quite high. Ult is primary source of AoE damage and easily stopped due to long channel time and leaves her vunerable.

Similarities -

Both have very strong laning phases and specialize in zoning enemies. Both have high skill caps and unique effects that can be mastered through practice.

I have around 200+ games under my belt as MF and while I love her and find her to be my favorite carry I really don't believe she has any excessive strength to make her a must pick over Cait unless you are in an AoE comp. The biggest thing to understand is that so much of MF's damage can come from her abilities it is almost as if she is a psudo-caster rather than pure ADC.

Also Siege =/= Pusher. The strongest pusher carry is Sivir, Siege means that Cait can set up and hold a position for a long time until her team forces the enemy to retreat.