User blog comment:ClariS/My Fiora Tweak/@comment-122.106.33.58-20130315093347/@comment-4881935-20130315160835

I did state at the beginning that this was just an overall buff. The only two marginal nerfs is the lost of damage for and bonus movement speed from.

And does she need all those buffs, not really, but do I believe that these buffs will make her OP, not really as well. If played in the right way, she can wreck. If she falls behind or ur enemy pulls ahead, you have nothing to useful to give. If played the same way now, these buffs would have a small affect (besides Riposte) and only increase at what she does well. Chasing and 1v1 duels.

And you gravely overestimate the passive. First off, to even achieve 5% health back over 6 seconds requires her to put herself in complete danger and she will easily take more damage then what she heals from the passive.

Even if she went pure tank, this passive will not save her. Most team fights only last around 6-8 seconds, so by the time she manages to reach the 5% health returned, the teamfight is more or less over. Let's say you have 4000 health. You will only heal 200 health max over the 6 seconds, and even if you went pure tank, you will easily lose over 1000 health (more likely more) in the first 2 seconds just in AoE damage alone, before they even focus you.

And if she's just hitting non-champion targets, a basic lifesteal item with 0 bonus AD is already way more efficient than her passive. The passive change is not to make it strong, it's there to be wroth something.

And about her not being played in tournaments is not about her gameplay (all-in champions can easily be viable), it's her reward and usefulness to the team that she fails at being. She offers no utility for her team and if she isn't ahead with items (which dictates her damage output), her only use is to attempt to assassinate someone through the hardest way (auto-attacks), and even then, she can't disengage nor is she durable. And even then, she has to compete with range carries who can match the DPS with a way safer method, and assassin who can do her damage through burst.