User blog comment:Craftyfirestorm77/Summoner Spells on Fizz/@comment-5877442-20130715155948/@comment-9048637-20130716075350

And you, sir, can stop being a metasheep when someone is actually taking the time to put some thought into whether or not the meta is all it's cracked up to be.

Flash-Ignite is very strong on both midlaners and assassins, of which Fizz is both, yes. That doesn't mean it's the be all and end all. If someone feels they have enough escapes to be able to forego Flash, then who are you to tell them otherwise? Yes, it's an extra escape, and that's always nice. It doesn't mean that it's more useful than, say, Teleport or Ghost, which let you nip down to other lanes quicker to gank, or Barrier, which has a shorter cooldown than Flash and can save your bacon just as well in most situations. Honestly, so I'm so sick of Flash being the spell that EVERYBODY MUST TAKE OR THEY ARE A N00B that I applaud anyone who tries to man it without it. I'm not saying Flash isn't strong, I'm saying that it's not so strong that everybody needs it, and moreover it's just bloody boring seeing everybody and their dog with it.

As for Ignite: well, personally, I'd probably take this on any assassin, but that's not to say I can't see the merits of Exhaust. As has been pointed out, Exhaust has defensive utility, where Ignite doesn't. And in terms of offensive utility, Ignite may add a little extra true damage to your burst, but Exhaust might be the difference between getting off one more ability on your target and having them get under their turret with just too much health for Ignite to burn. Also, Ignite can't be countered by a health pot (yeah, great gank, you made them burn a 35-gold consumable...). Against all this is the fact that Ignite still gives you more kill potential early in most situations, which isn't to be sniffed at and is why I'd probably take it. But the point is, there are arguments both ways.

tl;dr: Stop bashing independent thinking, and burn fewer letters on scorn and more on actually developing arguments for your beloved meta.