Talk:Fiora/@comment-208.54.86.234-20121012014738/@comment-89.171.139.226-20121012123215

Well... Recently when I played her I went like: Ninja Tabi (cause I was against AD top and jungler, against AP i guess I'd get Mercury), Brutalizer, Vampiric Scepter, IE, PD. If the game went on I'd probably get a GA, then change Brutalizer to Last Whisper, and if the game still goes on - upgrade Vampiric Scepter to Bloodthirster.

I know this is quite similar to a typical AD carry build so I was very squishy... But the amount of damage I was dealing was amazing. It was higher than what a typical ranged carry does cause of the great steroids Fiora has (W + E). All I needed was like 1 or max 2 seconds with the enemy AP or AD to destroy him. Of course, a good enemy team might not even allow me that 1 second... Though you do have your ultimate to create some confusion and break the focus for those 2 seconds or so. Also remember that you have a team too, if there are some good initiators you can enter the fight when most cc's are burned - Fiora is a great cleaner then (cause E refreshes).

In the laning phase I felt pretty good too, maxing W usually, I think most people underestimate Riposte, its great in a 1v1 situation especially when both you and the enemy are low on HP. Though I won't deny there are probably top laners much better than her, so she might not handle every matchup. I just played a couple of games so far so I don't know her counters yet.

Unfortunately current meta doesn't favor Fiora. I've said that you can make an amazing damage and cleanup if you enter the teamfight late, but also the typical ranged AD and AP depend on a good initiator. Many times the top bruiser is the tanky initiator, but squishy built Fiora denies the team this role. So you need a tanky initiating jungler and possibly tanky support (Leona/Taric) when you go fiora, cause someone needs to be able to get into those teamfights.

Maybe there is a build more focused on durability for Fiora but I did not find it, whenever I tried going bruiser I just felt terribly weak overall.