Talk:Fiora/@comment-26203093-20170213161204/@comment-24496127-20170216155345

Shields mitigate it. Get a Steraks. That item makes my max hp damage sad. That's a direct counter. So is collosses, shield abilities, and sustain.

Do you know why it's true damage? Because if it was physical damage, it would have to scale super hard with AD to compensate for armor reducing it. That would mean that, if Fiora got ahead, she would absolutely crush everything, if she was even, 1v1's would still be in her favor, and if she was behind, she would be useless.

Having it as true damage means that it can scale, but that the scaling never becomes excessive enough to destroy balance. As is, the game tries to make AD stronger than tank stats later game, so a six item Fiora would literally be three shotting tanks, and if it was magic damage, it would just be shitty. They tried that with Varus, and his W is literally negligable. It just doesn't work.