Talk:Fiora/@comment-3546228-20130609235400/@comment-3546228-20130610230046

"What about Katarina?" Kat is quite different than Fiora. She has A LOT more AoE and she also has reliable escapes.

And I absolutely understand that some pure damage champions are viable. What Fiora suffers from is not only lack of utility. She also lacks:


 * An escape - For example Kat has her to a ward or minion and Yi has his  which also makes him immune to soft CC.

-This means that Fiora can't farm well unless extremely passive in lane or babysat and also makes her a trash split pusher.


 * A meaningful form of sustain - Akali has her passive and Yi has his Meditate.

-This makes Fiora very easy to push out of lane, and her being squishy and entirely melee doesn't help much too. Also, her passive is trash and having to attack someone with basic attack several times to make it heal a meaningful amount is just... stupid. If you're able to hit people with basic attacks and get away without being chunked badly you don't need that sustain anyway.


 * Reliable form of damage - Mordekaiser and Kat can both dish out damage even without having to all-in. Fiora can't do that. Once she goes in she has to use everything.

This makes her predictable and two dimensional. If she lunges on someone all you have to do to Fiora is exhaust her. That's it. She can't ult for the next 3 seconds and you are free to chain CC her or focus her down. Fiora players are very restricted and the fact that her ultimate FOLLOWS TARGETS THAT DASHED AROUND doesn't help much too. If you're a carry and get ulted by Fiora just Flash into a tower or next to your and you have a dead Fiora.


 * Any form of AoE - Yes, is core on Fiora and there's a good reason for that. Fiora can't push at all and strong pushers like  or  will have an easy time stuffing Fiora under her tower losing farm. She has no CC so she can't really follow up a gank too, so she's at her enemy's mercy most of the time.

So yeah, Fiora doesn't have much. She has steroids and she has gap closers. That's all. All in all our beloved french is just a flashy, pretty and badly designed champion at the same time. It's a pity, because she's really fun to play.

The bad news is that, in my opinion, she needs a rework. Her spells (apart from her ultimate) do way too little and put her at a high risk. But ther's no reward.