Talk:Fiora/@comment-5494818-20140509153323/@comment-8506165-20140703214143

Popular misconceptions:


 * Fiora is weak. Patently untrue, her winrate has been consistently high for the past few months. Upon her release in Season 2, she was arguably just an inferior Master Yi, but the game has changed a lot since then. Ravenous Hydra in particular is incredibly strong on Fiora (if Fiora gets to Hydra, her winrate jumps to ~60% if memory serves), but the additional changes to ArPen, on-hit effects and meta shifts since her release have made her much stronger.

(I am aware that winrates aren't everything. But when someone's winrate is consistently high across all elos it's a hint that they're strong, because people are, on average, winning more with them regardless of their own skill.)


 * Tangential to the Hydra point: Fiora is easy to shut down. Not really. Farming her way up to Hydra isn't hard, and once she's got that she can at least be vaguely threatening, as opposed to a shut-down Tryndamere whose only hope is really splitpushing.


 * Fiora is a noobstomper. Her high winrate is explained solely by her low elo success. Again, just untrue. She still maintains high winrate in Diamond games, and it's sometimes actually higher than her Bronze winrate.

Possibly true things:


 * Fiora is mostly used as a counterpick. Eh... not that I've seen. There are legitimately Fiora mains in Diamond, who mostly play her regardless of matchup (Saw one pick Fiora into Jax - still completely destroyed him). But for someone that doesn't main her... yeah, she may just be being used as a counterpick, although I can't think of many matchups where someone's mind would immediately jump to her as a counterpick over other more popular champions.


 * People don't know how to counterpick/counterplay Fiora. This is the one I can most believe. Given that she's still perceived as weak, if not a joke/trollpick, I'd imagine a lot of people don't really even try to counter her much. As her winrate shows though, if this is the case, it's costing them games.

Almost certainly true:


 * Fiora is a soloQ hero, but not nearly as good in coordinated play. The ult alone should explain why this is the case.


 * If someone lets Fiora snowball, she tends to carry. Again, this is a painfully obvious point really.


 * Fiora's greatest weakness is that she brings nothing but damage. Yes. Obviously, if you have Zed mid and Yi jungle Fiora isn't going to be a good pick. Amumu jungle and Orianna mid, though? Faceroll to victory.