Have I found a new Fiora counter?

SlaktarTasken··3 votes·565 views

Was in a game yesterday, where someone picked the Fiora top, I've always hated this matchup because the best I've ever been able to do is not feed her. Regardless of wether I play champs like Panth or Sion which are supposed to be hard counters? Heck do I know? Either way, I though about it for a sec and all of a sudden. Annie (+ Peddobear) came to my thoughts, I must have seemed insane taking her top but I don't know why but I went with it.

I have never played a game that made me feel as good this season. Here was a champion with hard cc that was not telegraped, I literally steamrolled that Fiora so hard and snowballed the game to victory, when I was done the tears of joy were running, the arrow came out of my knee, my hair started growing again, my wife and kids loved me again and my boss bumped my payroll.

I'm not sure it's a direct counter, I played her as u usaul would, running armor yellows, magic pen red and flat ap on the rest. 12/18/0.

maxed her Q but never opened with it as I knew she would just parry it, used it as my main farming tool since killing stuff with it is free, always opened trades with W and all ins with W or Ult since Fiora would have to be a god to predict something instant with her Riposte.

E'd whenever she lost her patience and tried to fight me in my own minion wave and kept trading, used my autos as harass whenever she gave me the chance. And managed to dodge her riposte quite a few times and as usual played around the weakspots, resetting them whenever they were in a bad position.

I got somewhat pushed in once she got hydra, but that was good, I outfarmed her hard since she got sloppy pushing with it, once I got my Needlessly large rod it was more or less me controlling the minion wave flow.

I can warmly recommend this matchup to anyone who has isses dealing with Fiora. While I wouldn't call it as straight counter, if it's a skill mathup it definately seems to favor Annie.

9 Comments

SaltyKracka2 votes

And then you come up against a smart Fiora who lets you push and ganks you, or a cautious one who farms, buys MR items (QSS ho!) and outscales you.

That said, unfamiliar cheese can always fuck somebody up.

SlaktarTasken1 votes

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And then you come up against a smart Fiora who lets you push and ganks you, or a cautious one who farms, buys MR items (QSS ho!) and outscales you.

That said, unfamiliar cheese can always fuck somebody up.

I intentionelly didn't push that game. Say what you want about annie but it's really easy farm without pushing with her. And a fiora rushing sash will be lacking in the damage department so sooner or later you will bait out the sash given you don't waste your full rotation trying to all in her from 100% hp.

She did get hexdrinker, but not before hydra, so it it didn't matter by the time she got it. Note that I also got a gank to get me rolling, since the wave was almost always on my side of the map pre midgame. So in a sense, having an aware jungler maybe won me that game more than the actual matchup itself.

Regardless, Annie seems to scale hard enough to keep up with Fiora given she gets the chance to.

Yosuke Apperu2 votes

Rito is Fiora's counter... according to many she has been "gutted" . I ban her regardless tho because she's always going to be unfun for me personally to play against :P

spombjop1 votes

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darkmatchwaldo1 votes

I feel like that Fiora was just bad. A good one is going to rush item 3156 item 3139 and then take tibbers and shove it up your butt.

I'm sure she just had never ever ever ever ever faced an Annie top and didn't know what to do. Was stupid and didn't adjust her standard build.

SlaktarTasken1 votes

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I feel like that Fiora was just bad. A good one is going to rush item 3156 item 3139 and then take tibbers and shove it up your butt.

I'm sure she just had never ever ever ever ever faced an Annie top and didn't know what to do. Was stupid and didn't adjust her standard build.

Ok, so what should I play against Fiora then, might as well roll over and fucking die, same goes for %%%plank, I hate these fucking hyperscaling asshole champs that get to do what they want with 0 drawbacks.

darkmatchwaldo1 votes

Quinn Graves Pantheon have good matchups vs Fiora

Rain NT1 votes

lol how is is it not telegraphed, you can litterally see the animation ON ANNIE that her stunproc is up. Plus I bet Fiora built some useless first item, all elite top laner should know you have to build a defensive first item against Annie. Like a Hexdrinker and spectre cowl then start building raw AD.

SlaktarTasken1 votes

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lol how is is it not telegraphed, you can litterally see the animation ON ANNIE that her stunproc is up. Plus I bet Fiora built some useless first item, all elite top laner should know you have to build a defensive first item against Annie. Like a Hexdrinker and spectre cowl then start building raw AD.

What I mean is that her ult and W are instant and can not be reacted to but only predicted.

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