Could Fiora's rework be a blueprint for Riven and Jax changes?

Chromatic Eagle··1 votes·968 views

Say what you will about her damage, but Fiora's new kit adds a whole new level of skill in fighting opponents. It really shows off her identity of being a skilled and graceful fighter who shows off how she's the best. For fighters who have a huge emphasis on fighting others, what if we applied similar ideas to them?

Jax is more a brawler than Fiora. Even though his lore is outdated, I imagine that they'll keep his lamppost. It's one of his most iconic features. What if they add that to his gameplay? An actual item, like Viktor's scepter, and could affect his stats? I think a theme of his kit could be encouraging people to fight him by letting down his guard. He's supposed to be the best fighter, so no matter the odds, he won't be afraid. I don't play him, so take what I say with salt. He might not even need any changes.

I've seen people complain about Riven a lot, and have suggested several nerfs and changes to her. Her Q is hard to change without causing fan backlash, but I've seen people suggest a change to her dash. She gains more of a shield when dashing to an enemy instead of away. What if they change her W to her E where if she dashes to an enemy she stuns them? Maybe they could take away the shield? Maybe both a shield and a stun? Basically a way to encourage her attacking people for utility. A part of her identity is about getting stronger to reclaim her honor, similar (not the same) to Fiora challenging people to show she's the best.

Again, I don't play these champions, so these could be terrible ideas, but better to discuss them now than to rage about Riot dropping another surprise rework.

5 Comments

Shénzhì2 votes

JAX His lamp post doesn't need to stay. What would be better is to switch between weapons since he's the Grandmaster at Arms. It makes sense thematically. It's almost like Swain being titled Master Tactician .. yet he does some other weird stuff. The lamppost post could be kept in a separate skin, I suppose, free to those who purchased Jax already. If we can get free Captain Gangplank skin then Jax shouldn't be a problem either.

Plus he's purple and 6 fingers. I mean like ... wtf. Make him Human.


RIVEN Riven just needs replacing, deleting or updating completely. I've suggested very thorough ideas but now... i just don't give a F. Delete Riven.

Spicy Rice2 votes

My only promlem with fiora is the q spam. Its a powerful early game attack and lets her pr9c her passive with a bit less danger to her self

Mãge2 votes

Personally I feel Riven is completely fine. I'm sure a lot of other players feel the same way. She's not immune to lane shoving and she has very low health regen. Try poking her or trading when she doesn't have access to her spells. If she's super aggressive, be super passive and don't farm. Alternatively, you can defeat her if you think you're skilled enough to outplay her. She's very, very good at fighting. It's better that you lose minions in laning phase and scale through teamfights and levels rather than feed Riven 10 kills in lane and regret it later.

Roaming also works wonders when you can't lane.

Jax needs changes. I hope his kit gets reworked just as amazingly as Fiora's too. ^^

Mimy1 votes

Fiora is still just....

So stong... and scary.. o_o Sucks thumb mommy......

If they get re-worked to be just as strong......

Begins to dig grave

Lost In Time1 votes

Really? You think there's skill to using new Fiora?

Between the speed boost, new CC she has and constant reapplication of vital mark, there's even less window of retaliation vs Fiora, compared to early games of Riven and Jax.

Fiora's only weak period is up to level 3, where minion aggro actually hurts. There is no counterplay beyond "Boy, I hope this 10 second auto-zone passive doesn't point literally in her direction" and even then, you just get lunged upon, slowed and then she procs her passive regardless while Yasuo'ing dashing throughout the lane.

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