About the Miss Fortune changes: Please don't nerf AP MF while buffing her

Bad Karma·8/26/2015, 8:33:01 AM·7 votes·1,616 views

Dear Riot and community,

I heard about changing and buffing Miss Fortune to "be a better ADC" (She is already strong enough, but whatever). I would really appreciate if you don't nerf her AP ratios while taking a look at ADC MF. I know that ADC MF is your primary goal to balance, but there are some which LOVE and PREFER Mage Fortune over AD Miss Fortune.

8 Comments

SwapShadows8/26/2015, 8:35:21 AM3 votes

Only like 3 people play her AP tho

Chortle8/26/2015, 3:49:21 PM3 votes

It makes little sense for her ult to scale off AP

Right now it is very confusing when looking at the rest of her kit.

Her ult:

  • scales off AP
  • channeled
  • AOE skillshot

Even when you land a perfect ultimate, there is very little damage behind it (compared to other ADC ults) when you are building for her intended marksman role since it scales off of 20% or your AP. When you buy AP items, your Q and autos do mediocre damage.

It feels like her kit is working against you in that regard.

Examples of AP scaling ults that work well on ADC:

Ashe Corki Ezreal KogMaw TristanaVarus

All of these champions have added benefits in their kits to combat the AP scaling ultimates.

  • cc
  • spam-able ult
  • escapes
  • AD & AP ult scalings

MF is immobile when in combat, has no hard CC, has mediocre range, and has a channeled ultimate that leaves her vulnerable while scaling off of AP.

Let's check out all the other ADCs dominating the meta right now

Graves Jinx Kalista Sivir Vayne Tristana Corki

They all have an ability that allows them to escape, cc, or kite their opponents (even while in combat!).

It's simply not worth picking up MF currently with her glaring drawbacks when compared to other ADCs. She is a gamble.

Saving her mage build **as it is presented currently **is holding her back from being a respectable ADC in higher level play.

feral rrooaarrrr8/26/2015, 2:22:39 PM1 votes

I have 2 rework ideas up on my profile, if your are interested in reworks please check them out and let me know what you think about them. I play her adc but I know there are ap Miss Fortune players so I tried to make it work for both playstyles without changing too much. I'd be interested to hear if you as a ap player, think either of them would leave her feeling good for ap play.

Bondage Bunnyboy8/26/2015, 2:34:42 PM1 votes

I don't know what's so difficult about keeping them both viable. It's not like Trinity Force's 30 AP will overpower all other ADCs..

She does need a more specific niche than just lane bullying though. Draven does it better because of his snowballing, and MF's only advantages are a touch of magic damage and not relying on axes. But Draven has his E, which is better for self peeling than a slow when it comes to dealing with assassins.

I really can't wait til they make her ult truly worth using, instead of ''I should probably just auto because this shit won't do enough''.

Atik L Yar8/26/2015, 2:56:03 PM1 votes

I've always kind of wanted to see her turned into a hybrid damage ADC of sorts, with a unique build-path that synergizes well with her kit.