She had her flaws, she wasn't perfect.
But oh god this current fiora is like the worst thing ever. Horrible thematics (Reposite and Ult make 0 sense), Incredibly overtuned and an even less interesting kit than before. Also stop with the true damage, and the stupid insane healing (also looking at you darius)
Take old Fiora, Give her a better passive and a better ult and be done with it. Oh and keep the the old splash art.
for riot game: hey riot last 1 year i play on fiora she was my main and i want know why rework she was good no op no bad pls if u can back old fiora im gonna to be happy very happy
old fiora was better this fiora is bad
New Fiora is better. New Fiora is faster. New Fiora is now indeed a duelist. New Fiora is now actually interesting to play.
I´m not good with her. Heck, i´m pretty shit with her, tbh. But comparing the little amount of times i played of old Fiora to the amount of times i played new Fiora, Riot did a good job overall.
But her numbers and some quirks in her abilities are just 
iously good. Before a fed Fiora was unstoppable. Now, even a feeding Fiora is unstoppable.
3/12 Fiora against a 9/3 Tryndamere?
Yeah, Trynd's ult and RNG'y Crits won´t help him.
A Riposte that parries ignite and exhaust. And TK's Devour. Let´s not even go there and say how many more supposedly unstoppable abilities she can stop. I´ll bet she can Riposte the shit out of a WW/Malzahar ult.
Is the rework good? Yes.
But its details need work. A LOT of work.
Fiora used to be similar to Yasuo. A feast or famine champion that went 12/3 or 3/12. She was a boring one note champion. High damage, high mobility, no CC and no sustained duels. She was a glorified assassin that could barely make it work in top lane. When someone foolishly fed her a few times she could snowball her way to victory like nobodies business. If she made one mistake and died a few times early, she was a burden to her teammates.
Please do not ignore her glaring flaws. The reason people romanticize old Fiora is because of her ultimate, which wasn't all that good. Aesthetically it was very pleasing, but honestly it was just a point and click noob destroyer. After you reach a certain level in silver people would realize your deadly power came with QAAQAA, not the ultimate. They would build armor, and not feed you early understanding you fall off quite hard without early kills. Blade Waltz was mostly used as a finishing move or for lazy tower diving. It could be useful in small skirmishes, but deadly to activate in team fights because people don't group neatly and the moment you land you'd get locked down and burst into oblivion. People could even cancel her old ultimate as useless as it was.
The new Fiora is a dream come true as far as gameplay reworks go, and should be a model for future reworks involving champions that are feast or famine, including Yasuo. They managed to keep interesting parts of Fiora that we loved, but get rid of all the old clunky things that held her back. The new Fiora stresses timing and positioning, allowing you to make more interesting plays and be a bigger help to your teammate. Also let's not forget that she's actually a duelist now. She takes skill to use to her full potential, old Fiora was easy to pick up, but harder to play against people that knew she was a one trick pony.
When people argue about thematics on her ultimate it makes me laugh. I've been playing Fiora for years, and I like her ultimate. I don't really think that it should heal teammates as much as it does, but it fits her dueling style quite nicely and is a rewarding for besting her opponent which is very Fiora. She's a very showy type of character, and when the ultimate activates and heals everyone knows it's because of Fiora. A huge luminous Fiora rose over the battlefield declaring Fiora victorious.
The reason the "bring back the old Fiora" camp is so small is because she was a bronze stomper with little counterplay in soloqueue when she was fed. I remember when I first started how frustrating it was playing against a Fiora, especially if you made a silly mistake and fed her just a little. She got so out of control and the only way to shut her down was with a high amount of teamwork, which is asking for a lot when you're learning or playing casually. The other reason is because you couldn't get very far with her once you started facing people who used to be stomped out by her and learned how to play against her. Learning to play against a Fiora used to be one of the first steps to becoming a better player.
I'm on your side. :)
Very unlikely though. :/ I love old Fiora to the point where I've slowly stopped playing League due to her change.
you would want to buff her old ult O_O?
The old fiora was so much better imo she had a distance clear, a riposte that blocked damage (and abilities) and dealt it back to the enemy, a as/ms steroid, and an ult that dealt a shit ton of damage coupled with a tiamat and made you untargetable. she used to be so much more fun but now shes so technical and difficult. her new q does barely any damage and is slow. her w can block a lot of spells but its slow as well. her e is basically worth less cause it doesnt scale as well anymore. her ult is so hard to pull off especially when the enemy is standing next to a wall.
