New Fiora, Barney Style breakdown.
Passive: Duelists Dance. Fiora identifies the Vitals of all nearby enemy champions, marked as an arc around their character. Vitals take 0.5 seconds to identify and last for 15 seconds. After a Vital is triggered or times out, Fiora identifies a new Vital on her target.
I will admit, I was a bit nervous of this one at first. My fears were relived when I noticed the Vital points are stationary and not based on where the enemy champion was facing. (Feel free to laugh.)
On the whole this isn't bad as far as passive go. It makes sense from a fencing standpoint and gives her something to focus on more then grabbing BORK and pressing R to win. The heal on it is a little underwhelming and either needs a small boost or to be removed IMO.
Q: Lunge: Dash and stab...simple enough? not really. Despite claiming to focus on "Vitals" or Kill zone target it does neither. In fact if you are Auto attacking something and dash to an enemy. You will march right back to your target and have a very good chance to not trigger the Vital mark you wish to hit using her Q. Fix the focus, and this is an amazing Spell.
W: Riposte: Hits Minions, good enough for me. I do like this over the previous one however I do miss the AD bonus
E: Bladework: This is kind of a odd one for me. Two fast attacks dealing a slow and double damage (at rank 5) Slow is good but at one second it's more of a "Hope you don't flash" duration due to Fiora's speed. If you buy IE or use Crit Damage runes the Change in Damage is indicated in the toolbar which is nice however.
R: Grand Challenge: My BIGGEST issue with this is two part. (1) The moment you trigger all the Vitals, good bye movement speed buff. Fiora moves about as fast as molasses uphill in the winter and you will find your target getting away quickly once it's over most likely. (2) if you trigger it on someone Beefy...Say..Renekton...Vi....Shyvana ect. That heal isn't going to save you from getting eaten up real fast. Have some of the heal front loaded on completion then have a smaller or shorter heal ticks following it. I do love this ult as a whole (Though I wish Tiamat/Hydra hit all four spots huehue)
Final Thoughts. The remake isn't the worst....it isn't the best. However for what it is, and what Fiora is it makes sense. She is a Melee duelist who flaunts her skills and adds a bit of flourish to everything she does. Still needs a few tweaks here and there however I do look forward to Adding Fiora to my Roster once more (I quit when Madreds Bloodrazor was removed lol)
