How do I fight ranged top laners as fiora?

AgeOfTheMage·Sep 13, 2017·4 votes·1,662 views

I main fiora, and I play her quite nicely if I do say so myself, but No matter what, I can't fight ranged top laners(asides jayce and gnar) Any ideas? To say the least, ranged top laners are... frustrating/

12 Comments

FireDrizzleSep 13, 20171 votes

Have you tried going for boots then phage immediatly after rather than tiamat? Might help in some matchups. Do you build spectres cowl vs the ap laners?

AgeOfTheMageSep 13, 20171 votes

I'll have to try the boots strat, ap laners aren't really a problem since I don't see them that often, thanks for your help!

EbonyBladeJ88Sep 13, 20171 votes

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To say the least, ranged top laners are... frustrating/

You're preaching to the choir on that one.

But I digress.

As any melee top-laner against a ranged, it's a matter of getting inside their "No-No" zone. Mobility is the name of the game, and while I can't say from experience or knowledge that this is the case, I would THINK (Operative word being THINK, I'm not a Fiora main like you) she would have a somewhat easier time getting on them than my tried-and-true picks (I play Juggernauts and a few tanks mainly, like Darius , Garen , Yorick and Shen , to name a few) would.

I have to agree with Firedrizzle. Boots, Phage, and maybe a few other alterations to your build might be in order early on. Try to get them to overextend, if possible, and if you can get your JG to capitalize on that overextend, help them punish the bum if circumstances permit.

Really, Fiora has the same trouble that most top-laners do when facing a ranged opponent. I just feel that with her dash, block (Can't spell Riposte to save my life, thanks auto-correct) she MIGHT be able to get on them a bit more than my usual lineup.

Good luck, and stay strong in the face of ranged adversity, from a Top-lane main.

z63XnLCMwXSep 13, 20171 votes

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You're preaching to the choir on that one.

But I digress.

As any melee top-laner against a ranged, it's a matter of getting** inside their "No-No" zone**. Mobility is the name of the game, and

Non consensual engagement inside another champion's no no zone is violating them. However Jayce doesn't have one because he just switchs to hammer mode and knocks you back.

EbonyBladeJ88Sep 13, 20171 votes

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the OP was referring to ranged top-laners ala Vayne Quinn and the like. So I was simply giving suggestions based around THOSE styles of matchups.

(Not that Jayce can't be partially considered a ranged top-laner)

And don't say it, I already know... https://i.giphy.com/media/9eLbjOcGOpmY8/giphy.gif

AgeOfTheMageSep 13, 20171 votes

Thank you.

NosnideSep 13, 20171 votes

Wow a forum warrior down voted your plea for advice? People on here are just assholes lol

AgeOfTheMageSep 13, 20171 votes

Yeah, I was just asking a question :I

Eternal TormentSep 13, 20171 votes

GP earlygame is very vurnerable. he may be spammy on his abilities but he cannot trade if he misses his barrels. Try pushing him to waste his mana by aggressively poking him so he uses his orange a lot, and consider rushing deaths dance as first item against him.

Kayle you are gonna Need some good ganks. Kayle's solo lane potential vs fiora are brutally favorable to kayle. How to fight her i do not know. But gp is easy early on. Make him waste his mana so he has to either back or will attempt to farm hard with his melee attacks causing him to be very vurnerable.

Eternal TormentSep 13, 20171 votes

Sorry if i Sound somewhat....provoking..but if you were a fiora main you would know very well how to fight ranged toplaners.

aside from that, there are only 4 ranged toplaners in my Knowledge...jayce, gnar, quinn and urgot...

AgeOfTheMageSep 13, 20171 votes

Jayce and gnar I can fight fine, quinn I have slight problems with, urgot is eh, i'm talking more like kayle and gp where they can spam their ranged ability and I can seem to reach them.

Buggy CavalierSep 13, 20171 votes

You play something like talon or riven if you want to kill them, some bruisers like kled are doable as well but if you fail your skill shots they kill you. Or you play tanks and outscale them..

Maokai you press w and your jungle comes and they're dead for example. Malphite you press q or r your jungle comes and they're dead. Sion you press e or q or r your jungle comes and they're dead. Shen you E or flash E your jungle comes and they're dead.

TL;DR: Just farm and you'll be more useful than them in the end for sure as either juggernaut or tank.