Glass cannon sustained damage melees(What Riot calls Skirmishers) need a dedicated Keystone.
For perspective, I main Fiora and am not really good at the game.
So with the new grasp changes coming out I feel Riot is making an oversight. The Fiora mains Subreddit has basically confirmed that if the Grasp changes go through combined with the item changes Tanky Fiora with Titanic Hydra + Black cleaver start will make a comeback. During Pre-season it started out rough, Fiora however got better, not with any of the combat runes, but with KLEPTOMANCY, due to the nature of how pokey she is in lane with her Q counting as an auto-attack. This is not a Fiora that anyone is really excited for or wants to play. The whole play style feels cheesy and sorta flaccid. With this keystone we have actual combat power as an option again. All the current combat runes just pale in comparison to what Fervor was for Fiora.
Out of the skirmishers, Fiora is doing the best, and will likely do the best with the new bruiser changes. Yasuo, Trynd(although I hate him), and Yi all took a hit. I feel like with this class Riot's making a mistake in putting them under the same banner as bruisers cause their kits are not good for the game when they build tanky. We need a Rune that actually supports the play style of a squishy melee that can melt people. PtA doesn't work due to skirmishers as a class not being real team fighters and not benefitting off of the selfless aspect of the Rune. Lethal Tempo doesn't work as excessive attack speed isn't the best on melees, due to the nature of the melee vs ranged matchup. These are champions that shouldn't be compelled off the bat to go bruiser builds, like the grasp Rune is egging them to do. It would be better if skirmishers got a Rune that actually fit them.
There are 4 champions In this game that fit the core tenants of being a skirmisher. Fiora, Master YI, Yasuo, and Tryndamere. Everything else is either too reliant on burst(i.e. Riven) or too reliant on tank stats(Kled, Jax) Please don't forget about them. Also please add more with actually fun kits. Like seriously they have so much potential as a class to be alternative to adc's and it seems like you wish you never released them,
She has the same problem, no keystone really synergizes with her kit.
Hell, the most success she has right now is with Comet in the sorcery tree.... Which gets nerfed soon....
: PTA "abuser" (not really, but he has good synergy)
: Not sure, she's doing poorly due to the grevious wounds and tank-orientated meta
: great with PTA
: rework this outdated man
: Yi is never strong unless he's abusing something. Prob needs an update as well
No keystone, you say?
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