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@Meddler What happened with the compensation buff to AP Miss Fortune?

Superior Current·2/18/2016, 9:23:05 PM·20 votes·1,272 views

I'm referring to this post, where you said you may consider increasing her E AP ratio to make up for it's base damage nerf. I know you haven't made any promises about that, but have you at Riot "investigated" whether you should buff it?

For those of you who don't know, in patch 6.1 Make it rain's damage was significantly reduced(by 90 at max rank!) because ADC MF was abusing it's synergy with Thunderlord's, which was an unintended element from her already high damage output and in my opinion it was a well deserved nerf.

However this change crippled AP MF. Now she can neither effectively waveclear nor poke with E, which were the main strengths of this offbuild. While it was definitely not fair for AD MF to deal high damage with Make it rain, we can say that AP MF was overall balanced because she gave up power in other aspects, mainly her autos, passive and partially q. Combined with the AP scalings on Q and R, AP Miss Fortune becomes a control mage with a fairly unique playstyle.

Edit: Added some further explanations.

16 Comments

PKnowledge2/19/2016, 11:23:24 AM5 votes

I tried playing AP mf after the E nerf, but it was really hard to do damages

  • base AD down
  • removed AP on sheen (that was a nice item to rush, now it's pretty useless until you get Lich Bane)
  • W passive change
  • Cost of AP items up ( Zhonya is so good since you will always be targeted )

I feel like that last nerf finished her off. Even in ARAM, there is no point in playing her AP (unless you're in a full AD team)

Pika3102/19/2016, 4:54:48 PM2 votes

The lesson that needs to be learned: NEVER trust Rito employees. They make countless promises and make innumerable statements, but never follow up on their obligations and the majority of the stuff they say is complete bs. This isn't the first time Meddler himself has disrespected the community with false words, I'm sure it won't be the last either.

just a memory2/19/2016, 6:22:06 PM2 votes

Bump of Justice!

Edge of Daybreak2/19/2016, 12:19:51 AM1 votes

I doubt riot is gonna buff her e ratio just because it doesnt really matter. Besides (Opinion incoming) I hate when people go ap mf and dont tell their teammates. Like hey guys im gonna make sure i gimp the rest of my kit so that one button does something. I dont care if AD is better than this in multiple ways you are stuck with me until we lose.

Placentas2/19/2016, 5:15:26 PM1 votes

I wish they would just get rid of Thunderlords. I feel like every other thread is about how it's OP or how a champ is nerfed due to synergizing too well with it,