Properly nerfing Fizz
Hi there I am a fizz main, who is tired of Fizz being basically perma banned because of how absolutely cancerous Bruiser Fizz is https://image.prntscr.com/image/98588bf890a04fe0a4c24d7051208ba3.png Believe me I am aware he is way too strong and is deserving of nerfs
Riot hit his W recently to try and get rid of Tanky Fizz, but that is the wrong direction. he has really good base damage (on relatively low cd's no less) his ult works fantastically as an engage or zoning tool, and his scalings are actually underwhelming. Meaning using him tanky to take advantage of his base damages and lower cd's while also being able to use his ult to start a fight. Pair the added bulk he is buying with his style of getting into the middle of a fight and his E making him impossible to target, and you have a sustained threat monster
The best hits to him in my opinion are as follows
Nerf his E's base damage from 70/12/170/220/270 to 60/100/140/180/220 and increase its cd from 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 to 16/15/14/13/12 so that 40% cdr makes him have a 7.2 second cd at max rank instead of 6 and also he has less incentive to max it first Also make his W's active damage triple only the AP ratio on the target if they have been marked the full duration, not the base damage as well.
In exchange (cause those are really hard nerfs) buff his Q's AP ratio at each rank from 55% at all ranks to 55%/60%/65%/70%/75% and buff his W's ratio from 40% to 50%
At level 18 this means he will have lost a total of 170 base damage (50 of that being AoE) in exchange for a 20% ratio increase on Q and 30% ratio increase on his fully prepped W
He breaks even at 340 AP at level 18. Which is actually a fairly okay amount of AP for an actual AP fizz to have
+ runes and masteries usually sits you around 340ish AP + 1 other item to get past that breaking even point.
W becomes a 1 point wonder for AP fizz, bruiser Fizz is basically dead with that big of a hit to his Base damage
AP fizz actually becomes less safe of a pick (losing that much base damage on minions means he isn't waveclearing with his E nearly as well)
E or Q can be maxed depending on the build path you are going and who you are laning vs.
Fizz goes back to being a counterpick for most players, is an AP assassin again instead of a weird hybrid damage fighter, and I can finally play him again </3