@Riot : Light Fighter Reworks/Patch

Dreamspitter··2 votes·354 views

I was in another discussion, on Aatrox, and among other things who the Light Fighters were in the game and what would be done with them.

The poster said

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I fully expect the following to be in that update: Aatrox XinZhao Fiora Hecarim MonkeyKing Riven Jax Nocturne

I kind of see Fighters as being in a sort of spectrum that runs a bit like this

Assassin -> Light Fighter -> Fighter -> Juggernaut -> Tank

With "Fighter" being balanced between offense and tankiness, Juggernauts being tankier, but immobile and not having bad damage, and true tanks not having damage, but having buttloads of CC and initiation. Light fighters tend more towards offense but not being full on Assassin (like Yi basically).

We could only speculate about when such a patch would ever come but in my own view

  • Aatrox originally deemed "Light Fighter" by Riot (the first officially named such) would be moved to fighter, and be adjusted
  • Fiora and Yas would remain Light Fighters, I don't think anything would be really done with them
  • Tryndamere, Xin, Wu, Riven, Jax , Irelia might all be looked at

What do you guys think?

2 Comments

The Sword Saint1 votes

Riven was leagues light fighter before the term light fighter existed. Aatrox may have been the first to be released with that terminology, but riven was discussed as a light fighter by reds on the forums long before that. You could say that she's the mother of the concept - a mobile, damage oriented melee champion who gains survivability through smart ability uses and reflexes, who buys damage items and at most one defensive item. Yasuo sits at around the same 'weight' as riven, with fiora being just a hair more defensive due to the way her healing and passive allow her to get a lot of mileage out of a little more defense.

Ralanr1 votes

I think Pantheon would be a light fighter.

Personally I never liked the term "light fighter". I prefer to call them skirmishers.

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