Really love Fiora, but her ult is functioning poorly. Also, some suggestions.
For starters I really love the way Fiora plays right now. It's not so much Murderface press all the keys and ult, but it's more a high-noon stand-off. Your opponent is fully 100% aware where you want to strike when that Vital appears but doesn't know if and when you'll do it.
There's thought process behind her gameplay which I really love but currently what drives me insane is her ult. No I don't want more damage. No I don't want full resets on her Q. I want consistency and life added to her ult. As it is now, her ult is blue, no matter what, and almost invisible in hectic team fights. This drives me INSANE.
But let's do a run down of her entire kit.
Passive - I'm perfectly peachy with hers. No complaints whatsoever so far.
Lunge(Q) - Great move, great CD when used offensively or when tagging a target for that quick getaway. Does what it says it should. One problem. You CANNOT flash during this spell whatsoever. You are completely locked into this spell while you are in motion, even for an additional half-second AFTER the spell has finished casting. Why can't I dash directly at a target and flash on a weak-point? It seems like an awfully weird skill to be locked out of flashing. Virtually every other dash in the game CAN be canceled with flash, but Fiora can't?
**Riposte(W) -Great Parry, love everything about this skill except for one thing. Her W currently feels completely unrewarding vs any Non-CC skill. The AS slow isn't long enough to make a noticeable difference in duels.
It's a great skill, but I think it'd be fair to be slightly more rewarding, maybe remove the AS-debuff to parrying and enemy champion attack and increase the duration to 2.5 seconds or something, anything to make the parry more rewarding especially since the damage coefficient is almost non-existant, if her kit supports her to be built as a carry, then give her a carry mechanic to reward a successful block, just like Sivir or Nocturne.
Bladework(E) - Nothing, love this move so much. There is a bug though, when she has IE and sells it for whatever reason or just doesn't own it anymore her E doesn't change from 250% -> 200% It stays there.
Grand Challenge(R) - Visuals Visuals Visual. This move is bugged, uninspiring/unbeautiful to look at during the trigger because I feel like I'm staring at a ghost-ultimate. I've also added a clip showing a bug with her ultimate rings.
Going back to her ultimate's visuals when it triggers in trundle's ice-field. I CAN'T SEE IT WHATSOEVER.
Make a storm of roses, or a ring made of swords, SOMETHING so I can feel like her ult feels artsy. beautiful and refined since that's a characteristic in her theme.
Also, an issue with her ultimate that's been driving me insane is the DELAY on her Grand Challenge Ultimate. So let's talk combos really quick for example;
Let's say Fiora is on the Blue Team, and her vitals are tracked like directions on a compass, North South East and West.
The Enemy Garen has a Vital revealed on his West. I decide to go all-in. Lunge at his West Vital, Trigger. MS-Buff Gained and I immediately cast ultimate after landing my Q.
I AA his West-Side again in hopes of triggering the first ultimate vital spot. But this is where the problem arises, MY ULT HASN'T SHOWN UP YET. So now I auto-attack his west-side with no trigger on the weak spot. I now have two options before he casts his Q to silence me. Parry the Silencing Strike, and trigger his West, or activate my E before his Q happens so I can slow him to trigger his West and hopefully catch his South Vital.
It's really irksome there's such a gap on her ult, either put a short-cast time to make it instantly appear, or just remove the gap between the cast and the appearance of the ring.
Any feedback on my thoughts are welcomed, just keep it civil.
I've played about 8-10 games in normals with Fiora and screwed around in customs for at least 10-15 hours.