MF post 5.14 patch... She needs buffs!
I love crazy/sexy MF and keep playing her, even if today's community isn't that crazy about her, but I also know she's clearly not the best. She has a great look and the way she runs around and shoots her bullets is awesome. But c'mon, this was NOT a buff. On paper it kinda seemed like a buff, however now I've played her and had a better look at things, I can clearly tell it's not.
Her Q is way more predictable, while with her previous Q I could shoot from any position and I knew it was gonna hit. Skilled players don't get fooled that easily and keep away from it. The crit buff on it makes it more fun though.
Her W isn't that impressive. Not sure why they buffed the attack speed in PBE and then reduced it again to how it was... now you just have attack speed for a champ that can't get away. Oh and the strut activation... strut isn't escape, it's basically boots of mobility so please don't make it sound that great. The stacks are ok I guess, but you don't really feel it's there. Maybe because it deals magic damage. I get that this could be interesting, but believe me she's one of the last adc's you would pick if you want to shred tanks or champs with extra armor. I would prefer this to be physical damage, it's clearer and it goes way better with her build (armor penetration). To give up grievious wounds for this was definitely a nerf, at least reduce her stack limit, increase the damage from let's say 6% to 8% and make it physical damage... THEN we have something.
Her E was nerfed... 3 sec slow reduced to 2 sec slow. Remember she can't escape properly? Riot's excuse was to make her E damage more siginificant, guys her E deals magic damage and is simply a tool for her to do combo's or to slow.
Her legendary ult together with her crazy laugh, makes it one of the coolest of all the ult's in the game. But again it's simply just a lot of noise. Riot is probably not gonna get rid of the E stacks. That's fine but her attack damage on her ult remains very low. Give her an extra AD % or simply increase her ult's base damage. Her ult is one of the main reasons I even pick her. For a static ADC like MF (one of the very very few) this ability compensates her immobility in a way. But make it worth, make it a truly strong ult... otherwise you simply can't rely on her kit these days.
She needs a buff, a big one, please do... because to have worked on such an awesome champ but not making her viable, is simply a waste.
- Make her strut activate when she activates any spell, it's really not that big a deal.
- Her Q could have some kind of a knock-back when anyone jumps on her and she shoots from close.
- Make her deal more damage with less stacks and also physical damage > magic damage.
- Make her ult mean something again
It's maybe a lot of words, but this is something she needs. With these buffs, she'll be back in the game, probably still not top tier. I can live with that but just give her some love.