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[Champion Rework] Fiora, the Grand Duelist

Blorgorize·3/10/2014, 6:02:09 AM·4 votes·1,912 views

This is a summarized post of my Fiora rework, the full post that includes specific details on the abilities can be seen in the champion feedback forum post.

Rework Goals

  • Reaffirm Fiora's Duelist identity.
  • Fix Duelist's scaling and granting it much need kit synergy.
  • Rework Lunge.
  • Toss Fiora's current ultimate for one in harmony with the rest of her kit.

Disclaimer: Numbers are theoretical until properly tested in an environment, such as the PBE.
Abilities:
[Innate] Duelist
TYPE: Passive (Single-Target)
TARGET TYPE: Self
BUFF TYPE: Healing
BUFF DURATION: 3 Seconds

Basic Description:
Fiora regenerates 4 + (0.1 Bonus AD) health over 3 seconds each time she deals physical damage. Striking enemy champions and boss monsters will cause this effect to stack up to 4 times.

[Q] Balestra
TYPE: Click-On Dash (Single-Target)
TARGET TYPE: Neutral / Enemy
RANGE: 600
MISSILE SPEED: 1800 Units
COST: 60 Mana
COOLDOWN: 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 / 8 Seconds

Basic Description: (Ranged Balestra): If Fiora is more than 150 units away from the target she lunges towards them, dealing (40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140, +0.6 Bonus AD) physical damage.

(Melee Balstra): Should Fiora be within 150 units of the target she instantly deals (40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140, +0.6 Bonus AD) physical damage to them and leaps backwards to Balestra’s maximum cast range.

A second Balestra can be cast within 4 seconds with no mana cost and refunds 7.5 mana for each stack of Duelist active.

[W] Riposte
TYPE: Self-Targeted Buff (Single Target)
TARGET TYPE: Neutral / Enemy
BUFF TYPE: Attack Damage / Damage Mitigation
BUFF DURATION: 1.5 Seconds
COST: 45 Mana
COOLDOWN: 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 Seconds

Basic Description:
(Passive): Fiora permanently gains 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 bonus attack damage.

(Active): Fiora parries the next basic attack made against her within 1.5 seconds, negating its effects and dealing (45 / 80 / 115 / 150 / 185, +1.0 AP) physical damage to the attacker. Riposte works against enemy champions, monsters and large minions.

The target takes an additional (15 / 27.5 / 40 / 52.5 / 65, +0.25 AP) physical damage for every stack of Duelist Fiora has.

[E] Blade Waltz
TYPE: Self-Targeted Buff (Single-Target)
BUFF TYPE: Attack Speed / Movement Speed
BUFF DURATION: 3 Seconds
COST: 55 Mana
COOLDOWN: 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 Seconds

Basic Description:
Fiora gains 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120% additional attack speed for 3 seconds. Each basic attack or Balestra increases her movement speed by 7 / 9 /11 / 13 / 15% for 3 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.

Killing a champion refreshes the cooldown on Blade Waltz. Assists reduce the cooldown by half the base amount.

[R] Prise de Fer (“Take the Steel”)
TYPE: Click-On Activation (Single-Target)
TARGET TYPE: Enemy Champion
RANGE: 150 Units
BUFF TYPE: Attack Damage / Ability Power
BUFF DURATION: 5 Seconds
DEBUFF TYPE: Attack Damage / Ability Power
DEBUFF DURATION: 5 Seconds
COST: 100 Mana
COOLDOWN: 85 / 75 / 65 Seconds

Basic Description:
Fiora disarms the enemy champion, reducing their AD and AP by 15 / 30 /45 % for 5 seconds plus an additional second with each stack of Duelist active and causes a pair of swords to land behind the opponent. Should Fiora move over the blades she gains the target’s reduced AD and AP for 5 seconds plus an additional second for each stack of Duelist.

After 2 seconds the opponent can also walk over the blades and immediately reclaim their lost stats.

The disarm and buff durations of Prise de Fer is increased by 1 second for every stack of Duelist Fiora currently has.

Disclaimer: Numbers are theoretical until properly tested in an environment, such as the PBE.
Abilities:

New Fiora Quotes:
4 Stacks of Duelist Achieved

  • Yes, this is what I live for!
  • A duel to the finish!
  • To the glorious conclusion!

Activate Ranged Balestra

  • Don’t blink.
  • Just a taste.
  • Try to keep up.

Activate Melee Balestra after Ranged Balestra

  • Or you might miss it!
  • Had enough?!
  • I don’t want this to end too quickly.

Activate Melee Balestra after Ranged Balestra with 4 Stacks of Duelist

  • Or your life will flash before your eyes.
  • Of the overwhelming skill of House Laurent.
  • It’d be terribly unsatisfying otherwise.

Activate Melee Balestra

  • You’re good.
  • You caught me off guard.
  • Pathetic.

Activate Ranged Balestra after Melee Balestra

  • But I’m better!
  • Now it’s time for the second round!
  • This is how it’s done!

Activate Ranged Balestra after Melee Balestra with 4 Stacks of Duelist

  • Nothing I can’t handle, though.
  • But the honor of the Laurent family is on the line.
  • Knaves are here as well, it seems.

Activate Riposte with 4 Stacks of Duelist

  • Precision!
  • Clarity!
  • Is there one worthy!?
  • Impress me.

Failed Riposte with 4 Stacks of Duelist

  • Cowards, all of you!
  • I missed?!
  • H-how…!?

Successful Riposte with 4 Stacks of Duelist

  • Pitiful. Now it’s my turn!
  • The Coup de Grace!
  • Observe perfection!
  • Weak, so very weak.

Activating Prise de Fer

  • Oops, did you need that?
  • Press the momentum!
  • Surrender, the victory is mine!

Activating Prise de Fer with 4 Stacks of Duelist

  • One mistake is all it takes.
  • Capitalize on their failure.
  • Chastise hesitation.

Opponent Picks Up Their Weapon

  • It would have been a shame if it ended like that!

  • Glory and honor await me!

  • To the death - nothing less!!!

Quinn Picks Up Her Weapon

  • So, you have a little Demacian in you after all!
  • You’ve earned a shred of my respect, Quinn!
  • I’ll grant you a swift death.

Opponent Dies or Flees Without Picking Up Their Weapon

  • Pah! Barely worth my time afterall.
  • Will there ever be a true challenge?
  • A coward through and through.

*Enemy Quinn Activates Tag Team Near Fiora *

  • You can’t fight your own battles!?
  • No true Demacian would ever retreat, coward!!!

*Enemy Jarvan Activates Cataclysm on Fiora *

  • Single combat? You shouldn’t have.
  • An honorable engagement it is then!

Enemy Champion Exits Combat with Less % Health than Fiora

  • What’s wrong? I’m not even serious yet!
  • I hope that’s not all you have to offer me.
  • More. Show me more!
  • You can use the rest.
  • I was expecting better.

Fiora Exits Combat with Less % Health than Enemy Champion

  • Good, very good.
  • Yes, show no mercy!
  • It will take more than that to beat me!
  • Impressive, if nothing else.
  • You won’t be so lucky in the next bout.

First Blood

  • I came to defeat the best, not common rabble!
  • It’s not everyday you get to fight the elite!

Slay Quinn

  • I’ll roast your pet for my dinner.
  • Peasants have no place on the Fields of Justice.

Slay Jarvan

  • A good duel, but I wished for more.
  • You should stick to dragon slaying, Crowned Prince.

Slay Lux

  • Mages have no place in Demacia.
  • Begone, abomination.

Slain

  • But my legend...
  • Slain by mongrels...

Slain by Quinn

  • …Impossible…
  • …What a … disgrace.

Slain by Jarvan

  • It was a … pleasure.
  • A grand … duel.

Slain by Jax

  • …The rumors … were tru-?
  • A human … can’t move … like tha-.

Pentakill

  • Numbers cannot withstand skill!!!
  • Are there none left to face the Grand Duelist!?!

Purchase Ravenous Hydra

  • None shall stand above me!
  • My name will be carved in history.

Purchase Last Whisper

  • I am the last thing they will ever see!
  • Never again will House Laurent's honor be tarnished.

I grant Riot full rights to use any and all parts of this rework as their own.

This is a summarized post of my Fiora rework, the full post that includes specific details on the abilities can be seen in the champion feedback forum post.

7 Comments

Hinagiku333/10/2014, 12:44:38 PM3 votes

Sorry, as someone who plays Fiora currently I cannot approve this.

  1. Why change Lunge's name? "Balestra" is a not a term most people would ever have heard of and gives no indication of what the ability does in that case - same reason Lux's ult was renamed since too many people didn't understand German

  2. You are now forcing me to disengage if I want to use my second Q cast, which I can see costing me many, many kills, especially in lane.

  3. You are forcing me to jump backwards to use my second Q cast, which can easily put me into a bad situation since there isn't very much control and no real aiming.

  4. As much as it sucks, Riot has said Riposte and Pantheon's passive are not going to block on-hit effects due to the way those systems are coded. It should but it won't since they said they do not want to tear into those systems to try and make it work.

  5. Why did you change Burst of Speed to Blade Waltz? And "Prise de Fer" is never happening if "Finales Funkeln" had to be changed. It's non-intuitive if you don't speak French and sounds a lot less impressive if you don't understand it.

  6. You ult idea is massively OP. You are stealing a TON of stats and giving them to Fiora for a looooong time. It's also massively unreliable since it creates objects behind the opponent which they can walk over to completely negate Fiora's ult...and Fiora has no way of getting to them first.

She has two abilities that do no damage, one that does very little damage and scales with AP, her only AD scaling ability forces her to disengage with she wants to use the second cast, and she has only one gap-closer. Much less sticking power than current, less damage, no additional CC or utility to compensate...sorry but this is a completely non-viable kit even with that ridiculous ult.

Prismatic3/10/2014, 7:39:40 AM1 votes

I like it, it appears to much better emphasize being a duelist / fencer, and It looks like her ult actually makes sense as a combat ability. Plus, the innate is such a step above what her current innate is.

Nice rework I would say, but maybe instead of duration (9 seconds of weakening is a bit much) why not have it increase the amount stolen? Quality > quantity

MrRado3/10/2014, 12:22:00 PM1 votes

The ult and the ability scaling by the passive stacks are both neat ideas and very thematically sound.

I'd play it.

turkeyBACON3/10/2014, 3:14:55 PM1 votes

I like this a lot though i have a few comments.

Balestra is stepping on the toes of Quinn's Vault ability; it'd be nice if it were a little more functionally unique.

I think I'd prefer Fiora's current ult if only since it provides a more exciting ability in a fight. It's very problematic but atleast its a climactic moment and provides protected and nearly guaranteed damage. However if Fiora were able to lunge/balestra to a dropped sword I might be persuaded since it would allow her to bypass the front line bruisers/tanks to get the back line ad/ap or situation-ally escape a unfavorable fight.

Faìze3/10/2014, 8:23:19 PM1 votes

I feel that a better change to the Q would be to deal the damage to everyone she travels through, the functionality for engage/ disengage is already selective as it is, you can engage by targeting the champion and disengage through an enemy minion in lane, or close larger gaps by going to minions then the champion. Your suggestion would deal 0 damage to an enemy champion if you were to chase an enemy, since you would have to use it on a minion to gap close, then again from the other side of the minion to get close to the enemy champ.

Along the lines of stealing stats, I think the E would be better suited to decrease enemy attack speed, and increase her own.

And finally, for the ultimate, I feel that the current feel is right, but increasing damage of recurring hits on a target, (rather than decreasing damage for consecutive hits)would be more fitting for her duelist title. ^_^

  • This being said I love all the thought and work you put in, a lot of the quotes are killer.
JackAqua3/10/2014, 10:16:39 PM1 votes

I prefer my Seppuku Fiora ... :D