So is there much point in Miss Fortune's Q's bounce shot anymore?

5G8Nri0B54·Apr 10, 2014·1 votes·418 views

It was always a bit unwieldy and unreliable to begin with. Her Q was often used as part of her AA+burst combo. Sometimes players may try to be clever and use it to harass if he has a completely clear path between a minion and an enemy champion, if the bounce connects, it's...relatively satisfying.

But even back when it was stronger, her Q actually lowered her DPS once her build gets going. Overall I like the new MF more than the old one. But it feels like the bouncing part of her Q is mostly a relic of the past, you'll still use it in lane to combo with your AA, but that's it.

Don't get me wrong, I love the new MF whose Impure Shots scale with AD as it should have than the old retarded AP scaling MF. But her Q feels so irrelevant.

Do I want Riot to buff Q so it feels relevant? No, as you nerfed it to make up for her W's changes. But instead, I was wondering if you would instead change her Q, make it into something different.

In my personal opinion, her Q was badly designed from the start. I never liked her Q all that much even before it's nerf anyways. It's second effect being rather unreliable, hence most of the time people only used it to chain with her auto-attack. Rarely do I see people take it's bounce effect in mind, and even if they do successfully utilize it to snipe, rarely did it make that big an impact despite it's difficulty.

4 Comments

pwndrasApr 10, 20141 votes

I kind of like how her Q works. It was one of those different kind of poking abilities. I haven't played too much of MF since her changes so I can't really say whether or not her Q is "irrelevent". As you have said I seem to use it to help burst someone in a trade. Like AA then Q then AA or w/e.

Also I will admit getting that bounce off kill with the Q is very satisfying.

5G8Nri0B54Apr 10, 20141 votes

I admit it was awesome once how I killed a dying Alistar trying to get away in the bushes, and my Q bounced off the enemy's ADC and killed the Alistar I couldn't see. But those are very VERY rare cases.

As far as design goes, the main problem with her Q is that it's signature effect so rarely comes into play in people's mind. They use it for it's initial hit in conjunction with an AA, but rarely is there strategic significance in the way people use her Q. Unless they simply feel like giving the enemy a poke in lane and just so happen to have a clear path, her Q's bouncing shot rarely comes into play.

Remlap1223Apr 10, 20141 votes

MF's Q is perfect. It allows you to poke without worrying about damage reduction like from Caitlyn or Twitch. Plus now that they lowered the mana cost, MF is not a mana hungry lunatic anymore. She's now a really solid adc, and now a main pick for me for ranked again (RIP AP MF.)

5G8Nri0B54Apr 10, 20141 votes

There's a reason why you don't worry about it's damage reduction though, and it's because of it's randomness and situational requirements if you want to use it as a "poke". You worry about whether it'll even find it's target in the first place, not whether it'll do full damage or not.

Plus, I don't think people use Twitch's as a "poke"...