Champion Update: Miss Fortune struts to PBE

Riot·Jul 2, 2015·10 votes·257,742 views

Miss
Fortune

the Bounty Hunter

Beauty and danger

There are few who can match Miss Fortune in either. One of Bilgewater's most infamous bounty hunters, she built her legend upon a swathe of bullet-riddled corpses and captured ne’er-do-wells. The booming echoes of her twin pistols in the port city’s reeking wharfs and scavenger shanties are sure signs of another warrant from the Bounty Board being settled.

As part of the Bilgewater: Burning Tides event, we’re updating Miss Fortune’s visuals, while tweaking her gameplay a little.

Abilities

Passive: Strut

Miss Fortune gains gradually increasing movement speed after not taking damage for a few seconds.

[New] Strut now has increased scaling based on level, and only falls off when Miss Fortune takes direct, non-periodic damage.

Q: Double Up

Miss Fortune fires a shot through an enemy to hit an enemy behind them, dealing physical damage to the first and increased physical damage to the second, applying on-hit effects to both.

[New] If the first shot kills the target, the bounce damage increases.

W: Impure Shots

Passive: Miss Fortune’s basic attacks deal stacking bonus magic damage.
Active: Miss Fortune gains bonus attack speed for a few seconds.

[New] Activating Impure Shots enables Strut.

E: Make it Rain

Miss Fortune rains hundreds of bullets down onto a targeted area, damaging and slowing enemies inside.

R: Bullet Time

Miss Fortune plants her feet and unleashes a barrage of bullets in a cone in front of her over a few seconds that damage all enemies within the cone.

Gameplay

Miss Fortune’s in a fairly healthy state. The slight changes we’ve made emphasize her core strengths and shave some hidden power in favor of clarity. Fancy design speak aside, the TLDR is your ultimate barrage of bullets remains unblemished, but we’ve removed Grievous Wounds from Impure Shots.

Digging into some of the other smaller changes, the updated Strut means shields will keep her passive up when fleeing or engaging and we’ve replaced Grievous Wounds on Impure Shots with new surprise strutting: activating her W now grants Miss Fortune’s passive instantly.

The slight changes we’ve made emphasize her core strengths and shave some hidden power in favor of clarity.

We’ve cleaned up the bounce logic for Double Up (yes, we’ve done this before) and improved visual feedback when the ability fails. Now you’ll see a dud bullet plop onto the ground a bit behind the first target if there isn’t anything to hit.

Make It Rain’s a slick package of utility wrapped in a hail of bullets, so we’ve increased the early rank slow, although it doesn’t scale up quite as fast. Overall, we’ve reduced the duration but kept the damage the same. This’ll make the damage slightly more consistent, and provides clarity for both MF and anyone caught in pig-iron precipitation.

Visuals

Miss Fortune’s donned a new model for almost all of her skins (her Arcade self was already pretty snazzy) and her base, although we’ve kept the familiar look you’ll recognize from her splash art. With new run animations, we’ve made it easier to tell when her passive is up.

Miss Fortune’s donned a new model for almost all of her skins and her base, although we’ve kept the familiar look you’ll recognize from her splash art.

We’ve also taken the opportunity to gussy up her spell effects. Make it Rain, for example, now kicks up dust from the dirt lanes or splashes into the river depending on where it’s targeted. You’ll see a few other improvements to readability and general upkeep bringing her art in line with current standards, but that’s the gist of how we’ve given the bloody-haired Bounty Hunter new paint and polish in this update.

872 Comments

yvMtq4k84lJul 7, 2015447 votes

PLEASE MAKE HER LAUGH AGAIN WHEN SHE ULTS

Dragon Fang ShotJul 7, 201532 votes

Really hoping that it's just a bug or unfinished.

Loli ShenJul 7, 201513 votes

What if she's getting a new VO????

KazzaamJul 7, 201525 votes

I hope not, MF's VO is one of the bests and really suit the character.

QuasiStickfigureJul 7, 201554 votes

her laugh is more scary than Sion's ulti sound

LaowPingJul 7, 201523 votes

I freaked out the moment I didn't hear it. It's just not the same.

RiotRiot PhoenixJul 7, 2015236 votes

From RiotCalad on Reddit "Yeah, the ability previews have voices muted since they go out to a lot of different regions. Don't worry, MF will still laugh while ulting :)"

Krys StarJul 7, 2015134 votes

{quoted}

From RiotCalad on Reddit "Yeah, the ability previews have voices muted since they go out to a lot of different regions. Don't worry, MF will still laugh while ulting :)"

I agree that Miss Fortune is in a fairly healthy state, but no matter what you guys try... Make It Rain will never be great or even subpar. The ability stuns her for like .25-.30 seconds, which is nasty. The ability itself is easy to step out of, because the radius isn't even significant especially considering its high mana cost. I saw you guys said the slow is getting increased at low ranks, but it only slows you for 0.25 seconds anyway so when someone easily steps out of it, especially with the vast amounts of mobility champions have access to... it doesn't matter.

My suggestion would be removing the mini-stun it applies to Miss Fortune, and removing the damage in favor of applying Impure Shots stacks ( as well as the damage of it, itself ). It'd make more sense in conjunction with her kit, as well as compliment her play style as an aoe-styled adc. It'd be like one of those expensive, delicious icings to the cake for her Q, her W and her R.

As it stands already, her kit already revolves around Impure Shot stacks but there's just not enough access to it other than auto attacking and ulting, which does a small amount of damage unless you can stack up Impure Shots on champions ( which it is rare to stack it up against MULTIPLE champions).

AtheismIsStupidJul 7, 2015187 votes

Riot, I have played over 500+ games with Miss Fortune over the past 5+ years. MF has ALWAYS been one of my favorite champions, but the weak points in her kit have always felt like her E was lackluster due to the small radius, awkward cast animation / cast time as opposed to other ADC's who have an escape built in that they can use mid-kite or mid-fight inbetween attacks. The unchanged E might preserve her theme, but it doesn't help her fragile gameplay which revolves around teammates dedicated to protecting her in fights.

As for the W... removing grievous wounds, really? This is one of MF's early dueling caveats as a good MF can calculate how much a heal reduction will restore enemy champions mid-skirmish and come out on top!

But instead... you chose to go with W triggering her passive.

So let's talk use-cases here, the following is a list of things on live, right now that would nullify MF's passive and make her easier to delete.

Single Target DoT's:

Brand Blaze
Caitlyn Yordle Snap Trap
Cassiopeia Noxius Blast
Darius Hemmorage
Fizz Seastone Trident
Gangplank Grog Soasked Blade
Malzahar Malefic Visions
Mordekaiser Children of the Grave
Nautilus Titan's Wrath
Nidalee Bushwhack
Singed Poison Trail
Swain Torment
Talon Noxian Diplomacy
Teemo Toxic Shot & Noxious Trap
Tristana Explosive Shot
Trundles Subjugate
Twitch Deadly Venom
Udyr Tiger Stance
Urgot Noxian Corrosive Charge

[This part is sketchy because the passive is defined as: [New] Strut now has increased scaling based on level, and only falls off when Miss Fortune takes direct, non-periodic damage."

...If those are single target, DIRECT DoT's... would they not remove her passive?

PLEASE CLARIFY >.<

Don't forget about these:

Red Buff
Gift of the Toadstool / Gromp
Liandry's on any champion with magic damage sources
Cinderhulk / Sunfire Cape

AoE Dots:

Anivia Glacial Storm
Cassiopeia Miasma
Corki Valkyrie
Gangplank Cannon Barrage
Katarina Death Lotus
Malzahar Null Zone
Morgana Tormented Soil
Nasus Spirit Fire
Pantheon Heartseeker Strike
Rumble Equalizer
Shyvana Burnout via Dragons Descent
Viktor Chaos Storm
Wukong Cyclone
Rammus Tremors

MF Passive is supposed to ignore the above-mentioned and retain a MS speed bonus? Please clarify, because on one hand this sounds like it can be useful but its not an escape per se like Vayne, Lucian, Graves, Corki, Sivir, Kallista, Tristana, Draven, Caitlyn, Ezreal, Quinn, Teemo, and Twitch have.

The other ADC's not listed (Ashe, Varus, Jinx, Kog'Maw) have very strong CC capabilities, stun/root/slow's. Whereas MF has a small AOE 'slow' and as others have stated is difficult to make use of effectively unless they are rolling AP.

RITO PLZ... reconsider removing the grievous wounds :(

FIX HER E instead!
Maybe make it so she can cast it without having to stop (would improve kiting ability), or improve the area to roughly the size of Anivia's Glacial Storm, or change it from magic damage and have it scale with AD so that it's a relevant DPS ability to offset the animation / cast time!

PLZ DON'T break one of my favorite champions >.<

MF Enthusiast

Dva FortuneJul 8, 201513 votes

I'm in the middle of a ranked match but this " Buff " on MF is PISSING ME OFF!!!! a lot of people saying " omg Thanks for the buff rito " strut was yeah kind of annoying to get it popped with minion cast, but IT'S STILL THE SAME only " direct damage " so what if u got a crappy Janna that can't shield? not much of a buff. 2.- GOT RID OF GRIEVOUS WOUNDS?!?!!?!?!? What WHAT?!!?!? it was her perfect tool to -STILL- be in the meta sorry but.. You're BREAKING HER!!! She's already out of the meta as it IS instead FIX HER E. give her make it rain AD SCALING. You're going to kill her.. Please.

PLEASE. Don't do this to MF you're OLAFING HER.

BearExperimentJul 9, 201512 votes

My thoughts exactly as some one who has played hundreds of games as MF i was shocked to find out they didn't change the E of all abilities... The W got nerfed (unless they are increasing the active atk speed by a ton which I don't think they are)The grevious wound was the main reason I even used the active most of the time.

Her escaping got a little bit better, but her early game trading got nerfed overall (yes even considering the Q change)and I loved playing MF for her early game bullying, but that is taking a beating in this change.

The Q change is good. No problems there. Its predictable unfortunately. Don't stand behind low hp minions. But Grevious wound >> Strut passive. And to that guy saying if you were good with MF you'd know ho to use her E blah blah blah... Her E has to be one of the worst abilities in the entire game. High cost, long channel time, poor dmg, scales off AP on an AD champ, area is small, and the slow is weak. Bottom 5 or 3 ability in LoL. signed - MF player since release date.

secretagentFUNKJul 9, 201522 votes

I had to log in because I am glad someone else agrees with me. I have been playing miss fortune since the day I joined league, she was my first champ and main since I started. I gotta say that her passive really needed some tuning cause her gameplay centered too heavily on relying on team to protect her. For as squishy as she is too she had no escape, so if you get caught out you're pretty much screwed. While I am glad riot has finally decided to change up her passive I am also disappointed they removed grievous wounds from her Impure Shots as it was one of her strongest abilities. If you ask me what I would have done I would've rather they change her passive to where her strut activates more quickly when she is hurt (say 3 seconds instead of 5) and where it doesn't proc off of minion damage. I like the idea that they have her passive activate immediately off of W as it will be a good gap closer but not at the cost of her grievous wounds. Riot I also please ask of you to reconsider removing grievous wounds. item 3070 MissFortune

Rune OcarinaJul 7, 2015120 votes

Oh thank GOD they didn't nerf her breasts.

allblacksJul 7, 201541 votes

Because God was definitely behind that one

TakananoshiJul 7, 2015111 votes

The arm movements in her R looks like what I want to do while I run

...Yes I'm very strange.

Bisexual KindredJul 7, 201556 votes

Watch your mouth kid or you'll find yourself respawning at home.~ MissFortune

AproximaJul 7, 201533 votes

Am I the only one that thinks the various attack animations (spells included) look plain out retarded?

The movements are really weird and strange, at least I feel that way when watching the clips.

TC NihilismusJul 7, 201580 votes

The Grievous Wounds has been removed, that was not cool

AdrenecideJul 7, 201517 votes

Maybe the rework was a way to sugar coat her losing grievous wounds? o-o

NSmith1805Jul 7, 201541 votes

It's hardly even a rework. It's a visual update with a nerf to W.

Argent Lyal XIIIJul 8, 201536 votes

It's a nerf overall, not just to her W. Grievous Wounds was the only thing that kept MF even slightly viable past Bronze. And now Bullet Time doesn't even stack Impure Shots. They might as well remove her from Free Rotation, if not from the game in general.

Argent Lyal XIIIJul 8, 201570 votes

I am sorry, but removing the Grievous Wound from MF's Impure Shots is one of the worst updates I've seen. MF was the only ADC who could actually prevent opponents from healing so much in a sustain lane like Nid+Taric. Now that GW has been removed, there is no way outside of Ignite for an AD champion to lessen the healing affects on their targets. That was one of MF's best things. And now you've destroyed her niche.

At least put the Grievous Wounds back on her with Make it Rain so that it's not as lousy an ability as it is. I mean, she has to just sit there and channel it only for it to slow an enemy just long enough for the slow to time out as she finishes channeling. Make that ability more than just a waste of mana with low damage and usability.

Sorry, RIOT. I usually support the choices you make with your reworks. But this is just absolutely ridiculous.

AngryHoneyBadgerJul 7, 201567 votes

Ult needs more Laughing.

KazzaamJul 7, 20158 votes

When I saw the video of her Ult at the same time I was amazed by the visuals it felt really strange without the laugh, please bring it back.

Solari FortuneJul 7, 201519 votes

I think they don't add in all the audio effects when they make these, notice how she didn't talk while moving or auto attacking

SnicklebeckJul 7, 201560 votes

Taking away her grievous wounds nerfs her on so many levels. Who the hell thought this was a good idea!? We should form a petition and demand Riot undo these changes.

NanoCarpJul 7, 201525 votes

I agree wholeheartedly. The Grievous Wounds was actually one of the main reasons I played MF. That Regen Cancelling made her very strong in some situations, where most ADCs find themselves dead in the water since the removal of Executioner's Calling (I'm looking at you Mundo). It is a core way of her winning her trades in lane, and without it she will need to cast much more in order to even come close. She was a niche counter pick against healing and sustain lanes, but now... not so much. Damnit Rito, stop sending Grievous Wounds down the same path as silence.

DerpleJul 7, 201559 votes

Definitely expected a bit more to make her viable (from soloQ to competitive) like they did with Ashe's update. I don't see this changing anything but W which could even be a nerf since strut can still be canceled with damage while no longer adding Grievous Wounds.

Maybe they will change her weird scalings, that would help her a lot. It's a shame that they feel she is in a healthy state when she is considered garbage tier by high elo and professional players.

She is too awesome to be overshadowed by most other ADCs.

VoraciousXJul 7, 201524 votes

I have to agree, and that weird arm thing with her ult just...looked terrible. It doesn't look so bad on her normal attacks, but with that ult it's just....weird looking. I don't like this update to MF at all and I love MF. I like the added running to impure shots, but removing grievous wounds just kills it. Now I barely see a reason to level impure shots and her ult also won't be as good since it applied impure shots. This is definitely a nerf. Old MF looked better to me too >>;

RuadhirJul 7, 201534 votes

It's laziness. She didn't need a movement speed buff. She needed more damage output or utility so she can win trades. Now her W is nothing but an attack speed steroid with some minor damage, and her ult loses the stacking damage it originally got from Impure Shots? Oh, but NOW you can move faster. Hooray!

It feels uninspired compared to Gangplank or Ashe's retooling.

Argent Lyal XIIIJul 8, 201517 votes

Agreed. At least they could have moved Grievous Wounds from her Impure Shots to Make it Rain, or something. Getting rid of GW has basically made her virtually useless outside of Wood rank.

DesamoraJul 7, 201547 votes

Please don't remove grevious wounds! :(

DomoSapienXDJul 7, 201544 votes

Her arm movements look goofy as hell..

Mughi of RuckusJul 8, 201540 votes

I'm not an MF main, so I may not know what I'm talking about, but I always thought, bullet time aside, how her impure shots worked was core to her identity. The grievous wounds wasn't hidden. It was part of the reason her enemies couldn't rely as effectively on lifesteal in a duel and why she was particularly useful against certain champions. The only way in which grievous wounds was hidden was that almost nothing actually grants grievous wounds anymore, which makes it feel more like it's simply an ability Riot is trying to phase out of League for the sake of "clarity."

The rest of her update matches this, not that I dislike the other changes. But what's clear and consistent in current League: (and I hate that I'm saying this because I'm not someone who's complained about its creep) Mobility. So how do you changer her, by maker her the...er...a mobile ADC, and that might be a problem because not only are so many other ADCs mobile, but the mobile ones are far more mobile than her even with this tweak. This means her mobility will mostly give her an edge against non-mobile ADCs and ADCs not laning with healing or CC using supports or using significant lifesteal in helping her chase them down. I honestly don't know how many match-ups that's representative of, but it seems like a small number.

This is because while it will help her keep up, I don't know that it'll be enough to help her get away when being pursued more than her current kit will against today's mobile champs and plain ol' CC, and it certainly won't help her win fights. I honestly kind of feel like she could have gotten some tweaks to strut to help make her mobile just as a QoL against a more mobile champion set that's emerged. This is especially true because the core identity you're enforcing of a lot of bullets just isn't powered to hit hard enough to do real damage in mid to late game, so now in exchange for her mobility, you're taken away that much more relevance to her presence in those phases.

That said, I really like the idea of the buffs she's gotten. They just don't fee like a fair trade for what she's lost. Her updated art looks really nice, though.

Edited to correct a couple typos.

GoonThaLoonJul 7, 201539 votes

Still havn't nerfed Irelia or removed Teemo , what a MissFortune

NeglectorJul 7, 201534 votes

Take away Grevious Wounds. Make a weak ADC that I LOVE to play even weaker. Great plan Rito.

NobotyJul 8, 201532 votes

This rework is pointless. Minions can still cancel her passive, so she still gets punished for harassing. And with how much Heal summoner is rampant, I can't fathom who thought removing Grievous Wounds was a good idea while leaving her E's rooting her in place while casting it. The animation related to her ultimate is also terrible compared to the original one.

I am not looking forward to this. At all.

KvothanielJul 8, 201526 votes

Wow, MF WAS one of my favorite ADCs right beside Tristana, but this rework just feels like a kick in the teeth. Maybe there will be some tweaking to her damage numbers to make up for the massive nerf to her entire kit with the removal of the grievous wounds, but she'll still feel weak when you lane against the Sona, who is in-season right now, and other supports with the healz. Rito why you do dis?

ŠupremeJustinJul 7, 201525 votes

She looks amazing MissFortune

EseyJul 7, 201520 votes

She always do

Rew711Jul 7, 201527 votes

She's the reason this is rated teen.

brendan9140Jul 7, 201515 votes

Don't forget the blood Vladimir

ZenieJul 7, 201525 votes

Thanks for nerfing the only ADC i liked, when she was already garbage tier. well played riot.

Radical PenguinJul 7, 201525 votes

So wait... Impure shots is losing its grievous wound effect??

Best MasterYl NAJul 7, 201525 votes

...please dont remove grevios wounds....

Moonglow NamiJul 7, 201523 votes

waterloo mf is a serious downgrade from the current one. her hair in this one looks very weird - why not just keep it free flowing like it's been and just upgrade the texture like the others? waterloo's the only one where her hair is up/tied back so it really sticks out and is just very unappealing tbh.

AhoyNATOJul 7, 201521 votes

Please "nerf" MF back to having Grevious Wounds. I think the community would agree we all liked her before these "buffs". Well done Riot, you took an already less viable ADC and killed her.