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Riot, Fiora's Visual makes no sense.

FelRain·7/21/2015, 11:55:44 PM·200 votes·12,395 views

How did you even get to where you did on Fiora? Was it the influence from that new horrifying fizz skin? (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nCwaLnCv-rM/Va7GwORX2TI/AAAAAAAAFIQ/UYUQs3QjjWo/s1600/fiora1compare.jpg) Just look at it. Does this look like an upgrade to you? Her model looks like an old guy in drag. She's not graceful and she has a bunch of fluff on her clothes. This was definitely not the skin I bought. Why is everything so oversized and flamboyant?

Is this where the hideous old Miss Fortune model went? Into Fiora? I don't understand how you did so well on Miss Fortune's model/Captain Fortune's art only to come up with this for Fiora. Is this some thinly veiled attempt to just piss over Fiora fans some more? Wtf? How did your team's art direction take such a ridiculous turn? It wasn't just the splash art, but the model too. Honestly, I'm not even sure why you decided to fuck with Fiora's visuals. She didn't need it.

And I'm not even going to go into details on how a duelist is now a support bruiser. It wasn't even that bad until I got to the ult. Oh, and I love how she still has mana costs with those CDs.

It's a little hard to be constructive, because there's ...nothing to change other than to go back. You started well on the skills and then just... 8 second window to hit 4 places to get an AoE heal.. Right. Good luck getting that before you get blown up/CCed or they escape. And again, her visuals DID NOT need to change. I'm usually excited to see Riot's new visual updates and splash art because they're usually good, but I can't believe this is what you came up with for Fiora? I already know you guys won't change anything based on your player's opinions once it hits PBE, but still. Ugh.

122 Comments

MarkedOfKane7/22/2015, 12:00:28 AM56 votes

That Michael Jackson face though..

NemeBro7/22/2015, 12:02:47 AM36 votes

Jesus, it looks awful now.

Yaksha7/21/2015, 11:59:09 PM24 votes

I used to think this was her best skin/splash art I'm glad I never ended up buying it

thebigjames7/22/2015, 12:43:35 AM19 votes

The OP summed up a lot of my thoughts on this whole re-work. I don't know how they nailed it so well on Captain Fortune, splash and ingame model, then this. It really hurts as a longtime Fiora player. It also hurts because I really liked the Royal Guard Fiora skin and I get to see it butchered like... this. Really, I want to know who it is in the art department at Riot Games who has this bad streak with women's faces and have them terminated.

Life Of Nami7/22/2015, 1:30:42 AM16 votes

I really dislike this update a lot. Riot has really lost hold of their art direction and this is a crowning example of what they need to NOT do.

Lucifer7/22/2015, 4:28:29 AM12 votes

holy crap, what a downgrade.

Retillin7/22/2015, 1:09:56 AM10 votes

This is the ONLY reason I am for new refund(s) per season. So when a job is done this bad to a skin I already paid for I can switch it out.

Bulimia Vomit7/22/2015, 2:07:24 AM9 votes

I really hate to say that new Fiora art directive and stuff is disgusting because a team of people spent time working on it and thought it look good, but... Its really awful... :'< Im sorry. Kit is pretty amazing so thats a +.

Rinky Dinky7/22/2015, 3:12:57 AM9 votes

The kit is fine.

The new model and splash suck

Economic Migrant7/21/2015, 11:59:29 PM8 votes

Your privilege has been checked in the name of social justice! tips fedora

Vistha Kai7/22/2015, 1:00:07 AM6 votes

This I have to agree with.

When I saw the yellow I knew it can't be good, but when shown like this it's beyond my imagination.

Caustic Crusader7/22/2015, 2:45:20 AM5 votes

And I thought that the splash alone was bad enough. I hadn't realized she was actually given a new model and everything, I thought it was just retexturing.

Christ almighty, this looks like a PS1-era character model. I'm sure Rito is gonna listen to the fans this time! /s

Rune Ocarina7/22/2015, 1:27:23 AM5 votes

What a crappy way to cover her cleavage...Eff you Riot.

Knight Auditor7/22/2015, 12:05:09 AM5 votes

I'll withhold judgement on her kit, but this is now one of the worst skins in the game for sure, and the rest didn't exactly improve to make up for it.

Gallowgrim7/22/2015, 3:11:45 AM5 votes

I actually like the new base splash better.. but this? Yeah, it's just ugly.

Rabid Husky7/22/2015, 1:38:45 AM4 votes

i see why you guys dislike it hell headmistress looks like they didnt do anything to it but this is day one pbe theres plenty of time before shes on live and many updates will come that being said ya they need to give her a better model

Forbidden Siren7/22/2015, 1:27:28 AM4 votes

I've seen drag queens look more womanly then that skin.

HigeR7/22/2015, 3:33:48 AM4 votes

Welp... I can't say she looks super good but I can say that it seems obvious to me that Riot is trying to diversify their women, starting with Diana, Riot has been trying to differentiate them from one another in more than one way, so it's not just: "Sona has boobs, Irelia has ass, Miss fortune has both"

This new Fiora is not your cookie cutter beauty, she looks like one of those high society french girls who aren't overly gorgeous but have tons of class! yeah she may not be the prettiest, but she's not in a beauty pageant. To be honest I think we have enough pretty faces and women in their 20s, this Fiora looks more mature and not that focused on beauty standards and I like it.

The only thing I dislike is her cape thing, there was no need to combine the three stripes because they made her much more gracious.

There are way more offenders to this "barbie syndrome" though, Syndra, Zyra, Elise, Janna, Leblanc, Orianna, Vayne... all of these can be described as the same lady with different haircut and outfit, Gravity Lady, Plant lady, Spider lady, Wind lady, Mage lady, Robot lady, Batman lady ._. Fiora is no longer just Fencing lady, she's THE FENCER and that's the whole point of the VU

NorthernDruid7/22/2015, 1:07:47 AM3 votes

I like the new hat atleast, but I might be biased towards that style of hat <.<

SpecterVonBaren7/22/2015, 1:25:04 AM3 votes

I like the new hat though.....

hørnet7/22/2015, 2:36:02 PM2 votes

To those of you (including myself) who bought this skin because they liked it, I am so sorry... item 3070

YossarianSensei7/23/2015, 3:32:09 AM2 votes

I used to be able to deal with her ridiculous French accent because she still seemed bad ass

Now she's definitely the overblown 'surrender at 20' type of French

Makuo7/22/2015, 3:50:19 PM2 votes

Its so ugly.

Clementhias7/22/2015, 8:17:08 PM2 votes

It's not that bad guys... -zooms in- oh dear, nevermind... carry on.

A Prop Phone7/22/2015, 10:58:15 PM2 votes

I don't care about the skills update. All Fiora mains knew that was coming.

Really though I hate the new skins and art. I own all the skins and I think they are some of the better skins in the game. Night Raven Fiora is probably one of the baddest looking females in league.

Seriously, Royal Guard Fiora looks like a fucking clown suit. Not to mention all the skins are missing the tri-cape thing that makes Fiora Fiora.

willlibob7/22/2015, 3:10:31 PM2 votes

I don't see why we couldn't just leave the visual alone. In my mind, it was perfect before. Now it looks like shit.

Avijit Kumar7/22/2015, 12:02:17 PM2 votes

well i'm gonna stop playing lol, for one simple reason i loved her ult and no champion besides yasuo whose ult is very diffcult to master has the same wow factor for me. i can live with the work done to her passive, q, w, e, but i cannot digest the work on her ult. I cannot tower dive now, i cannot use it when i'm out numbered to escape for a while so my team arrives. also with old fiora i easily managed 1 vs 2, no other champ for me has the same potential to do so before level 6 and that too easily.

Well it's been fun riot, thank you Steve 'Guinsoo' Feak for making me quit Lol. It's been fun while it lasted, because i know you won't change anything and go on as Steve 'Guinsoo' Feak says. It's like taking brock lesnar or goldberg out of THQ'S here comes the pain game and putting randy ortan's move into him. NO FUN! i want the F5 i want the spear from goldberg but guess what you can't.

if you had to change so much you could have introduced a new character because the art work is real bad she is looking like a pig now by her face i mean. and the kit is changed so much the original players who fell in love with her playing style won't know where to go, we are lost without a champion who got us so many wins and confidence and so many good gaming hours experience. Thank you Riot for destroying the real fiora fans.