What's good and still needs work on Fiora's VU, from a fan's perspective.

Corriandr·7/24/2015, 5:33:26 PM·2 votes·1,422 views

My goal here is to present a neat, ordered, and polite list to Riot, acknowledging what is good and pointing out what parts they can take a look at and adjust in regards to Fiora's VU, rather than a simple angry message saying "it's bad!" while not offering any criticism, of which I admit to having taken part in after getting spun up a bit. As for Artits' splash edit posted below, that is simply to serve as an example for some of the points I bring up.

So, after Riot's release of Fiora's updated models, I would like to say that Nightraven and Headmistress look GREAT. Her new classic skin needs a bit of tuning. The pauldron on Fiora's left hand side is still rather large, and I think maybe some boots wouldn't hurt.

Now,** Royal Guard**. While vastly improved over what they first gave us, it still needs a lot of work. I am not a fan of its new look, however if that is the direction Riot wants to take for it, then the hair and hat are what need the biggest changes. If they could take the Headmistress Fiora hair and place it on it (while removing the red stripe and maintaining the black hair color, to keep that theme) and make the hat smaller, that'd be a good step

As for the splash art. There are only a few points I'd like to make about it:

  1. **The hair **still makes it seem like Fiora is balding. What the proper way to fix that should be left up to Riot, but in my opinion perhaps adding small amount of bangs to Fiora's left side that falls down over her cheeks a bit - not over the eye, to keep her still on track for this new design, but perhaps as a bit of homage to her previous one. That'd do much to curtail the "balding" look, in my opinion.
  2. Fiora's left cheek still has a rather noticeable concave curve to it. While I am a fan of her new look, I do believe that needs to be removed or, at least, lessened. 3.** Fiora's left leg**. Not beating around the bush or being nice, it looks like they attempted to present Fiora in the middle of a lunge - however, it isn't working for this. Her left leg is rather deformed with both her upper and lower thigh curving up. While the upper would do that, the lower thigh most certainly wouldn't. If Riot desires the stance kept, then that should be fixed. However, a fan by the name of Artits edited the splash art a day or two ago (attached below) and presented a Fiora with both of her legs straight down, standing tall and erect. It is a pose that I feel would be very suitable to Fiora and one that'd make great sense - after all, poise is rather important in fencing. 4.** Fiora's lips**. In Fiora's previous splash art, she had a rather confident smirk, granting us a feel for her arrogance. How this VU has it now simply makes it feel sinister, something not suited for her. For a good example, if once again you would like at Artits' Fiora edit below, the changes he made to it.

3 Comments

DropFill7/24/2015, 5:47:30 PM2 votes

She still looks unnecessarily older. Don't know why give her a VU in the first place.

Report Viktor7/24/2015, 6:11:08 PM2 votes

Honestly, I don't think she needs a new splash art. This new splash art is terrible. It's a completely different art style from all the other champion splashes. If it were well done, I would be fine with it, but it just doesn't look very good. Her old splash art is definitely leagues better than this new one. I just wish Riot would listen to everyone because it seems everyone except the people at Riot agree that this new splash art is much MUCH worse than her original splash art.