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40+ Fiora games on the PBE, what I learned, and what you can learn as well! Guide to New Fiora.

gubigubi·8/1/2015, 9:21:42 PM·10 votes·10,620 views

Hello I am gubigubi :V! I have 44 games played so far on the new reworked Fiora in the PBE. I have been a Fiora main for a very long time, about as long as I have been playing this game. I am here to try and show you some of the stuff I learned while playing her on the PBE and some tricks and builds you can use to make the transition into playing the new Fiora a little smoother. ** If you just want build and spell order Ideas just scroll down to the bottom of the post and have a look.**

First off lets talk about the rework before we get into the spells and builds and what you should expect from it. Fiora moved away from being an all in 100-0 type champion to more of a sustain/poke champion. Your passive heals you a small amount and using your Q to proc it costs very little mana. It lets you stay in lane phase and farm a little more safely than the old Fiora was able to do. This evens out some of the more unbearably match ups but also prevents you from totally stomping. You can still stomp people in lane though for sure but its no longer flip a switch and annihilate them after they use one ability incorrectly. Fioras new ult is much weaker damage and reliability wise but has its own strengths that the old ult did not have. I would say over all her kit is a lot more fun to play but there will be a few times where you really wish you had an old spell like blad waltz or her old Q to finish of an enemy. To people who don't play her much though I think you should enjoy her a lot more.

Okay now that the little summary is over lets get into the actual builds. Early Game Summoner spells Some of the summoners I like to use are summoner 6 summoner 12 - summoner 12 summoner 4 - summoner 3 summoner 4 So far of those summoner 6 summoner 12 is my favorite. It provides a good escape/chase tool and seems to work out pretty well with Fioras kit.

Normally what I start off with is a item 2041 item 2003 x3 This combined with your passive should keep you in lane for a very long time. If you are feeling a little agressive you can go with item 1055 item 2003 like she does in live but so far I prefer the item 2041 item 2003 x3 specially if you are just learning the kit and your strengths and weaknesses having the extra potions is very forgiving while learning.

So now that you know what to buy before you head to lane lets talk a little about Fioras new passive. Fiora identifies Vitals on nearby enemy champions. Fiora will reveal a new Vital afte striking the last one, or after 15 seconds. This is a pretty nice passive. I am not sure on the math but I think it provides a little better sustain than her old passive is and is definitely easier and safer to get the full heal effect from it than getting 4 stacks like what you had to do with her old passive. Its just proc 1 vital then use the speed you get from it to run back behind your minion wave. Make sure to be careful when you use it as it does pull minion agro so you will take some minion damage on top of what ever the enemy can trade back to you when you are running back.

But what if your passive vital is behind the enemy D:!? Pretty simple. Just walk out of range of the enemy then walk back into range. This will reset your passive on the enemy champion and let you get another chance at an easier vital to proc. Don't do this unless you know you wont miss CS however as hitting the vital doesn't do that much damage and doesn't heal that much so it is not worth missing CS for. Doing this however is very strong for mirror match ups against another Fiora as you can reset your vital and hers to a more favorable one for you.

Mid - early late game These are a few builds that I have been playing around with. One focuses more on damage while the second focuses more on procing the ult as much as possible.

Make sure you pick up item 3009 or item 3111 when ever you feel like it. item 3077 >item 3074 >item 3057 >item 3025 or item 3078

item 3144 >item 3153 >item 3044 > item 3078

After those first couple of items I like to pick up item 3072 then see if I can get a little tanky with a item 3065 or item 3143 . The spirit visage is pretty alright with Fioras new ult as it does heal. Randuins more because its just a strong health + armor item. I have not personally done much with spirit visage as normally games on the PBE have been full AD on the enemy but on live in draft mode I feel people will be picking a more balanced comp letting you pick up the spirit visage. ** Team fighting and using Fioras ult** Your role in team fights during this phase of the game. Once people start grouping Fiora falls off a bit in my opinion with the rework. She really doesn't have many tools with her new kit to get back to the damage dealers and stop them reliably. But when you are ahead you will definitely want to make who ever you think is going to die first with your ultimate. Once they die your team will get healed from the easy first kill then steam roll the rest of the fight to a victory. It can just be hard sometimes getting that kill to activate the heal. And you never want to be the first one to leap into the fight even less so than you would want to in live as you will just be destroyed instantly.

So TL;DR of using her ult Ult a low or weak member of the enemy team who has low mobility to pick up easy team heals.

**Super late game. ** I'm not 100% sure on strats for the super late game yet as very few games on the PBE have gone to that far. And even fewer have been organized during the late game. I mean they were just random killings and getting caught because the PBE seems to be generally low elo in blind pick. But here is the final builds you want to be at for the end of the game.

Builds item 3153 item 3078 item 3072 item 3065 item 3143 ( item 1320item 1324 oritem 1309 item 1305 ) item 3074 item 3025 item 3072 item 3065 item 3143 ( item 1320item 1324 oritem 1309 item 1305 ) You can also try some more damage focused builds such as Fioras old builds that still are pretty alright on her. item 3074 item 3142 item 3071 item 3072 item 3026 ( item 1320item 1324 oritem 1309 item 1305 ) Feel free to swap out item 3078 item 3071 and item 3025 In any of these builds as you see fit for the game. They are all pretty situational for Fiora the main thing to know that is important is they all give her a speed advantage to proc her vitals. I also included Furor enchantment on the boots they can really help out to get some speed to proc vitals as well. Buf if you run summoner 12 or summoner 6 I would advise homeguards but furor is something to play around with.

Spell order Normal Situations Max Q > E > R > W The Q is a very safe way to last hit and poke so start that if you aren't sure of what you need to start for a first spell.

Situations against mirror match ups and other melee heavy champions I would start E then max Q So take 1 point in E then Q > E > R >W I would use this against Aatrox Fiora Irelia Riven Tryndamere and other champions like these.

So once Fiora goes live (and if they don't change her up a lot on the PBE before then) you will already have a little bit of an idea on how to build and play her. Hope this helps :V!

TL;DR version Spell order MAX Q > E > R > W **Summoners ** summoner 6 summoner 12 - summoner 12 summoner 4 - summoner 3 summoner 4 Builds item 3153 item 3078 item 3072 item 3065 item 3143 ( item 1320item 1324 oritem 1309 item 1305 ) item 3074 item 3025 item 3072 item 3065 item 3143 ( item 1320item 1324 oritem 1309 item 1305 ) item 3074 item 3142 item 3071 item 3072 item 3026 ( item 1320item 1324 oritem 1309 item 1305 )

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27 Comments

RiotRiot Scruffy8/2/2015, 6:09:40 AM7 votes

Great writeup, you are gonna have a nice head start once she goes live.

Will you favor top or mid?

MrBuffington8/2/2015, 4:13:17 AM1 votes

Thanks; I've had a couple test games of the new Fiora on PBE but I haven't been so thorough in my testing (for example, does her passive show up to the enemy even if she's in a brush? I feel like that'd give her away a lot of the time, but at the same time, it's nice to have a target if you're ambushing someone from fog of war). Glad you've been experimenting with ghost + flash too; I felt like ghost was really helpful for getting her ult off. I was experimenting a bit with PD as well, just to avoid unit collision, but I'm not sure if the stats are too useful.

Speaking of builds, I felt like hydra was core still since she has no real way of clearing waves otherwise (her W is maxed last, so the damage is quite poor plus the cooldown is long, not to mention you want to save it to actually parry things). I also really liked Triforce, but I hadn't tried BotRK yet, I'll have to give that a go. Also, is LW important on Fiora? I never really played her before the update so I don't know

Regarding skill order, why do you max Q first, instead of E? I felt like E was her main damage tool, and she gets 60% CD refunded when you land Q anyways, and her rank 1 E is on a decently long CD imo.

lightdragoon888/2/2015, 6:05:56 AM1 votes

What are your thoughts on item 3508 on Fiora over item 3072? It would allow you to use Q and E a lot more. And what about item 3022 over item 3025 ?

SquishyArchon8/2/2015, 6:09:34 AM1 votes

dat plat 4 guide....

LankPants8/2/2015, 9:31:39 AM1 votes

I've been building her fairly similarly to Irelia, with a little more emphasis on CDR and AD and a little less on Attack Speed.

I feel like their kits are actually quite comparable in terms of function abet not in use. Their Qs both function similarly, Fiora's W and Irelia's E are both situational stuns and guaranteed slows, they both have a form of on-hit true damage with healing attached and a potentially immense heal on their ultimate.

The sort of builds I've been using are things like, all builds use item 3047 or item 3111 or item 3158 as boots, the third could also use item 3006 I guess, but I don't like them. item 3078 > item 3074 > item 3065 / item 3143 > item 3026 or item 3072 item 3057 > item 3071 > item 1038 > item 3065 / item 3025 > item 3072 > item 3026 or item 3074 item 3078 > item 3134 > item 1038 > item 3026 > item 3142 / item 3031 or item 3072 > item 3065 or item 3143 or item 3074 selling boots for item 3046 in those hour long games.

I've found Sheen rush to be optimal because of how simple it is to proc in lane. I also like bulkier builds because your invulnerability is a little bit unreliable, although that may just be me getting 200 ping on the PBE.

NightstalkerX78/2/2015, 3:07:47 PM1 votes

Would you put a picture of your Runes/Masteries too ?

Mimaropa8/2/2015, 3:45:27 AM1 votes

I saw her kit vids on YouTube. Can she support? She has good cc and a heal. Especially her anti cc riposte. She could just block every morg q and all kinds of hooks. Sry support main here :3

TurquoiseYoshi8/2/2015, 10:35:15 PM1 votes

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Summoner spells Some of the summoners I like to use are summoner 6 summoner 12 - summoner 12 summoner 4 - summoner 3 summoner 4 So far of those ghost flash is my favorite. It provides a good escape/chase tool and seems to work out pretty well with Fioras kit.

I don't think Ghost/Flash is up there. This is a cool guide overall, though.