Fiora Counters Classic 26.22

Melee range is where Fiora does her damage, and Counter Strike takes two seconds of it from her. Nothing she swings inside that window connects. Duelist hands her health back for damage she deals, so a dodged attack costs her the trade and the healing at once.

Dodged swings decide how hard the Counter Strike recast lands, not whether it lands. What matters against Fiora is the stun it carries: she cannot start Blade Waltz while she is stunned, so her ultimate becomes a timing question. Enter after the stance is spent and the button is still hers.

Open with Leap Strike, not with a swing, since Riposte parries a basic attack and the leap does not give her one. The parry catches one attack, so the attacks after it land. Do not let the trade run long: Duelist regenerates her health each time she damages a champion, up to four stacks.

Lane space goes to Fiora while Burst of Speed runs, since every basic attack or Lunge she lands in that window makes her faster. Granite Shield needs ten seconds with nothing landing on Malphite, and Lunge alone can strike twice inside a couple of them. The shield spends most of the lane down.

Armor climbs as soon as Brutal Strikes goes on and holds for six seconds. Successive strikes into the same target deal less damage, so the heaviest part of Blade Waltz lands at the start. A Malphite who waits has already taken the worst of it.

Charge in on Unstoppable Force. Walking up means swinging, and a swing is what Riposte turns back into magic damage. The charge gives her nothing to parry. Land it, then use Ground Slam instead of chasing her down. Unstoppable Force comes back in a hundred seconds at its shortest.

Ground behind Singed is the worst place Fiora can be, and Fling puts her there while Poison Trail is laying damage on exactly that strip. Fling works at melee distance though, so Mega Adhesive goes down first from much further out and slows her while he closes.

Mana decides how long the gas stays on. Poison Trail draws from the bar every second the toggle is up, and Insanity Potion asks a hundred and fifty. Fiora does not have to stand in the poison, and he is paying whether she does or not. An empty bar ends the trail.

Killing a champion refreshes Burst of Speed, so a won fight hands the speed straight back. Insanity Potion runs twenty five seconds of armor, magic resist and movement speed. A swing into Riposte comes back as magic damage, and his magic resist is what it travels through, so swing while the potion is up.