Welcome. I bought Fiora on the day of her release, and, after seeing a couple other build guides and experimenting by myself, decided to publish the build I think works best for her.

Fiora is a melee champion with a high damage output, whose playstyle rewards well-timed aggressive play. Fiora can be absolutely devastating, and is not too team-comp dependant, although all she really contributes to a team is damage output, given that she has no actual CC abilities. She makes up for this with pretty great damage combos and excellent chasing potential. All in all, a really great pick after you've gotten the hang of the game, and know how to jump in and out of battles. given that she lacks a high-survivability skill like Master Yi's Meditate or Tryndamere's Undying Rage.

I'll make this guide as detailed as I can and update it until I feel it's complete. I hope you enjoy it and find it useful, and thanks for reading!

Also, thanks to Searz for making a guide format available. I used it for a couple parts of this guide because it's really handy. You can find it here. Yay for plugs!

Pros:
+ High damage output
+ Excellent at farming
+ High mobility in fights
+ Very hard to escape from
+ Can effectively deal AD burst damage

Cons:
- No escape mechanism
- Very susceptible to CC
- No CC abilities
- Relatively poor sustain for a melee carry
- Likes to draw Teemo fan art

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I take Riposte at level 1 because an extra 15 AD makes last-hitting just so much easier. Lunge gets level 2 because it's our main positioning spell and having an early point in it is great, then max it last because Riposte and Burst of Speed are of a much higher priority for damage output.


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Your passive. Gives you a mediocre amount of sustain in lane, while helping a lot more when jungling by giving you permanent sustain while in there. It only triggers once when attacking minions and monsters, but stacks up to four times when attacking a champion.

In lane, it'll reward well-timed aggressive play, with heavy harassment whenever you see a chance. Go in, deal damage, go out, recover health. Profitable!

Lunge is our main positioning spell and what will let us jump in and out of battle as needed, as well as functioning as an effective gap closer and thus a pretty nice chasing mechanism.

Always remember to issue a movement or attack command right after lunge, as sometimes it breaks movement and Fiora just sort of stands there after lunging, which can be a huge inconvenience if you're using it to chase.

Keep in mind that you can only target enemy units, so you can't use it as an escape mechanism unless there's a neutral creep or enemy minion within sight and range, which might be difficult given its relatively short range for a gap closer.

Lunge also serves as a good juking mechanism. When escaping an enemy, you can throw them off by walking into a brush, waiting until they get near it, then dashing to them and running past them. Time it right and you might get away from otherwise inescapable situations.
The extra AD from this will help a lot in your early game. Taking it first makes your life easier by allowing you to last-hit more effectively and thus helping your early farm, as well as adding a little damage to your poke and harass. Very nice all in all.

The active on it is also useful throughout the match. Remember that when a unit has targeted you for autoattacking, they get a little colored outline around them to tip you off, so watch for that and counter away. It can save your hide from 'that one last hit I needed to kill her'.

You can also use it to save yourself from those glaring next-hit abilities like Empower and Crushing Blow. Now if only it could block Parrrley...

Also use it whenever it's up when you're taking a creep camp or tanking dragon (Or baron, but really, you shouldn't ever be the one to tank baron).
Our main damage skill in the form of a massive attack speed steroid, which will also trigger a movement speed bonus when hitting an autoattack or Lunge. This makes it really hard for people to actually escape from you, especially if you pursue with Lunge.

The fact that is lasts for three seconds makes for such concentrated damage that you can effectively Lunge in, attack for the full duration of Burst of Speed, then Lunge back towards a minion or such, taking minimal damage while dealing tons of it. It also makes Fiora really effective at poking turrets. Great damage output over three seconds means you can sneak in massive damage on a turret whenever the opponent is not able to defend it properly, or before they can actually do something about it.
Fiora's ultimate. Really great damage output and utility potential, but timing is everything for this skill. The cooldown is long enough that you need to apply some careful judgement with it; even if it's not unbearably long, it just might mean that you're locked out of using it when that next teamfight breaks out.

The fact that it makes you untargettable for a few seconds as you're jumping around and dealing damage can turn things in your favor when pulling crazy stunts, or if you're getting focused in a teamfight. Don't ever wait too long to use it, however- by the time you start it, you might already be dead. If you start taking damage and are approaching two thirds, maybe a half of your health, don't hesitate to use it to break their focus off of you. Just make sure that your team can pick up some of it so that they don't immediately focus you again as soon as it's over.

Starting items

Early Game - Core Items

Moving into Mid Game

Late Game, and the Need to Melt Faces

Situational Items

Prioritize last hitting, moving onto enemies for heavy harass with Lunge into Burst of Speed when possible. Gauge your enemies- If you can harass without taking too much damage, zone your enemy and keep them away from farm and experience. If they can bite back, focus on farming and play passively until you see an opening. Fiora can have incredible amounts of burst with her extremely concentrated attack speed steroid. Practice a little, see how much damage you deal on average with a combo, and use that knowledge to know when to move in for a kill on an enemy champion.

Also keep an eye on the minimap; Fiora has no real escape mechanisms, so she's vulnerable to early ganks from junglers like Udyr and Shaco. Showing up and CCing her when she's squishiest, and hasn't had a chance to build a bit of sustain? Yeah...

Make sure you get enough farm to get the items you'll need to be a substantial threat. Riposte makes your last-hitting much easier, and if necessary, you can Lunge to a minion you would otherwise not reach in time. Duelist gives her a decent amount of lane sustain, but don't rely on it. The health regen from it is largely negligible; it's there, and it does help, but you likely won't notice it. It's not particularly large.

All in all, get your farm, a couple kills if you feel like it's safe to get them, but make sure you can deal with skirmishes that will undoubtedly happen in the mid game.

It's hard to tell when exactly mid game is happening, and it'll probably be late game before you realize, but this is usually the point when people start leaving their lanes when they can afford to, in order to help or pressure other lanes. You have two main roles during this part of the game.

Skirmishes and Early Teamfights

If a teamfight breaks out, drop what you're doing, no matter what it is, and go help. You can deal plenty of damage while also breaking focus from you with your ult and negating at least one hit's worth of damage from their carry, who you should be targeting first, with Riposte. Don't leave your team to fight alone when they need your help.

Pushing turrets, ninja-style.

Enemies and allies alike start roaming, and your enemies may lack a bit in the map awareness department. Given Fiora's massive attack speed boost over just three seconds, it's easy to poke a turret for great amounts of damage, then leave. If your enemies leave their lanes, but your team can defend well or knows not to engage, you can take a turret or three and make the enemy regret allowing you freedom. Only do this when you know it won't hurt your team by not having you there for a fight, and keep an eye out for missing enemies. If they catch wise to your shenanigans, you might find yourself ambushed at their turret.

If you know where most of your enemies are, you can also sneak into the enemy jungle for some counterjungling. Prioritize stealing the buffs if you know when they're spawning (Especially checking for blue buff at slightly past seven minutes for most junglers, and red at maybe eight minutes). You can also get some creeps from your own jungle, but ask your jungler first- Junglers don't appreciate falling behind and they don't get any turrets to hug if they're being bullied. Always keep your jungler in mind before you get greedy with the gold because you really really want your bloodrazor.

At this point you should be close to having your finished build. Teamfights are the norm now and you should never move alone. Always be with your team. If you get caught out of position, you're most likely dead, and your team is a carry short.

During teamfights, you want to hover around and avoid poke as much as possible before someone initiates. As a melee carry, you don't have any ranged poke, but you are too squishy to actually initiate a fight. Wait for the tank to jump in and soak up some damage and focus, then go in yourself and target the highest threat (usually the AD carry or the AP nuker). If you see yourself taking damage, use your ult to break their focus on you, and finish off the kills.

If the teamfight ends in your favor, you'll probably have killed at least two or three of the enemy team members, which puts you in a good spot to either push like mad, or get Baron with no intervention from the enemy team.

All in all, be in every teamfight, wait for someone to take the first few hits, then jump in and annihilate everyone to the best of your ability. You should be capturing the Nexus in no time should everything go well.

Fiora is a great AD carry, as well as being extremely fun to play and rewards intelligent yet aggressive play. This is far from being the only way to play her, but it's the way I think works best for her, and I hope this guide can help you discover and improve your own playstyle for her.

Thanks for reading! Good luck, have fun, and carry hard.

03.03.2012 - Fixed some minor wording issues, added Black Cleaver to items section.
03.07.2012 - Added Wit's End and Executioner's Calling to Items section.