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Total Eclipse Of The Heart (AP Miss Fortune)

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Runes: Standard

1 2

Sorcery

Arcane Comet

Manaflow Band

Transcendence

Gathering Storm

Domination

Cheap Shot

Ultimate Hunter

Bonus:

+8 Ability Haste
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10% Tenacity/Slow Resist

Spells:

1 2 3

Ask your ADC If you can pick Heal for them!

Flash

Heal

Items

Item Progression

Always Start!

Early

Choose one

Core I

Core II

Finish Your Build

Protective

Offensive

Countering

Other

Extras

Vision

Fullbuild Examples

#1 Melt The Tanks

#2 Take Down Squishies

#3 Stop Healing

#4 Survive AD Burst

#5 Survive AP Burst

#6 Really Ahead?

Ability Order

Miss Fortune Passive Ability

INTRODUCTION

PREPARATION

ABILITIES

ITEMIZATION

GAMEPLAY

EXTRAS

Welcome

About me

Why AP MF

About AP MF

Fighting Haters

Greeting summoners! Welcome to the Total Eclipse of the Heart. A guide about AP played on a role. AP is in most communities considered as a horrible troll pick but I will do my best to prove you that this champion concept is not worth to underestimate.

In this guide I will attempt to explain you everything i know about AP . All secrets, strategies, builds and just every single piece of information I know about is in this guide. So read it to the very end to not miss on anything.

If you feel like you have seen the visual style of this guide somewhere, that's because for this guide I took as an inspiration a glorious guide writer, Sleepinthegarden. Thank you Sleepy for your beautiful formatting skills which, as you can see, really inspire people all around the world.

If you ever get lost too deep into this guide, you can always left-click any header image to get moved to Table of Content!

My name is FloweyWave (or Tauricus here on Mobafire). I am 18 yo kid from the Czech Republic. I have been playing League of Legends since the very end of season 6 and I still play to this day. I am an off-meta main. I am always trying to have fun in LoL and encouraging others around me to do the very same, even If it might cost them their ELO. I dislike toxicity or any kind of offensive behavior. In my free time, I am writing guides on Mobafire, doing random stuff in photoshop, or playing card games with my family. My favorite champion is .

I discovered the magic of AP at the very end of season 10 and even though I am new to this concept. I think I have collected enough experience and information about it to write a full-on guide <3

YOU NEED POKE

AP has one of the best ratios of damage<->range in all the support role. Her allows her to apply strong poke from up to 1400 range which is very comparable to even artillery mage supports like or . Building AP then makes this whole poking strategy a dream come true!

YOU NEED BURST

can post level 6 apply one of if not the strongest burst combos in the game. One paired up with can absolutely one shot enemy carries, if they will stay in the area for long enough time. That also makes especially good, when your team has a lot of engage/CC.

YOU NEED SCALING

AP is a really well scaling champion. Via well scaling runes like and and with great late game items like and - AP is a champion that isn't weak early, yet gets better with every minute passing by.

PROS

+ Great Poke
+ Insane Scaling
+ Long Range

Playing with AP items massively increases your range advantage. You will be able to throw big and heavy s from absurd range, giving your opponents no space to counter-attack you back. Thanks to , , and you can scale really really well into the late game, crushing everyone who enters your range.

CONS

- Sucks Against Healing
- Very Squishy
- No Escape Ability

AP can be absolutely gutted down by healing based supports and lifesteal items. Only three or four auto attacks empowered by are enough to deny your damage from one in the early game. also lacks escape or defensive abilities making her very squishy and easy to kill when you missposition. Late game oriented runes and items also make her relatively weak in the early game.

Sadly, playing AP Miss Fortune on a support role is near impossible without constant flame and toxicity from your allies. Most players just consider anything that isn't 100% approved meta a straight-up trolling and let me tell you that you will be pinged, humiliated, flamed, questioned, and abused in general. It's something that no matter how good you will be, will never go away. Here, in this chapter, I will try to explain how to ascend over it/deal with it or fight it and thus enjoy your games more.

Muting is essential. It is important to realize that no matter what your allies are saying about you, it doesn't matter. Even if you will get 4x reports, you will not be banned or restricted from LoL for as long as you were trying your best in that game. The system of LoL is clever and can recognize people that were trying their best, from those that were trolling. And now since, everything your allies are saying about you doesn't matter at all, there is no reason to not mute them. After all what informative would they say anyway? Depending on your mood you can even choose how to mute them. You can for example type /mute all at the start of the game, to just silence everyone. You can perform sustained muting, which means that every time someone gets angry at your , you silence that person. And you repeat this process until all unbelievers get muted and only real allies remain

Mute, mute, mute!

You can also mute pings if an ally is spamming question marks at ya or you can move the chat window outside of your visible spectrum to get a long-lasting /mute all effect that remains through games passing by!

Verbal transformation

Another way of dealing with flaming and toxicity is something I call Verbal transformation. Let me tell you that this method is funny as heck. The way it works is that you use the power of love to fight toxicity. Meaning that if someone tells you for example: "WhY yoU No bUilD lEtHaLItY??", you respond with "Because I love you so much daddy uwu <3". This will in 80% of the time will throw the aggressor off guard because what they want is a fight of insults and bad words, they are not ready for the power of love and mild content sexualization you possess. This and this are great examples of how funny and creative you can get with this. Remember to avoid bad words though, after all, you don't want to be banned for harassing. Some recommended words to use are: "papa", "daddy", "uwu", "<3", "dirty", "rough" or whatever your imagination comes up with.

Also keep in mind that avoiding fights is generally better because you save yourself more time for the actual gameplay. But in case you want to mess with your allies a bit, this is a method for you.

Last, a bit more psychological method is to simply ignore. When someone tells you "aP mF sTUpiD MonKeY ***", why should you even take those words personally? It is just straight-up hate, no constructive criticism. That person didn't try to help you with your itemization nor did they try to tell you how to play better. That person just had to ventilate their frustration about the current game, and you as an AP was a great candidate. So why should you even care? There are more important things in your current game than this random angry kid. Don't waste your time with them, don't even mute them. Just pass through it. Try to accept the fact that those people exist just like the Spanish flu or cancer does. Simply ignore them and don't allow their raw hate to ruin your plays or mindset in general

Ignore

This method is by far the hardest to master (I still suck at it), but it is the best and most efficient one because it doesn't waste your time in chat and it also doesn't mute messages from your allies that perhaps would be important.

Runes

Summoner spells

Ability order

ONLY IF YOU ARE AGAINST SIVIR

AGAINST SIVIR

Sivir can be really annoying for AP Miss Fortune, because she can easily block your Arcane Comet with her Spell Shield to deny its damage and gain a lot of mana at the same time. This rune page is built to effectively counter Sivir, giving her nothing she can block. Please don't go for this rune page if you are not against Sivir, ever.

DARK HARVEST

is a great anti- rune, that supports our playstyle relatively well, while being unblockable by . It can make your super duper deadly during teamfights and it works greatly with poke as well. It generally doesn't provide as much value as , but against , it is great.

CHEAP SHOT

is a super potent rune in most heavy poke oriented AP builds. It procs out of itself every time you cast and its cooldown is very short. It is also located in a very appealing rune tree (). Not much else to be said here, it just makes every single you cast in the game a bit stronger.

GHOST PORO

is a nice filler rune for our build. It works great with free wards from / and simply just provides us some more raw AP to work with throughout the game. Just please pay even more attention to correct warding than before. Not warding or not warding properly equals no or low value from this rune.

ULTIMATE HUNTER

is a pretty nice and effective rune that reduces the cooldown of for every unique takedown you score. This rune is relatively easy to stack as has high movement speed to roam around the map and long range to get those takedowns quickly and safely. scales with AP which is also nice.

MANAFLOW BAND

is absolutely essential in this build. You want to keep an eye on it throughout the whole early game so you always cast or as soon as the rune goes up. This way the rune can upgrade itself very soon and sustain your mana pool for the rest of the game, which will be important.

GATHERING STORM

is a super good rune that we take just to get some additional AP. It takes long time until it becomes really effective but it is still much better then or as combos really well with , and other AP scaling items.

ARCANE COMET

is an absolute bonkers in this concept. The comet is super easy to hit due to applying slowness and it will be thrown very often due to the high mana and ability haste that this build offers. It synergies really well with our playstyle of "poke mage" and is essential for AP .

MANAFLOW BAND

is an absolutely essential in this build. You want to keep an eye on it throughout the whole early game so you always cast or as soon as the rune goes up. This way the rune can upgrade itself very soon and sustain your mana pool for the rest of the game, which will be important.

TRANSCENDANCE

is a great rune that provides us some additional very needed ability haste. After level 11 this rune will also reduce the cooldown of your non-ultimate abilities which is pretty nice. It's not amazing or essential for this build but it is still nice to throw one more in a team fight.

GATHERING STORM

HOW TO DECIDE BETWEEN ARMOR OR MAGIC RESIST SHARD?

STANDARD SECONDARY

Great secondary rune page in most situations. Good for poking and teamfighting. Provides a lot of value and additional burst to AP Miss Fortune's kit.

CHEAP SHOT

ULTIMATE HUNTER

ROAMING SECONDARY

Solid secondary rune page when enemies have a lot of healing on bot lane and you can't seem to do anything there. Additional mobility should help you roam to other places, where you can prove to be more efficient. Feel free to even go for Celerity instead of Transcendence, If you are serious about this game plan.

CHEAP SHOT

RELENTLESS HUNTER

is a great rune when enemy bot lane has too good sustain (healing/shielding support, lifesteal building ADC or ADC that likes to abuse ) and your just won't be enough to ever do anything. Luckily allows you to roam to other lanes more easily and spread your presence elsewhere.

SUSTAIN SECONDARY

Solid secondary rune page when enemies have a lot of long-range poke in their team, that could seriously mess up your health bar very quickly. The fact that you don't have Ultimate Hunter also means enemies will have fewer windows of opportunity to shut you down when you will be locked in place by Bullet Time which is additional indirect "plus".

CHEAP SHOT

RAVENOUS HUNTER

provides great value against poke oriented team compositions. It is very efficient because even though it is a stacking rune, it can still provide you with at least some value pre-6. Solid for some additional early game advantage and great when stacked up because AP has generally no other way to get good sustain.

ANTI TANK

A secondary rune page designed to destroy tanky team compositions. Basically in every game, where you want to build Liandry's Torment into Demonic Embrace, this secondary rune combo will be a perfect fit.

PRESENCE OF MIND

is a great way to keep your mana up in teamfights as well as in the landing phase. On it's own, it isn't all that great on AP . However against tanks you always build and the burn damage can extend the mana regen buff by 4 extra seconds, making pretty damn solid.

CUT DOWN

is a perfect anti-tank rune. The damage amplification is huge late game. Enemies don't even need to be full-on tanks necceserily. This rune works just as well against stackers like or and bruisers/jaggernauts like or . Just make sure you don't buy too many HP items.

FLASH (PRIMARY)

is a standard emergency summoner spell that allows you to escape from sticky situations, chase down kills or dodge important skillshots. It is also good for animation canceling of your other abilities or getting in range for unexpectable .

EXHAUST (SECONDARY)

is a pretty solid defensive summoner spells that allows you and your to escape from bad situations. You can use it just to lockdown the enemy or to deny a lot of burst damage as well as just to lower the DPS of enemy hypercarry.

HEAL (SECONDARY)

is a great alternative to . It is actually even better then for it's safe range and useful utility. However make sure you ask your ADC, If they want to pick different summoner spell first, because double bot lane is very inefficient as consecutive s have 50% reduced healing efficiency.

CLEANSE (SECONDARY)

is a very situational summoner spell that you pretty much only want to go for against for she is the only champion with almost undodgable, no-projectile CC engage ability with insane range (). You can use to easily nullify the stun instead of dying instantly.

SIDENOTE

#1.
BULLET TIME
6 / 11 / 16
#2.
MAKE IT RAIN
2 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 9
#3.
STRUT
3 / 8 / 10 / 12 / 13
#4.
DOUBLE UP
1 / 14 / 15 / 17 / 18

> > >

is your ultimate ability so it makes sense that you want to level it up every time you possibly can. Second highest priority goes to . This ability is AP 's bread and butter. It's her main source of damage so max it second. Then focus on because the out of combat movement speed is great in getting to lane and more attack speed is good for clearing wards or pushing turrets. Last but not least max out as that ability scales only very badly with AP and thus is not an important part of our kit.

PLEASE DON'T JUST BLINDLY COPY THIS ABILITY ORDER

Love tap

Double up

Strut

Make it rain

Bullet time

's next basic attack against an enemy unit (turrets included) that was not the target of her previous basic attack will deal 50% − 100% (based on level) AD bonus physical damage, halved to 25% − 50% (based on level) AD against minions.

Since scales only with AD and we are going full AP, the value from this ability will be almost negligible in the later phases of the game, however, it can still prove to be quite potent during early trades.

After every short trade on bot lane, make sure you always reset by auto-attacking nearby minion. This way you will be ready to use again on the enemy champion in the next trade.

While taking down nexus turrets. Alternate your auto attack between the two. This way you will technically have double the damage output (because at level 18, technically doubles your base AD ) and you will destroy them quicker.

fires a shot at the target enemy that deals physical damage, which then bounces to hit another enemy behind it. The shot applies on-hit effects to both enemies hit and applies on-attack effects for the first enemy hit.

's bounce prioritizes units directly behind the primary target.

's bounce is affected by critical strike modifiers. If kills its primary target, the bounce will critically strike.

The shot bounces to the enemy regardless of having sight of them or not.

This ability even though we max it last and it has weak AP scalings, is a very important part of our kit. It allows us to add some additional poke over the top from relatively long-range (when not used directly on the target).

This ability also has 2x lower manacost then , making it a brilliant tool to stack up in the tough early game.

This ability is easiest to hit when you time it after the enemy ADC goes for the last hit. Simply watch the health of your minions and when some get low and you'll see enemy ADC going for it, throw for an almost guaranteed hit!

If this ability kills the first target, the reflected bullet will deal double damage. Use this to effectively poke down enemies during the early game whenever you can. Yes you are a , but unless the enemy team would have , or , poke will always be more important then your ADC's farm. Also remember that you are a late game carry, no -buying kleptoman - you are able to utilize additional gold just as well as your ADC does.

PASSIVE: gains 25 bonus movement speed if she has not taken persistent damage in the last 5 seconds. This bonus is increased to a greater amount after another 5 seconds.

ACTIVE: gains bonus attack speed for 4 seconds and brings 's passive effect to full power.

Marking a new target with reduces Strut's cooldown by 2 seconds.

is a brilliant ability that allows us to roam/get to lane quickly, position yourself effectively, or perhaps even escape some sticky situations.

When is on cooldown, try re-apply on near minions to reduce 's cooldown and get it back quicker.

WHEN TO ACTIVATE STRUT?

rains down hundreds of bullets onto the target area for 2 seconds, revealing it and dealing magic damage to all enemies within every 0.25 seconds and slowing them.

This ability is the main part of your kit and 90% of all damage you do in the game will most likely be from this ability. Keep this in mind and try to adjust your playstyle around this ability instead of around basic attacking and s like in usual builds.

Use carefully pre- completion. It costs a lot of mana and it can completely ruin your mana pool very quickly. Instead, try to stack up the with s (and sometimes s) during the early game.

Once you get to the and your fully stacks, you can from now on spam the hell out of . Cast it whenever you can. You won't have to keep an eye on your mana pool anymore.

Try to generally target low-sustain <-> low-tanky champions rather than 1000 magic resist, full lifesteal bruisers. Always cast this ability from a high range but remember that this ability also has a cast time

HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF MAKE IT RAIN?

channels for 3 seconds while firing several waves of bullets in a spread of 6 projectiles per wave in the target direction, with each wave dealing 75% AD (+ 20% AP) physical damage to enemies hit.

You will in 90% of the time want to use this ability right after casting . This way enemies will be slowed over the duration of and will thus take more damage.

This ability has the best use during teamfights. Make sure you are in a relatively safe position (behind your teammates/behind the wall/etc.) as this ability leaves you very vulnerable to incoming threats or skill shots.

This ability is also really good when used as a follow up on some heavy CC ability like or . This way your enemies won't be able to escape from your damage.

You can also use it to zone enemies away from certain areas or to ultra-push the minion wave.

SOME BULLET TIME EXAMPLES

HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF BULLET TIME

Item path

Main items

Situational items

Special items

Full builds

STARTING ITEMS

Always start with and 2x s. On your first back, buy and start buying and . When buying , give extra priority to s it builds from instead of the if you can't afford to buy right away.

AGAINST TANKS

When facing mostly tank-ish or high health enemies, always buy for the % max HP damage it deals. This item is strongest when combined with .

AGAINST SQUISHIES

When facing squishy enemies, I recommend buying for the burst damage it can deal + magic penetration from mythic passive. This item is strongest when combined with .

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AGAINST:

Healing

Magic Resist

AD Burst

AP Burst

Shield Enchanters

OTHERS:

FULL BUILD

This is the example of standard fullbuild for AP Miss Fortune. Liandry's Torment is interchangeable with Luden's Tempest and Horizon Focus or Demonic Embrace depend on the choice of your mythic item. Your last item can be a filler, finisher or counter-item (Your choice).

ADDITIONAL INFO

Main items define and deepen your playstyle in most of the games. You will usually want to stick to those items in most of your games and only make small adjustments with situational items if the situation calls for.

VS. Tanks

VS. Squishies

Mana Queen

❤ is a great mythic item If you need to deal with annoying tanks or health stacking opponents. The damage over time can be very effective when paired with as it can prolong the duration of grievous wounds and thus provide more value.

❤ is an amazing mythic item If you need to deal with low-defense squishies. The burst damage passive allows you to throw big and chonky s and the flat magic penetration can even make you deal true damage to some .

❤ is a key item in every build. It provides us with essential mana but more importantly, this item has the highest amount of AP out of all items in the game when it levels up into which is stonks. Really strong with or .

More DOT

Long Range Burst

Finisher

❤ is a wonderful item that in a nutshell works exactly like . For this reason, in most situations in which you want you will probably also want as well. Good combo with

and/or any other HP item.

❤ is a great and unique item that interacts really well with , increasing the damage of quite a lot. This item also works wonderfully well with our long range on and .

❤ is a best item you can finish your build with as it provides tons of AP. Often you won't need the damage and you will instead want to take a situational item but most of the time is the right way to go.

Click HERE for an excel sheet I made for this guide going in depth on extra value from Demonic Embrace passive. Pointless for casual playing but if you want your build to be as effective as possible, you should read it!

Situational items are items that you want to buy only in certain specific situations. It is important not to stick to just a single build every single game as every game is different and every game consists of different threats in the enemy team that you have to deal with. You mustn't flood your inventory with those items as they are usually not gold efficient at all. Usually, you won't even want any situational items at all because they would not be able to give enough value in your game and that's fine as well.

VS. Healing

VS. Magic Resistance

VS. AD Burst

❤ is an amazing item that can completely gut down annoying healers and bruisers. The Grievous wounds effect is super easy to apply thanks to your long-range and low cooldown on and stats this item provides are also well welcomed.

❤ is amazing when enemy team consists of at least 2 very tanky Magic resist champions. The % Magic penetration makes it so that more magic resistance your target has, the more magic resistance your abilities pierce through.ggggg gggggggg ggg ggggggg

❤ is a brilliant item when you are facing a lot of aggressive AD threats in your game. The active effect makes you unkillable for 1.5 seconds and the stats this item provides are also really good as ability haste is somewhat rare these days.ggggg gggggggg ggg ggggggg

When Ahead

VS. AP Burst

Anti-Shield

❤ is great item you can buy when you are really ahead and want to snowball even harder. Make sure you don't die though as it can make you lose a lot of stacks and thus a lot of AP. Good item when you basically already won the lane and you want to win the rest of the game as well.

❤ is a great item when you are surrounded by AP damage and CC. Whether it is burst damage from mages and assassins or hooks & stuns from enemy , this item has got your back. Great defensive option in many sticky situations.

❤ is a solid item that works best against shields. However since it provides just raw AP and magic pen, it isn't very good against tanky shielders like or . Still, it is very viably against squishy shielders like or .

Special items are... well... special and smaller item purchases whose purpose is not to build a full-on item, but instead, just help you here and there throughout the game. Keep in mind that all those items are very situational and shouldn't be bought in every game (except for Elixir of Sorcery of course).

Snowball

VS. Poke

Fullbuild?

❤ is an item you want to buy when you already have a lead and want to snowball the game as hard as possible. It is basically a smaller version of , that you usually don't want to finish unless you would be really really far ahead. Keep in mind that dying hurts extra badly with this item in your pocket.

❤ is a great item when you are getting poked out of the lane by powerful artillery mages like , , and/or . This item provides a lot of self sustain to help you out on lane for really cheap price. Just remember that you can't buy if you have /s in your inventory.

❤ is the most efficient elixir for AP . It pairs really well with (because of even better AP boost) and (because of attack speed against turrets). Remember that you only want to buy this item after you reach full build. Building earlier is always a big mistake.

#1 MELT TANKS

This build is mainly focused at melting really tanky team compositions. and provide bonus burning damage to the enemy that scales with more health they have, making it effective against both tanks like or as well as health stacking champions like or . provides amazing magic penetration which is super good If enemies stack MR. Keep in mind that for this build you will want to buy relatively early (usually after ) but upgrade it much later into as usually in the mid game, the amount of % magic penetration provides is more then enough and thus you can instead focus on more gold efficient items first before actually finishing . If you however find yourself in a situation that wouldn't seem so good, feel free to switch it with different situational item or .

#2 TAKE DOWN SQUISHIES

This build's main focus is quick destruction of squishy carries. Champions like , , , , etc. will find it especially hard to get through your incredibly high damage. This build consists of some very powerful item combinations like + or + . Keep in mind that unlike with other builds, this one is really hard to adjust. You usually won't be able to transition into situational items very easily as this build needs a huge load of AP to work properly. You usually won't be able to afford skipping as that item is super important here. You can still buy a situational item instead of but keep in mind that your damage will be reduced significantly. If the game will go long enough, however, you can sell ice and buy situational item instead of it, games only very rarely get this far though.

#3 STOP HEALING

This build is really good when enemies have a lot of healing in their team. Champions like , , , or will have their healing reduced significantly making it easier for you and your team to take them down. From this build however you can learn a lot of things! Take a look at our mythic item. We could go for + but we intentionally chose + instead. That's because the burning effect from those items can extend the duration of Grievous wounds from by 2 additional seconds, which is really good. You can still go for + but the value of healing reduction will be reduced significantly. Also take a look at how we bought early but didn't upgrade it into right away. That's because is like many situational items very gold inefficient and buying it right away could cost us a lot of lost damage. It is still good item it just isn't worth buying immediately. after all also provides Grievous wounds and is generally much nicer purchase.

#4 SURVIVE AD BURST

This build is a nice example how what a tough defensive build can look like. Not only you are obviously getting armor and defensive active ability from , but you are also getting some max HP from + some additional defenses from it's passive ability. Note that this build provides much less damage than other possible builds, because we had to sacrifice for which cost us a lot of raw power. But If that's all you need to stop dying to , then I'd say it is worth it. Also, take a look at the way we bought early but finished it much later. That's because is like many situational items very gold inefficient and buying it right away could cost us a lot of lost damage. It is still a good item it just isn't worth buying immediately. should usually be just enough for you in the early-mid game.

#5 SURVIVE AP BURST

This build is a nice example how what a tough anti-AP defensive build can look like. Not only you are obviously getting magic resistance and spell shield from , but you are also getting some max HP from + some additional defenses from it's passive ability. Note that this build provides much less damage than other possible builds, because we had to sacrifice for which cost us a lot of raw power. But If that's all you need to stop dying to , then I'd say it is worth it. Also, take a look at the way we bought early but finished it much later. That's because is like many situational items very gold inefficient and buying it right away could cost us a lot of lost damage. It is still a good item it just isn't worth buying immediately. should usually be just enough for you in the early-mid game.

#6 REEEEAAALLY AHEAD?

Now we're finally getting to the top-secret stuff. Here in this build we COMPLETELY skipped boots. "Why?" you might ask. Well even though boots are a very important part of every champion's build, they are usually under-performing when it comes to raw damage and team fight potential since a lot of their gold value is spent on the movement speed stat. Also, boots are the only item in your full build that doesn't benefit from a +5 magic pen or +5 ability haste stat from your mythic item which is another value lost. Now since has a passive movement speed bonus in her kit via and also provides some movement boost post 10 stacks, you don't really need them. Note that this only works when you are ahead and you are certain that you can stack quickly enough. Great yet very very situational build.

Early game

Mid-Late game

Ability usage

Vision

Roaming

Matchups

Synergies

Combos

❤ Quickly stack
❤ Play from afar
❤ Rush for
❤ Poke with
❤ Don't lose on experience

At level 1, I recommend you not to put a point into any ability right away. Keep in mind that enemies might set up an ambush onto you and you will need to put a point into to quickly escape/get back to the lane after dying. But most of the times you will take at level 1. The reason for it is that your main goal during the early game is to stack up your as soon as possible. However your early game mana is very short and stacking the with only s would quickly exhaust all your resources. For this reason you ideally want to take at level 1. It has a much cheaper mana cost and is thus much more helpful than at level 1. As you will gain more and more levels you want to keep stacking by wise combination of and .

RUSH FOR MANAFLOW BAND COMPLETION SINCE LEVEL 1

Remember to avoid hitting minions with unless your ADC isn't near or wants to push. By the time you finish your you want to rush for and with those two mana sources you should from now on be able to spam forever. After your first recall, your main goal will split into multiple options. If enemy ADC has high sustain and isn't all that dangerous to your ADC (items like or via healing/shielding like or or via ) you sadly won't be very useful on lane because all damage you do will be quickly healed back. I recommend you to constantly roam to other lanes, ward objectives and apply pressure to other places. If enemy ADC however doesn't have a lot of healing/shielding, you are free to stay in lane and constantly poke them with (or even If they dare come too close).

Buy or 2 If you plan on pushing enemies to their turret and place it in the river bush (you do this because pushing usually puts you into a vulnerable position and will make it safer). If you plan on playing it safe and not pushing, you shouldn't place your there as it will most likely get quickly destroyed. By the time your upgrades into , you want to replace your with to provide stronger vision control to your team. Try not to get too close to anyone. Always remember to keep your distance. If your ADC dies and the enemy bot lane duo recalls, feel free to perform the Ultra-Push technique. Continue playing it safe and try to scale up without dying too often.

❤ Setup & deny vision around objectives
❤ Participate in teamfights
❤ Stick to your team
❤ Play from afar
❤ Poke enemies down

By the time you get to your first 2 items and a turret on bot lane falls, you will find it much more meaningful to start focusing on objectives instead of sitting on the bot lane. Try to roam around the map as much as you can and make sure you spread a lot of vision in key locations (dragon/herald pits, river, enemy jungle, etc.). Buy a whenever your previous one is destroyed and make sure you always have at least one in your inventory. Make sure you participate in every team fight and every dragon/baron fights. Apply pressure on your enemies with and try to chain your with CC from your allies. Mid and late game are basically a combination of teamfights, warding, and objective control.

INVOLVE IN EVERY OBJECTIVE CONTEST

When taking down large objectives in the , it is recommended to put a in the center of the pit. This way, all enemy wards nearby will be disabled and you deny a lot of vision from the enemy team. You can also attempt to destroy jungle plants near. This can be very effective way to force enemy to waste , instead of using a Blast Cone If they decide to attempt a dragon steal. Make sure you use s from at both left and right side of the river around the / to gain even better information advantage over your enemies. Depending on situation and only in case of , your might ping you to "get away from" the drake. This usually doesn't mean "leave me alone" as some players think, but it means that you should back off a little and make the drake go further from the dragon pit, so your would be able to fight it from safer position - keep that in mind. Otherwise, just try to win the contest by zoning away enemy and dealing as much damage as you can to both the monster and near enemies.

During teamfights, you usually want to spam your everytime you can. If you have , try to spread it mostly on their healing champions to really get the most out of grievous wounds effect. Try to focus squishier champions and use the area of to zone them away from their position. Always have in mind all ways your enemies can kill you and try to play around them. For example If enemy team consists of , you really should play around her as out of this ability, can chain absolutely fatal combos. Save your and try to combo it with on CC from your allies. Reacting on or can make your E + R combo absolutely game changing. Use immediately after you get hit by some random poke ability like or . This way you reset the movement speed buff you lost after taking damage. Don't look for damage with your and , those abilities can put you into dangerous position as their range is rather small and their scaling with AP is even smaller. Keep a long distance from enemy threats and try to deploy as much damage in the teamfight as you possibly can.

Ideal Dragon Fight

Poke From Afar

Ideal Baron Fight

As an AP support Miss Fortune, you have to adapt to a brand new ability usage because your damage now lies in completely different abilities and your playstyle is very different when copared to regular AD Miss Fortune builds. Remember that behind every ability you cast, should lie a deeper meaning and just like Karma says "Power is nothing without purpose." Terms shown below are your main ways of casting your stand alone abilities or ability rotations.

Zoning is probably the most important support discipline, you should know about. Zoning roughly translates to "Forcing your enemies to leave/join certain map areas". An example of zoning can be using your in a wall corridor in the . Enemies will be either forced to stay on their side of the corridor in safety, or they can pass through your to get into a better position BUT they will have to take some damage in order to do so. Zoning can (when used correctly) force your opponents to remain in an awkward position or take a lot of damage creating basically a win-win situation for you. Use this discipline to close out corridors in the , split enemy team in half, force enemy healer to move away from their or force enemy to move into vulnerable position, where he can be easily all-ined. Options are absolutely endless so be creative with it. Your main zoning abilities are and .

Zoning

EXAMPLE OF ZONING

Peeling

Peeling is basically a defensive version of zoning. It roughly translates to "Peel your enemy away". While in zoning you are trying to force a win-win situation by creating dangerous damage areas, in peeling your main objective is to widen the gap between the ally you want to safe and the enemy chasing them. Picture a situation where is trying to catch up your ADC . You can cast a on the to slow him down and give your time to run away. Since doesn't have a real CC peeling ability other supports have, like or - you mainly want to peel using your damage from or more often with your slows from and . You can even peel of the enemy indirectly, without even hitting them by casting on your ally, giving them movement speed to run away.

EXAMPLE OF PEELING

Poking is perhaps even more important then zoning and peeling for . Poke roughly translates to "Slowly reducing enemy health bar over time from long-range". This is basically your bread and butter game discipline. Poking is your main way to apply kill pressure and burst the enemy later on. The way you want to poke is super simple - cast every time you can (post- of course!) and slowly tear through the enemy health bar. In the early game, make sure you are focusing the target with the least sustain and tankiness (usually the ). In the mid-late game, feel free to focus on everyone, but mainly those without sustain. That's because sustain is in fact the main enemy of poke. It is capable of covering back the damage from poke and nullifying it's effectiveness, that's why AP , sucks so much against healing s.

Poking

EXAMPLE OF POKING

Bursting

Bursting is very important part of AP 's dictionary. It roughly translates to "Quickly destroying enemy champions". You usually want to apply burst on enemies that are either low on health or you can also use burst strategy in the middle of a teamfight or as a response to enemies getting hit by heavy CC from your allies. In 90% your main burst combo will be + , however If you are not very behind and enemy is low on HP or CCed, you will often need no more then just or if you are really ahead, even just will be enough. The bursting strategy is best when closely paired with poke, for poke lets you get enemies low on health and burst allows you to finish them off. Remember that it is generally better for you to leave kills to your ADC. I am not telling you to always give kills to them, but it is good to give them some space to also get some lead here and there.

EXAMPLE OF BURSTING

This technique is very important for , especially against late game hyper carries. The way it works is that you wait for the enemy ADC to go for the last hit and then fire your damaging ability at them while they are CSing. Enemies will be basically locked in an auto-attack animation leaving them unable to react. This is crucial to maximize your overall damage output. lacks crowd control tools so you basically create a crowd control tool of your own. Make sure you watch the movements of enemy ADC as well as the health bar of your minions carefully. Remember that ADC will always try to kill the minion when it's low on health - this is especially true in the case of . This technique is quite hard to get in hands but it will really pay off in the future.

Punishing CSing

EXAMPLE OF CS PUNISHING

Recall Interruption

Recall interruption is perhaps the most frustrating and annoying technique, your enemies can be dealing with. The way it works is that when you see enemies trying to recall back to base, you interrupt it mid-channeling, with your damaging abilities (mostly ). This will interrupt the recall and your enemies will be forced to make a decision. Either they will stay, even though they obviously don't want to (they were recalling for a reason), or they will try to recall again. Sadly for them, recalling again will cost them a lot of additional time, causing them to lose CS or exp from minions. Either way, it is a win-win situation for you. Recall interruption is a great way to waste the time of your enemies, and forcing them to make awkward decisions. Just make sure that you won't overextend way too deep. That could also result in a disastrous death.

EXAMPLE OF RECALL INTERRUPTION

Spreading and denying vision is the key element of every support champion. You as an AP Miss Fortune, are no exception. You can even see the ward placement on the images next to the text. Green-bordered wards are those you want to place 95% of the time. Yellow wards are just as important when placed, but they are more situational and you shouldn't place them every game.

At level one during the basic leash (if your asked for one), I heavily recommend looking at enemy bot lane duo. In case they would have a with strong level 1 (examples: , , , etc.) and ADC that could easily follow up like or - you might have to ward bot lane tri bush immediately because your enemies could wait for you in the bush and instantly engage on you. With heavy CC support and early game-focused ADC, it should then be no science for them to pick up an easy double kill or at least burn a lot of your summoner spells. In low ELO this is relatively rare but higher on, it is a must-do thing. If you really want to save your ward though, you can also just safely walk around the bush, which can, however, result in losing some EXP from the minions because you would arrive at your lane late.

Should you ward this at level 1?

It doesn't matter what will you choose, if arriving at lane late or using early - as long as you and your ADC will be in safety, everything will be alright. Remember though that you want to do this only if you're on the blue side and only if you feel like you would lose the fight.

Early Game Warding

In the early game, the warding places are pretty static and remain the same for the most part. You always want to have some vision over the nearest 2 river-sided bushes, especially if you have lane prio. You want to ward the bot bushes (those that touch the alcove) only when there is some threat that might come up from them. In case enemies would have some strong and early game dominant CC champion like , warding those places could help you get more information about where he currently is so you won't get hooked from the fog of war. In case the enemy - and this is really really important - has a kit that allows him or even encourages him to gank through wide and thick walls, you definitely want to keep vision over the thick wall on the red side. Here is a list of champions you want to use this ward against:

LIST OF CHAMPIONS THAT GANK THROUGH WALLS

In the later stages of the early game, you definitely want to start warding deeper into the river and into the enemy side of the (especially if their relies on a long term movement speed like or in order to gank you). You should always have some vision on the no matter the cost. Buy yourself some s and use them to even further widen your warding abilities. Remember though that s are much more vulnerable as they won't go invisible after being placed. For this reason, you should usually hide them in bushes. The only exception I can think of right now is a pit ward. That place is just way too important and in case you are worried about the enemy team destroying it too quickly, you can always hide it inside the pit. On the image at the right you can see situational sbeing placed on both sides of the jungle - don't let that confuse you - you want to ward mainly the enemy side because that's where the most danger can arrive from!

Later-Early Game Warding

Once your upgrades into , you will receive 3 s everytime you get back to the fountain. For this reason you ideally want to transition your s in slot 4 into either or . Each of them has its own uses and it always depends on the game itself, which one will be more important.

ORACLE LENS

FARSIGHT ALTERATION

will be your main post- trinket in 75% of your games. It is a great way to effectively deny vision from your enemies, granting your team even higher chance to win. It is a must pick against , and/or AP and it is very recommended if enemies have a lot stealth and invisibility in their team. Keep in mind however, that even if enemies wouldn't have any stealthy/invisible champions or champions with traps, will still remain a super powerful choice of trinket because of overall on-average value this ward provides.

on the other can't deny any enemy vision, has relatively high cooldown (making it generally inefficient) and sucks against traps. However has an insane range, making it very safe to use as it doesn't put you in any danger. It works well if you have some artillery long ranged abilities in your team like or as your long range vision can really help your teammates hit those abilities. is generally pretty bonkers if you are on the losing team, for warding or can get much easier.

During the mid to late game when players will be spread across the entire map, the whole warding idea will get much less static. From that time on, there is no easy way to explain where you should be placing wards because every game is different, in some games you are losing, in some games, you are winning - sometimes you are on the red side, sometimes on the blue side. Understanding this and believing in yourself is essential during the mid-late game warding.

Mid-Late Game Warding

Note that I used only purple blobs instead of ward images on this picture. That's because I want you to know general ward positions of warding, not exact ones. For this reason, you will have to rely much more on your instincts rather than on some step-by-step guide. But to make it a bit easier for you, there are 4 main general warding locations you want to have under control as much as possible, in every single game, no matter what side you are on or If you are winning or not:

❤ pit
❤ pit
❤ Lucrative crossroads
❤ River

That's it. Don't look at any super detailed warding guides, telling you millions of e x a c t warding spots. Those would only bake your brain completely and mess up your overall gameplay for you would focus too much on warding and not on anything else. Remember that clever players don't ward with their brain - They ward with their heart. This way, you will leave more space for your good gameplay instead of 100%, 10/10 players approved, challenger high-rank 5head warding. Ward where you feel like you will soon need vision. There really isn't any math in this. If your ward won't be utilized well, then ask yourself "why?" and "Was there a better place I could put it at?". Learn from your warding mistakes and soon you will get into your hands, I promise you that <3

Roaming is a bit less important yet still good to know strategy for AP support Miss Fortune. Roaming allows you to spread your lead to other lanes, funnel important carries, and remain meaningful even when playing against heavy sustain on the bot lane. Roaming shortly translates into "Walking to another lane and helping your other laners". Roaming on its own is simple. You just walk to your midlaner, throw some spells, get a kill and go back. The hard thing about roaming is knowing when to roam and what conditions should be fulfilled in order to really make the roam work. Here, I'll try to tell you exactly what questions you should be asking yourself.

If your ADC is very squishy, defenseless, or just has a really bad early game disadvantage, you really shouldn't leave them alone by roaming. Keep in mind that roaming is meant to create an advantage on multiple lanes. Helping your midlaner just to completely cut out your own ADC from the game would be inefficient. On the other hand, If your ADC is relatively strong in the early game or doesn't have to worry much when alone at the lane, you can freely roam.

EXAMPLE

If your ally on the lane you plan to roam to is very low on health, there is no reason to gank them. Keep in mind that if the ally is low on health, they won't be able to set up or follow up on your gank as they could very easily die while doing so.

EXAMPLE

If your ally is getting pushed, then your roam can definitely work. That's because the distance between the enemy champion and their safety turret will be quite long. On the other hand when it is your ally who is pushing, then your enemy would basically be already in a safe spot under their turret, leaving your roam practically useless.

EXAMPLE

If the ally doesn't have their important ultimate or just isn't able to follow up because of their weak CC/engage, your roam will most likely be inefficient. On the other hand if your ally has some form of good engage (example: ) or CC (example: ), then your roam has a potential to be pretty damn potent.

EXAMPLE

You can't roam whenever you want, doing so can potentially cost you a lot of experience from minions. In order to not lose on much gold/exp, try to either roam, straight from your base, after you pushed your lane and gotten lane priority or after you killed both enemies on bot while not feeling like recalling.

EXAMPLE

AP Miss Fortune just like any other champion in the game has some natural counter-picks that have a solid advantage over her thanks to their playstyle/abilities. That said though, AP Miss Fortune also has some really good matchups that she can win with very ease. This chapter of the guide should give you some basic idea on How good/bad each matchup actually is and how to get through it. Remember however that all champion matchups are player dependant in some way or another and every enemy can be beaten!

Support Matchups

DIFFICULTY:
2/10

ALISTAR

❤ needs to be in range of his in order to do anything else, and range of the is 650 units AKA a little bit longer then your auto attack range. As long as you will keep some distance, he will never be able to engage on you.

❤ Depending on what ADC has he will play very differently. If he has a late game ADC like , he will most likely try to protect it at any cost, while if his ADC is a lane bully like , then he will try to look for engages and all-ins.

❤ is very tanky and so using on him or just focusing him in any other way is a stupid idea. Ignore him and try to focus your shots on his ADC instead. Consider buying If there are more tank threats.

❤ players often like to buy and roam to other lanes. You can prevent this by throwing constant attention and enemy missing pings to your team, every time leaves the lane.

❤ Often times when people have problems with this guy, they just buy and think that everything will be fine. Let me tell you that it will not! mostly prefers engaging with + combo, where he canceles the knockback from and instead of knocking you back, he knocks you up. And because still hits you before does, you will soon find out that won't cancel his knock up, and it will make it even easier for him to land his combos. If he is problematic for you, just stay far away from him - that's it.

DIFFICULTY:
4/10

BARD

❤ Watch closely what runes does he take. If he goes , never trade with him with direct s or auto attacks.

❤ applies a stun when it hits 2 targets or a target and a wall. Play around it and don't get CCed by this ability.

❤ You can stand on to destroy it.

❤ Even though it might be often tempting, never chase . Especially through his . has a lot of tools to turn around every chase against him

❤ loves to roam around the map, applying pressure on other lanes, collecting meeps and bringing his on bot lane through . Try to ping a lot every time he leaves bot lane, watch carefully where is he going via deep warding and try to track his as well.

❤ When you see him or his ADC going to for free heal, fire a there. This will usually make your enemies remain longer in the zone of .

DIFFICULTY:
5/10

BLITZCRANK

❤ The entire playstyle of is centered around hitting . If he hits that ability, you are dead. For this reason you have to dodge it at any cost. Side step it, it, bait it, block it with minions, it really doesn't matter. Just don't get hit by it.

❤ When misses , then you will have around 17 seconds of absolute peace. During this time you can harass with auto attacks, s and just play a bit more agressively in general. But be ready when it comes up again.

❤ He is very tanky. Play from a safe distance and don't get hooked. Focus his ADC with s and try to play safe.

❤ You can go for tank shredding items like If there are some more high health targets in his team and you can also buy yourself to protect yourself again in the late game, If there of course are other high AP threats.

❤ If he leaves the lane, make sure you immediately notify your team about it with a few question mark pings. His game presence is insane and his ganks are pretty damn strong.

DIFFICULTY:
5/10

BRAND

❤ The key aspect of winning against is dodging, dodging and dodging! Keep in mind that in order for to deal damage he has to first get you low on health with (which is a dodgable skillshot) and then he has to combo you by using which is even easier to sidestep then . If you will successfully maneuver around his abilities, will be ane easy lane.

❤ Immediately after getting hit by whatever ability casts at you, you have to activate to quickly regain lost movement speed to be able to dodge other 's abilties. Don't worry though, won't be cancelled by burn damage.

❤ In teamfights excels in dealing large chunks of AOE damage thanks to his ultimate and other AOE abilities he has. Try to scatter around the battlefield and don't stay too close to your allies.

❤ lacks sustain tools, making him easy to poke down with frequent s.

❤ Beware when casting as can easily cancel it by stunning you with . Always make sure, you are in safe enough spot or in a good position, where he won't be able to cancel it.

DIFFICULTY:
3/10

BRAUM

❤ is a pretty chill lane. He has very limited ways to threaten you, deny your poke or let you scale but you should always be able to dodge . It's literally the only way you can die pre-6 to him.

❤ won't affect you at all pre-6 but it can deny a lot of damage from . So save your ultimate when will be on cooldown or just don't use it at him at all.

❤ Ignore him. Don't waste your precious damage on this man as he is generally very tanky and so trying to poke down this mountain of magic resistance would be a waste of time.

❤ Post 6, pay a big attention to his ultimate, . This ability is quite slow so you should be able to easily side step it as long as you will keep some distance between you and .

❤ Always be semi-ready for his W, as this ability can basically close out the distance between you and and it will allow him to hit you with or , potentialy killing you. However he has to cast it on his ally unit (champion or minion!), making this ability quite predictable.

DIFFICULTY:
4/10

GALIO

❤ is a relatively chill lane. He will try to jump at ya with and chain his other high damage abilities. Luckily has low range, long cast time AND you usually want to play from afar anyway, so just keep your distance.

❤ Don't trade with him with direct s or auto attacks unless his is on cooldown, in that case, just rape him down.

❤ Even though he can no longer use while in , he can still > micro stun you with and then follow up with which often can result in a killing blow for him. Pay constant attention to that.

❤ is really tanky and receives a magic shield every 12 seconds of not taking damage. Don't aim your damage on him, focus on his ADC instead.

❤ can be very strong in a teamfight. Be always semi-ready to escape it's impact zone for this ability has long cast time.

DIFFICULTY:
5/10

JANNA

❤ is usually pretty easy to take down during the early game. Her is pretty strong but it costs a lot of mana to cast and so she can't use it very often. Try to pierce through it by constant s.

❤ Some players like to max for a lot of poke damage. That would be really good for you as that ability forces her to play aggressively and it has a pretty short range. You can easily just hit her hard with a single every time she comes near and she will usually reconsider her approach.

❤ Since is usually just as squishy as her ADC, you don't have to worry very much about who are you focusing on with your poke.

❤ is a pretty powerful ability that can be lethal If it hits you. Luckily it has to be charged for a long time in order to apply serious enough CC, giving you plenty of time to get into a safe position.

❤ In late game and teamfights, is a really powerful champion that can provide her team with a lot of peel and shielding. Try to put her down first and set up ambushes with your team to quickly eliminate her.

DIFFICULTY:
9/10

KARMA

❤ is a much deadlier and offensive version of . She can poke you from long range and deny a lot of your damage for cheap mana costs while also buffing the movement speed of her team to get to you.

❤ is a pretty desparate lane bully that you will have hard time playing against. Since costs almost nothing and has low cooldown, she will cast it to counter every of yours. That's why you should try to focus on different aspects of the game (warding, roaming, peeling) instead.

❤ When she casts her ultimate, , get ready to get hit by empowered and run away from her as fast as you can as that ability deals a lot of damage and your sustain tools are limited.

❤ Don't ever get into close match with her as her can be a death sentence for you, If procs the root. In case you get hit by this ability, immediately trigger on and try to escape her grasp.

❤ Play passively and try to slowly scale up. Ask for ganks If you don't have a lane priority and try not to die against her.

DIFFICULTY:
8/10

LEONA

❤ Pre-6 should never be able to kill you. Her kit revolves around hitting , and that ability has very short range when compared to your artillery-ish range of . So just keep your distance and you'll be fine.

❤ Once reaches her 6th level and she permanently unlocks her ultimate, , you are pretty screwed as that ability has even longer range then . If she casts that ability on you, you can out, ezpz. However If you don't have , then you most likely instantly die.

❤ I very much recommend you to take in this matchup. I know that it is a super bad to take such a selfish summoner on a champion, but remember that is a death sentence and only way to survive it is rather it or quickly it. By not dying you are in some way, actually supporting your team as you don't give enemies huge loads of free gold.

❤ Play very safe and don't waste your damaging abilities on her as she is very tanky.

❤ Consider buying If you are having problems with her or If you don't have and If there are more tanks in her team, also consider

DIFFICULTY:
8/10

LULU

❤ can similarly to deny almost all damage you do with her shields. However is much less damage oriented, making her less threataning to kill you.

❤ Trying to poke down or even all in or her ADC is almost impossible task for how much disengage her kit offers. Try to focus on different aspects than staying in lane and poking. Roam, spread vision, deny vision, help your team with objectives, and don't spend too much time in the lane as you would be almost useless there.

❤ In teamfights, try to separate from her ADC. Try to kill her first and then focus on their marksman.

❤ Keep in mind that some abilities can be cast in 2 ways. This means that If she uses offensively, she won't be able to shield her ally in the upcoming 6 or so seconds. If she uses on her ally to increase their attack speed, then she won't be able to polymorph you. Keep an eye out on how she is using her abilities.

❤ has a fairly limited way to poke you down in the early game as both and have very short range. However remember that those abilities can still mess you up pretty hard If they hit you. If has , she will very often overstep to get gold from poke. Use those action windows to smite her down.

DIFFICULTY:
4/10

LUX

❤ is just like you a very long range artillery mage. This lane will basically be all about who can poke better.

❤ Since all her abilities are projectile-based skillshots, you should be able (with your passive movement speed) to dodge her every ability, so focus on that. Especially her can be a death sentence.

❤ Her max health is very low and she is super squishy especially early on. Focus her with constant s and poke her out of the lane.

❤ When low on health, always be ready to sidestep or away from . It is "final" for a reason.

❤ After misses her + combo, then she will be pretty much useless for next 4-9 seconds. Use this action window to deliver a very aggressive .

DIFFICULTY:
4/10

MORGANA

❤ is all about hitting her , if she hits you with it, there is some solid chance you are pretty dead and If you are in late game, there is 100% chance you are pretty dead. Try to constantly move and do your best to sidestep or it in the worst case.

❤ is for relatively expensive and high cooldown ability so she won't probably use it very often to deny your poke from , so don't fear poking her/her ADC down.

❤ If she hits you with , try to run away from it and don't stay inside. The ability on it's own doesn't do very much damage, but remember that also has her passive + , which when all combined can result in a big difference between your health bars.

❤ You should never be in a position where would be able to hit you with !

❤ If you have problems dodging her and you fear that it would be your doom in teamfights, feel free to buy against her.

DIFFICULTY:
4/10

NAMI

❤ very similarly to , has to get very close to you in order to apply any pressure. Use to make her trading abilities feel awkward

❤ By all means, stay relatively far away from her and be always ready to dodge . Further is from you, the more time you will have to sidestep that ability.

❤ provides herself and her carry a lot of sustain with , however that ability is fairly expensive. For this reason you should do your best to minimize the value of her and by just not letting her hurt you. Less times she will hit you with her abilities, less mana she will have due to not stacked and late and less sustain she will provide to her lane in the early game due to low mana.

❤ Later on, should be pretty easy to kill due to her low small defense. Try to + her during the teamfight after she gets hit by some form of CC.

❤ Try to poke her/her ADC down. It might take some time due to , but remember that The fish has a pretty small health bar.

DIFFICULTY:
6/10

NAUTILUS

❤ Playing against is very similar to playing against other hookers. Just never get hooked! Ever. Sidestep his hooks, stay far away, hide behind minions, it or anything. Just won't get hooked as this will result in you dying in 95% of the times.

❤ He is very tanky. Don't focus your poke from on him. Focus on his ADC instead!

❤ is a point and click death sentence. For this reason, you should play very carefully post-6. But keep in mind that the range of that ability is lower than a range of . So no matter what it shouldn't scare you from poking.

❤ Don't underestimate his damage. This champion is during early to mid-game capable of dealing more burst damage than most ADCs at that time.

❤ If there are many more tanky/health stacking threats, feel free to go for as your mythic item.

DIFFICULTY:
6/10

PYKE

❤ Playing against is very similar to playing against other hookers. Just never get hooked! Ever. Sidestep his hooks, stay far away, hide behind minions, it or anything. Just won't get hooked as this will result in you dying in 95% of times.

❤ He isn't very tanky, but his passive can replenish a lot of health he lost in a recent trade. Don't focus him very much, don't really try to focus him with all your poke.

❤ When he casts , you can throw a quick to slow him down during the cast time

❤ Watch out for dark water particles around your champion. Those symbolize that is very near you, hidden in .

❤ His ultimate, is very powerful and can give and his ADC a lot of gold. However it is easy to sidestep or out (since it is an "X" shaped ability). Also as long as you will stay away from and play safely, he will never be able to effectively execute you with this ability.

DIFFICULTY:
5/10

RAKAN

❤ is a champion that can provide a solid engage for his team while also protecting them and peeling for them with his heals and shields, luckily for you, he doesn't really excel in either of those.

❤ will constantly look for and then heal his ADC. That ability has a pretty short range though and can be easily sidestepped or blocked with minions (which you should really look for to stop enemies from healing up all your damage)

❤ If you poke his ADC constantly and very often, will eventually be forced into soaking some damage with . This means that his engage options will be very limited in next couple of seconds.

❤ 's main engage ability is . Luckily you can sidestep this ability very easily with your movement speed boost from or you can (and should) just keep your distance from as has a range just a bit longer then your auto attack range.

❤ makes very hard to poke down. Don't focus him very much during the game and try to spread your poke on squishier targets like his ADC for example.

❤ is another great engage ability in 's kit. Don't underestimate it as it is pretty deadly (especially if he will then combine it with ), but you can still reduce the effectiveness of this ability by slowing him with . Giving more time for you and your ADC to reposition into safety.

DIFFICULTY:
3/10

RELL

❤ is champion that likes to engage with . Luckily for you that ability has a very long cast time and is relatively easy to dodge since you play from really far away.

❤ is very tanky. Try to focus on her ADC instead.

❤ Her ultimate, can be super deadly in the choke points. This is double truth if enemies have some ways to follow up on the CC like , so remember that you can always out to safety.

❤ Just keep your distance, peel for your ADC with if engages, poke down her ADC and you should be alright.

❤ and/or might be really good if enemy team has some more tanks or HP item stackers.

DIFFICULTY:
8/10

SENNA

❤ is a very awkward lane opponent that will heavily outheal most of your poke damage.

❤ is however a really squishy champion that can be easily engaged on. Try to set up some combos and ganks with your team. Her self-peel is awkward so it shouldn't be that big of a deal.

❤ can usually scale really well thanks to her passive. However since you want to be playing from such a long distance, she will find it hard to stack reliably, giving you some space to outscale her.

❤ Try not to get hit by . It is a thin projectile so it shouldn't be that hard, but still, don't let it hit you.

❤ If you feel like you are just useless at your lane, feel free to roam to other places, spread and deny vision, contest objectives, and play proactively around the rest of the map.

❤ Both and work great against her.

DIFFICULTY:
8/10

SERAPHINE

❤ is again a very awkward lane opponent. Her long range closely matches yours and her shields and heals from can mitigate most of your poke damage.

❤ Pay special attention to 's . Every third ability she casts, will go off twice, which can result either in huge heal from , root from or lots of damage from .

❤ During teamfights make sure you won't get yourself hit by . That can result in pretty nasty death.

❤ Look for bursting her down. She has no escape ability so a clever ambush or follow-up can result in a nice takedown.

❤ If you feel like you are just useless at your lane, feel free to roam to other places, spread and deny vision, contest objectives, and play proactively around the rest of the map.

❤ does the trick against her. Especially if there are more healing based enemies in her team.

DIFFICULTY:
8/10

SONA

❤ is a champion that scales into late game much better then you and unfortunately she has healing which will almost certainly nullify most of the damage you do to her/her ADC with .

❤ No matter what you do, you will most likely still lose the scaling fight with her. Try to give up lane priority and ask for ganks, then try to chain a deadly + combo and try to burst her down

❤ Try to roam around the map. Take movement speed focused runes like and and try to at least help your midlaner. Place a lot of vision and deny a lot of vision from your enemies.

❤ It is very important that you buy relatively soon (not right away but also not as your fifth/sixth item). You don't (and shouldn't) buy it directly. Just buy yourself early but finish it up later. During teamfights, try to spread the anti-healing effect on as many targets as possible.

❤ Focus her during teamfights, try to separate her from her team and all in her with some gap closer engage from your allies. Focus her, catch her off-guard and eliminate her before she starts spreading her 5-man-heals in teamfights.

DIFFICULTY:
10/10

SORAKA

❤ is basically a game over for your poking playstyle. There is no way your poke from , will ever be able to compete with her 3 healing abilities, shielding runes and active healing items. will outscale you and there will be almost nothing you can do about it.

❤ This matchup is hard for me to explain for there really isn't any way you can deal with her. I'd suggest throwing away lane priority and killing her with help of your OR spiking the lane priority as hard as you can and hopefully collect enough gold to outdamage her healing for at least a tiny bit.

❤ It is important that you dodge her . It increases the amount of healing she can deliver significantly in the next few seconds if she lands it on a champion.

❤ Poking just doesn't work as a strategy against her. Focus on bursting her down, setting a vision, denying vision on your enemies, funneling your carries (I dunno, just don't steal their farm/exp and give them kills), and roaming to other lanes. Why should you be sitting on a bot lane if there is nothing you can really do there after all?

❤ For the love of god, buy !!!

DIFFICULTY:
3/10

SWAIN

❤ is a champion that really can't do anything against you. His , and have very short range and his is super easy to sidestep. Just keep your distance and you will be fine.

❤ The only way you can somehow lose to is when he catches your ADC. At that moment there really won't be much you can do to save them, other than peeling for your carry with slow.

❤ heals himself and gains bonus max health every time he lands or procs . Please don't give him this value for your own good.

❤ is easy to poke down and scare away. You can even slow him with during his to basically ruin his whole engage as well.

❤ If enemy team consists of more healing stuff, feel free to buy . Don't buy it when is the only champ with sustain though!

DIFFICULTY:
2/10

TAHM KENCH

❤ is similarly to a very dangerous threat that however needs to be very very close to you in order to really do much. Keep your distance and it will be fine.

❤ He is very tanky and has good sustain/burst defense. Try not to focus him at all and aim all your shots at his ADC.

❤ He will most likely look for hitting which oftentimes allows him to get close to you. Sidestep this ability, block it with minions, or just don't get in range.

❤ If attacks your ADC and starts stacking his , quickly throw to peel him away and give your ADC time to back off.

❤ If there are many more tanky/health stacking threats, consider buying

DIFFICULTY:
5/10

TARIC

❤ is a hybrid of engage and sustain, while he does decently at both he doesn't excel in any of those pre-6 (post-6 his engage will be very strong)

❤ is very expensive ability so don't fear that it would ruin your poke all that much. It will take a bit longer to take his ADC down, but it should still be ok.

❤ is 's only form of CC threat. This ability is however easy to sidestep and it has pretty low range as well. should gurantee you to dodge it.

❤ makes and near allies invulnerable for couple of seconds. Don't fight him during this period. Throw your to slow them down and run away. You can join the fight again once this ability will be over.

❤ If there are some other high healing champions, consider buying and If his team has some more really tanky threats, consider buying .

DIFFICULTY:
5/10

THRESH

❤ Playing against is very similar to playing against other hookers. Just never get hooked! Ever. Sidestep his hooks, stay far away, hide behind minions, it or anything. Just won't get hooked as this will result in you dying in 95% of times.

❤ Don't every get close to him. At close distance his will be super easy to land for him and he will also be in range to use his other heavy CC abilities like or

❤ allows to instantly move his allies to himself. He will most likely use it to save his ADC. What you can do though is place a or 2, which can cause the ADC to attack the ward instead of getting to safety.

❤ can however also use the to quickly move the jungler at you lane. This trick can be deadly If you will be too close to them.

❤ If leaves your lane. Immediately notify other players about it, because is an amazing roaming support.

❤ is relatively tanky so don't focus him very much with your poke. Try to use it on his ADC instead.

DIFFICULTY:
2-9/10

VEL'KOZ

❤ is a king of early game pressure. He can dish out an enormous amount of poke for very cheap mana costs if you won't successfully dodge his abilities because every single one of his abilities is a dodgeable skillshot.

❤ This matchup isn't as much champion dependant as it is player dependant. If you will play it well, this matchup will be no more than 2/10 but if you will play it badly, it can also be 9/10 - depends on how much poke will you be able to dodge.

❤ is relatively squishy so feel free to poke him every time you can with . He also in compare with his ADC won't build any lifesteal including which should make your job a lot easier.

❤ Closer you get to him, the easier it will be for him to land all his skillshots. Keep some distance and try to minion block his

❤ Don't let him stack all 3 points of on you, it hurts A LOT.

❤ If he is problematic, try to throw away lane prio and destroy him with the help of your . Definitely pick up as your rune shard and in the worst case, you can consider , If there are more AP threats in his team.

DIFFICULTY:
3-9/10

XERATH

❤ is a king of early game pressure. He can dish out an enormous amount of poke for very cheap mana costs if you won't successfully dodge his abilities because every single one of his abilities is a dodgeable skillshot.

❤ This matchup isn't as much champion dependent as it is player dependent. If you will play it well, this matchup will be no more than 3/10 but if you will play it badly, it can also be 9/10 - depends on how much poke will you be able to prevent by proper sidestepping.

❤ is relatively squishy so feel free to poke him every time you can with . He in comparison with his ADC won't build any lifesteal including which should make your job a lot easier. Some of his spells ( and ) even slow him down or immobilize him completely, allowing you to really get the most out of s

❤ is a powerful CC tool that can apply a loong stun if cast from range. Try to sidestep it or minion block it but NEVER get hit by it.

❤ After he casts , try to be as unpredictable as you possibly can get to make it hard for him in order to hit you with his following arcane bullets.

❤ If he is problematic, try to throw away lane prio and destroy him with the help of your for sucks against proper engage. Definitely pick up as your rune shard and in the worst case, you can consider , If there are more AP threats in his team.

DIFFICULTY:
10/10

YUUMI

❤ is a really painful champion to play against. Her provide tons of sustain to her ADC making them almost unkillable.

❤ is 's only way to regain mana she needs to heal properly. Never let her proc it! Keep your distance and try to attack to scare her back to safety.

❤ Honestly just don't even try to play on bot lane. Roam to other places, spread vision, take down objectives and remain effective in different ways. If 's ADC is an early game lane bully, then you can perhaps even try to outscale her.

❤ Honestly is probably the worst matchup you can possibly get to. The amount of desperation this matchup brings is just too much. You can't pressure her early, you usually can't outscale her, your poke gets easily nullified, and... yeah this lane sucks. Don't pick into .

❤ relies on hitting her and her empowered auto attacks to collect gold from and reliably scale. Don't give her the opurtunity-

❤ Try to push. Getting at least some gold value from plates is essential. Definitely buy in this matchup.

DIFFICULTY:
5/10

ZILEAN

❤ will find it relatively hard to kill you with double as long as you will keep distance.

❤ When his ultimate, is applied on someone on his team, usually it's better to wait until the buff goes away instead of keep fighting and letting 's ally revive.

❤ has a short range but can be deadly if it hits you as it will allow to throw other abilities at ya much easier.

❤ When you have a on yourself, please don't be that jerk that let's it hit their allies. There is a solid chance he plays (mainly in normal games, but also in bronze/silver elo). In that case keep moving in one direction even after the explosion of to dodge the .

❤ Try to poke him down, he is very squishy and easy to kill especially if his is on cooldown.

DIFFICULTY:
4/10

ZYRA

❤ Try to dodge 's at all costs.

❤ Try to quickly kill 's plants as they can allow enemies to control the minion wave and gather lane prio.

❤ lacks sustain or defensive tools and her range isn't too long anyway. Just play it safe from afar and poke her down. Eventually, her healthbar will melt.

❤ Pay close attention to what keystone rune does she use. If that's , then don't get yourself hit by too many attacks from her plants. If she uses , then try to maintain a motion in a straight line after getting hit by her plants' attack or to dodge .

❤ After she casts her ultimate, , quickly get away from that area so you won't get knocked up.

ADC Matchups

DIFFICULTY:
5/10

APHELIOS

❤ Feel free to attack him with your autos and even direct s if he has lifesteal or AOE weapon. Otherwise don't.

❤ If doesn't have a healing/shielding , he is relatively easy to poke down with . His lifesteal weapon can make things a bit awkward but the lifesteal isn't that big.

❤ early game is weak, you have to constantly fight him early or he gets out of hands as he gets to his 3rd/4th item. Play really proactive.

❤ His sniper Q is actually pretty deadly ability. He can really quickly start to chain other weapon abilities from it, so try to dodge it at any cost.

❤ If you don't know what 's kit does, then don't worry, even himself has no idea what he is doing. Just stay back, poke him aggresively with and look for some easy kills If your comes to help you.

DIFFICULTY:
7/10

ASHE

❤ Her auto attack range is a bit longer then yours so never trade with her with your auto attacks or direct s.

❤ is 's biggest scare card. If you keep distance, then you might be able to dodge it but usually it's better to it.

❤ is a champions that wants to lock onto you with + . For this reason you have to keep maximum range from her and never 1v1 her.

❤ She is relatively squishy and weak in the early game. With agressive ADC ( for example), try to deal with her by constant agression. With a hyper carry ADC ( for example), you should on the other hand try to outscale her.

❤ Sadly players really enjoy building lifesteal item called . If that's the case, I recommend you to focus more on her support with your . In case that champion also has self sustain, try to roam to to other lanes very frequently.

DIFFICULTY:
5/10

CAITLYN

❤ Her auto attack range is much larger then yours so never trade with her with your auto attacks or direct s.

❤ allows to remove any low health target she clicks on. It is important that you block any lethal hits your ADC would usually take and save them this way. When low on health, make sure you immediately recall or remain outside of the enemy team's vision so you won't get sniped by this ability.

❤ is a death sentence for you. Never get caught into it! can very easily chain her other abilities on you, while you are rooted so move very carefully through bushes.

❤ If doesn't have a protective and If she doesn't have , she will be very easy to kill with constant s. That's because has lowest base HP from all ADCs.

❤ is big lane bully but she falls down in the late game. Play safe early and try to scale up.

DIFFICULTY:
7/10

DRAVEN

❤ His auto attacks hurt like truck. Never fight him in range of your auto attack or direct !

❤ is a deadly AA steroid that makes a king of early to mid game fights. However If he misses the axe, he will lose a huge amount of DPS. Poke him very frequently with . The slow and damage should sometimes zone him from his .

❤ that builds lethality items is relatively easy to deal with but with rush is basically impossible for you to lane against. In that case, try to roam a lot.

❤ can snowball super hard and can carry games, but If you will play safe enough and won't die to him, then he will have pretty hard time in the late game as without kills is not really a champion.

❤ can gather a lot of movement speed in a short amount of time thanks to resets after catching a . So when you see him engaging, use + and try to escape him.

DIFFICULTY:
3/10

EZREAL

❤ As long as you can't be directly hit by , you can definitely trade with him in your auto attack range.

❤ is really easy to deal with during the early to mid game. He doesn't build much lifesteal early on, making him an easy target for your constant

❤ has ultra hard time farming under the turret. Keep the lane constantly pushed and don't recall until he recalls. This way he will be eventually forced to recall in bad situation, losing a lot of minion gold and exp.

❤ can deliver a solid poke damage, especially with his . Respect his damage potential but don't get scared by it.

❤ in the late game is a real pain to play against. He heals a lot from and he fights from long distance, while remaining very tanky. Try to end the game fast, so you won't have to suffer later on.

DIFFICULTY:
6/10

JHIN

❤ has relatively low AA range, though you still shouldn't fight him with auto attacks and s, for he can very easily outdamage you by auto attack + combo.

❤ has very good early game, can outheal your poke If he has and can follow up on his support very easily. is deadly when he gets ahead so by all means, play very passively.

❤ Watch out and stay away from low health caster minions. There is that very cheesy trick players use, that they cast on low health caster minions, last hitting them all and then you get hit by for 205% of it's total base damage on it's last bounce.

❤ 's ultimate allows him get rid of fleeting low health enemies, make sure you tank shots that would be fatal for your ADC and try to dodge shots that would be fatal for you.

❤ players like to poke others down with their 4th shot, which deals a lot of damage. Watch closely his reload bar (under his health bar) and: 1) Run away when he has 4th shot 2) Play normally on his 1st, 2nd and 3rd shot, and 3) Try to poke him while he is reloading (unless he has - then it's usually better to just ignore him and try to scale instead).

DIFFICULTY:
7/10

JINX

❤ has relatively low AA range If she doesn't have rocket launcher on. Feel free to poke her with auto attacks and even direct s, especially when she goas for a last hit.

❤ is a surprisingly effective ability that can chonk your health bar down very quickly If you won't play around it. Try to side step it every time or hide behind minions.

❤ is never worth going through. Always, no matter the situation, try to walk around it and don't underestimate this ability.

❤ 's ultimate allows her to kill low health enemies across the whole map. It is important that you always expect this ability and be ready to side step it or block it for your ADC. If she casts it on a different lane. Try to warn your allies by spamming Danger or attention pings.

❤ is relatively easy to deal with in the early game, but she becomes a monster from her 3rd item onwards. Try to end the game quickly, push and get early drakes. Don't allow her to scale.

DIFFICULTY:
2/10

KAI'SA

❤ Feel free to sometimes poke her with auto attacks and possibly even direct s when she goes for CS.

❤ on it's own isn't very dangerous ability. If you however will be the only unit in it's range, this ability can chonk down half of your health bar. Don't get close to when there aren't minions nearby.

❤ Try to dodge as it can deal some damage and can very easily engage on you with right after. You can even hide behind minions from it.

❤ has relatively weak early game and is easy to poke down before she builds . Don't let her farm and scale up, punish her for literally every CS she takes. Try to push, gain lane priority and get early drakes.

❤ Due to 's heavy engage and low attack range nature of playstyle. You can very easily shut her down by ing her in the middle of the teamfight, even If she is fed.

DIFFICULTY:
5/10

KALISTA

❤ Her early game is strong and she can quickly lock onto you with . Never trade with her using auto attacks or direct s

❤ If won't build a lifesteal item as her first item, then you can chill and poke her down with . If she however does take a , then you might have a harder time laning against her.

❤ tends to trade in very unique patterns that you should understand in order to minimize damage you take from her. Her first pattern is applying a spear onto you and low health minion and then using to damage+slow you while also last hitting the minion, reseting the cooldown of and refunding it's mana cost. Her second favorite pattern is stacking 3 or 4 spears onto a minion and then using to kill that minion and moving all those spears onto the first target behind that minion. Those patterns are usually very hard for to setup and very easy for her enemies to play around.

❤ is a powerful vision providing ability, that you can and should destroy quickly to minimize the amount of impact it will have on the game

❤ is very early game oriented . Try to scale up and keep your distance. Don't feed her.

❤ gets really dumped down by any form of CC or slowness she receives. Try to constantly focus her with to minimize the value she gets from her passive, .

DIFFICULTY:
6/10

KOG'MAW

❤ Don't fight with auto attacks or direct s when he is in mode.

❤ Season 11, low key forced players into building into . This is super good because that means he will buy lifesteal very later on, giving you plenty of space to poke him down with s.

❤ has a terrible early game and hard time csing under the turret. Try to constantly push the lane and force him to recall in bad situation. Play aggressive and don't let him scale

❤ A lot of 's abilities are skillshots, meaning that dodging his spells will prove to be very important.

❤ If reaches the very late game, there unfortunately won't be much you can do. Your only hope is to try chaining + on your team's CC.

DIFFICULTY:
7/10

LUCIAN

❤ Don't ever get close to and never trade with him in your auto attack/direct range!

❤ is absurdly strong in the early game. He however has fairly short attack range, no CC and terrible late game. For those reasons I suggest you to play very passively. Do not die to him and try to outscale him with your ADC. Keep your distance.

❤ is heavily reliant on his 's engage. If his support is a late game enchanter like or If you will manage to dodge every hook or stun, will eventually have to engage on you himself, which will force him to use offensively, leaving him no option to dodge skillshots or escape If things won't go well. In that case, just him and try to win a 2v2 (unless your ADC is an hypercarry like or ).

❤ loves poking his enemies by using through minions. Try to constantly move around your minions and keep changing your position to reduce his damage output.

❤ 's is a stronger ability then it looks. It can grant him solid burst of movement speed onto you, it procs but most importantly, it cancels your , which often is very hard to notice because of low damage that ability does. Make sure you reactivate right after getting hit by

DIFFICULTY:
5/10

SAMIRA

❤ is easy champion to poke down during the early game. She has very short range, making you able to even auto attack her here and there during first few levels.

❤ Remember that thanks to 's passive, , all abilities that knock you up are twice as dangerous and so you should pay twice as much attention to them.

❤ is only able to cast her ultimate when she reached the S mark with her passive. Watch closely the state of 's rank and play more passively when she has A or S.

❤ is able to completely negate your ultimate with . Don't ever cast your ultimate on her when you now she has this ability ready to use, or simply cast your ultimate on a different target.

❤ is all about engaging. However she is really reliant on a setup from her and her low range on . If you will play around both, she will never be able to kill you!

DIFFICULTY:
5/10

SIVIR

❤ Do not take into this matchup. can easily block the comet with for some free mana. I recommend you to take instead as it doesn't get blocked by . Remember that and won't get blocked by the so don't be afraid of using them.

❤ Use only when is on cooldown, as would otherwise deny it and got bonus mana out of it.

❤ is a champion that loves to push the lane. However her spells are really really expensive and she easily runs out of mana. has to use in order to regain the mana back. For this reason, never give her mana. Poke her down and hope that your ADC will do the same.

❤ ' can bounce between many targets, including you. Stay away from your minions when this ability is active.

❤ is usually pretty easy to kill. Since she often pushes her wave, she also opens herself vulnerable to ganks. You can then cast on her (which she will most likely deflect with ). This will make her even more vulnerable in following 20 seconds as she will have no way to deny the CC/damage from your during the gank. You can use this technique during teamfights as well. Make her waste a on a stupid no damage ability, only to then make your team able to hit her with powerful ultimates!

DIFFICULTY:
9/10

TRISTANA

❤ can be really deadly in close distance thanks to her . For this reason never fight her with direct s or auto attacks during trades.

❤ Try to poke her down with and keep your distance. Don't underestimate her engage potential with . It's a deadly ability.

❤ Unfortunately when it comes to playstyle, there is no way you can really deal with her. If you play too agressive, then she will destroy you with her engage tools. If you play too passive then she will eventually outscale you. You can't really push because of her and so your usual gameplan should be to call for ganks and destroy her with some sort of help.

❤ If help doesn't come, then sadly there really won't be much you can do. Try to sit under the turret and don't die to her. You can roam to apply some presence at least on midlane, but you will lose a lot of experience.

❤ When she uses on a turret you should usually back off to not get hit, but sometimes you can get hit by it on purpose. This often results in your turret shooting one laser ball at her, but remember that a clever will probably exit turret range before the explosion.

DIFFICULTY:
2/10

TWITCH

❤ Thanks to low trading potential he has, weak early game and low aa range, you can very easily harass him with your auto attacks or direct s.

❤ is useless in the early game, very easy to kill and poke down. Constantly focus him with crit and .

❤ has hard time farming under his turret without spending a lot of mana. Try to push nonstop and apply a pressure on him.

❤ In the late game, is a dangerous monster that can ambush on you from nowhere and instantly delete you with his . You can go for to burst him down quickly while revealing him from his stealth. Save your and try to 100 > 0 him with help of your allies.

❤ Immediately after you lose the track of him. Spam attention pings and missing enemy pings. Your midlaner would be very unhappy If they would have to die due to your unawareness and fed would be a nightmare for all of you.

DIFFICULTY:
3/10

VARUS

❤ Varus can have really efficient trades with his and . Don't trade him with auto attacks or direct s.

❤ plays differently based on his build. If he builds lethality and AD, then you should really try to dodge his poking abilities and try to outscale him, while throwing never ending s. Meanwhile If he builds attack speed you should try to keep him under control with tools like , pushing him under tower and not letting him CS without taking poke damage back.

❤ 's ultimate, is a death sentence for you. Never get hit by it! He hits you > you die. Try to predict and side step it, keep a distance, bait it out, to dodge it. Anything. Just do not get hit by it at any cost.

❤ If you have , try not to cast it in area as it will have reduced effectiveness, unless it would be your last chance to save yourself or your ADC. It is a small detail, but remember that small details are what separates good s from dead ones.

❤ Try to build and If there aren't very many health stacking champions in his team. Try to burst him down with + during a teamfight.

DIFFICULTY:
3/10

VAYNE

❤ You can poke with your auto attacks and direct s, but remember that you have to be clever about it. If she will be able to proc and on you during this trade, you will lose it. Make sure you attack from position that would make it very hard for her to trade back or you can attack her when she is CSing.

❤ Luckily we live in a world where players don't take . This means that you can easily harass her with s without her being able to do much about it.

❤ in the early game is trash. Focus everything you have on her. Poke her down, push the lane, force her to miss CS by zoning her away from them. Make her cry, make her beg for mercy. Constantly throw on her and ruin her life. Become the bane of her existence.

❤ If she gets fed or enters late game then ffs. There really won't be much you can do about her. Try to burst her down quickly and focus her at all costs. You can her during teamfight - that usually does the trick or you can apply grievous wounds on her via If she has .

❤ Don't stay too close to walls. can apply a really bad stun that you often times won't be able to get out off in time.

DIFFICULTY:
4/10

XAYAH

❤ is all about stunning you with . Position yourself safely against her feathers and don't get yourself rooted by this ability.

❤ has very limited options to control the lane without having to spend a lot of mana. Try to push her hard and force her to be the first one to leave the bot lane.

❤ can only very hardly afford lifesteal items early on. That is very nice because that leaves you able to freely poke her with and .

❤ 's ultimate, can easily deny all the damage from your + combo. But remember that that's not that big of a deal. Your ultimate has MUCH shorter cooldown so next time, she won't escape so easily >:)

❤ In the late game, try to bait out her ultimate and focus all your abilities on her. She is very immobile so with enough patience, you should be eventually able to take her down.

WHO SHOULD YOU BAN?

Just like there are good and bad matchups for AP Miss Fortune, there also are good and bad synergies with your lane partner. Cool combos you can do with them, similar playstyles, similar scaling potential - all those things shape a great lane duo synergy. Remember though that even the best lane synergies are losable and even the worst ones are winnable.

4/10

APHELIOS

9/10

ASHE

6/10

CAITLYN

?/10

DRAVEN

6/10

EZREAL

8/10

JHIN

6/10

JINX

3/10

KAI'SA

2/10

KALISTA

2/10

KOG'MAW

7(9)/10

LUCIAN

1/10

SAMIRA

4/10

SIVIR

7(10)/10

TRISTANA

2/10

TWITCH

8/10

VARUS

2/10

VAYNE

6/10

XAYAH

Since AP support Miss Fortune plays from such an intensely long distance, while doing damage with pretty much just 2 abilities, there really aren't many combos for you to learn. But it's still good to know some to add just that tiny bit of extra power into your gameplay.

HEAVY BURST DAMAGE COMBO

❤ Basically the bread and butter combo. Essential for every AP to know.

❤ slows enemies down meaning that they will be forced to stand inside for longer duration. There really isn't any math in this.

❤ You want to use this combo, while trying to burst enemy down, in teamfights or in order to ultra-push. Either way, this combo is really strong and can deal loads of mixed AD/AP damage.

UNEXPECTED E

❤ Very niche combo. Good for catching up low health enemies or just as a surprise attack.

❤ quickly gets you in range for some pretty quick right after.

❤ This combo can not be buffered by using before , keep that in mind!

NEXUS TURRET DEMOLITION

❤ Not the most or level combo, but still a good ability rotation nonetheless.

❤ Use to gain the bonus attack speed and then alternate your auto attacks between both nexus turrets. This will result in dealing a lot of additional damage due to being applied with every single auto attack.

❤ Use this ability rotation to take down nexus turrets just a tiny bit quicker

DOUBLE UP AA RESET

❤ Yeah, yeah, I know what you want to say: "But Tauricus, we are going AP, why the hell would we care about auto attack resets?". Truth to be told every single piece of information I can squeeze inside your head, is good. Even this near-useless one. It just adds that tiny tiny bit of additional damage onto your target.

❤ Use to cancel your AA animation. In other words use extremely fast after your regular auto attack. This will make the auto attack go off a bit quicker.

❤ Use this combo basically every time you can afford it. There is no reason to not cancel the animation with . It is just free value on top.

Lane priority

Lane Control

Communication

Season 12

FAQ

Conclusion

Because of your very high range and poke potential you will find yourself having a lane priority in 4 out of 5 games. Lane priority is extremely important as it allows you to effectively do other tasks without losing much exp. But what exactly is lane priority? Lane priority is a state of the lane, where you pushed your minion wave to the outer turret of the enemy team. This means that enemies will find it much harder to farm (because their turret will make it harder for them to last-hit properly). This also means that you will open yourself something like an action window, in which you can do one of 3 following tasks without losing any experience!

The first task you can perform is destroying the turret. This method allows you to gain a lot of additional gold from turret plates and maybe eventually even the turret itself. It's a great way to keep a meaningful gold advantage over your opponents and thus more trading power when you do recall and buy a lot of powerful items. Don't forget to ward a river If you choose to do so though ( if possible). Remember that destroying a turret makes you very vulnerable to ganks and roams and so more vision is necessary If you don't want to die. You can even use this action window to destroy some wards with or . Usually, when you destroy enemy wards, you will often find yourself in danger because enemy will probably protect them hard, but this time, they are forced to last-hit minions and they are locked under their turret, making clearing enemy vision much easier for you.

Destroying the turret

Recalling

The second task you can perform is recalling. Pushing your minions to the enemy turret allows you to make a free recall without losing any resources. This way you can quickly convert all your gold into real and meaningful power. Because remember that gold in itself doesn't do anything until you spend it on something. Remember to hide a bit before you start recalling though. If you're too exposed to the enemy team, the enemy might attempt to interrupt your recall and thus make you lose a lot of time. Eventually, you will find yourself that recalling in a bush or just far away from their turret is safe enough. Make sure you don't waste much time in the shop though so you won't lose on any exp when the next minion waves collide. I recommend you to make yourself clear on what you'd like to buy before you even get to the shop so you won't waste your time in the shop by "choosing what to buy".

The last task you can do is roaming. Because you pushed the wave, you and your ADC (or you alone) are now able to leave your lane and spread your efficiency in other places. You can attempt to kill a drake (if your is near of course), ambush enemy midlaner or just place some very needed s deeper in the . You can even use this action window to destroy some wards with or before you head on to roam. As I said, the enemy bot lane will be too busy re-controlling the minion wave and they won't be able to interrupt you in any way. Also remember that If you want to roam to mid-lane, your midlaner mustn't have a lane priority (They will last hit under their turret) otherwise, you would just come at a mid lane and stand there like an idiot. For this reason, roam to midlane only when enemy midlaner pushed their lane and is thus in a vulnerable position.

Roaming

Ultra-Pushing

The first one of them is ultra-pushing. This technique is super useful when you are alone on bot lane because your ADC died and enemy bot duo recalled or when you killed enemy bot duo and your ADC recalled. Either way, the way it works is that when your ADC is too far away, you can cast as well as to ultra push the wave in 2 or 3 seconds. This way your whole minion wave will be burned under the turret from your enemies, you will gain a massive experience lead as well as a lot of gold and most importantly, your ADC won't lose a single penny because If you wouldn't do anything, and you would just recalled, both waves would collide at the same time and thus would make the state of the lane equal in most cases. This technique is really cool as AP is probably the only in the entire game that can perform this strategy quickly enough. And don't worry about wasting your (that's what is for after all).

EXAMPLE OF ULTRA-PUSHING

Another thing you can do in your lane is freezing the wave. This technique is very awkward and makes you lose a lot of your HP, but you will often find it very worth it. So How does it work? You basically tank a smaller minion wave right in front of your turret range and you won't last hit it. When your next wave arrives it will stop right in front of your turret. This will put your wave in an amazing position when your enemies will have to overextend in order to last hit, while your ADC will be able to easily last hit from the safety of your turret but without constant attacks from your turret. It is mostly used when your ADC is coming to lane but wouldn't be able to get there in time to last hit those minions. You basically hold the minion wave and wait for your ADC to come and collect all the gold from it. This technique is a bit complicated and high-difficulty so don't worry If you aren't catching up very much.

Freezing

EXAMPLE OF FREEZING

Pushing

The last thing I can tell you about is damaging minions, so it is very easy for your ADC to quickly last hit them. The way it works is that you damage enemy minions in a way that makes your ADC last hit 3 or 4 of them with a single ability in a split of a second. That ability can be , , , passive, or literally anything. The reason why this technique is so nice is that when you need to push the lane (and you know that your ADC wants to push the lane as well!!), this method allows you to do so at a very low mana cost of your . Often times ADCs have to waste 2 or 3 abilities in order to effectively and quickly push the lane and gain lane priority. Your mana pool is a lot larger though and so you can both help your teammate save some mana and you further invest in a state of lane your ADC wants (=probably pushed lane). This technique is really good as you will soon find out that just a single on caster minions can be enough to execute this.

EXAMPLE OF PUSHING

Because of the way AP support Miss Fortune works, you will soon find out that this concept is really reliant on correct communication with your allies. Here are some super exclusive communication tricks, I have found out.

Starting off with a really unique technique that I have came up with, there is negotiation. The way it works is that in the champion select, you will offer your ADC that you will take for them. Usually your should be the one who takes and you should take either or to provide your team some extra damage/utility, HOWEVER AP plays from really really long range, actually from even further distance then her ADC, making close range summoner spells like or generally less effective.

Also by selecting yourself, your ADC can finally pick a full selfish summoner spell like or , or they can go for and collect kills themselves, or they can go for any summoner spell they want, without being chained to anymore. Either way, this technique, will increase the adaptability of your ADC and the value of yours. That said, don't be sad when ADC won't want to give you . Remember that (or other summoner spell, depending on situatuation) is still great.

Ask your ADC If you can pick Heal for them

Anti-Healing is Inefficient

Another thing that is also pretty unique to AP is negotiation. The way this technique works is that, when enemies have some really potent healing in their team, you offer someone in your team a purchase. Now you might ask, How is it helpful and unique to AP ? You just buy a grievous wounds item, what's so special about this? Well, the whole idea behind this is that grievous wounds items are by default very money inefficient and buying them means having much less damage.

However, AP can with her AOE, persistent damaging, 1200 ranged that comes up every 6 seconds in a teamfight, benefit from the grievous wounds effect EXTREMELY well, much better than most champions in the game. Another statement that this strategy is based on is that Grievous wounds don't stack, meaning that the more anti-healing items your team has, the less effective each anti-healing item actually is.

Depending on how much healing enemies have, you usually want to have on average 2 anti-healing items in your team. Sometimes 1 is enough, but sometimes even 3 might be necessary. Now since you benefit from your anti-healing item more than allies, you don't want your whole team to be building them and those items are usually inefficient - what you can do is offer someone in your team, (before they will start building all those s, s, s, etc themselves) that you will buy Grievous wounds item for them. This will result in the following advantages. 1) Since you can spread Grievous wounds better than that ally, your team will get more value from that item 2) That ally will be able to focus on much more damage-oriented items, which is generally better than if you would do it instead. 3) You not only spread the effect of the Grievous wounds really really well, you also benefit from it really really well. That's because your source of damage is poke-based which gets critically countered by healing.

Grievous Wounds Don't Stack

The ally you just helped by using this technique can perhaps be burst-based like or . Those champions don't care about long-term healing, they either instakill or not. They perhaps wanted to buy anti-healing items only because they had no other choice. That's why this strategy can be so damn effective.

Liandries Don't Stack

Now for the last one. Building & has one slight disadvantage. Similarly to 's grievous wounds effect, both and burning effects don't stack when applied by multiple allies on the same target. This again results in a fact that more of those items there is in your team, the less efficient each one of them gets. If your team consists of many abusers like , , or and if enemies have like 2 or 3 tanks, then you can instead go for + to maintain the efficiency of your team and your iteams. You after all don't need another burning item when there already are so many.

But Tauricus, What does this has to do with communication? Well, there is an easy answer for it. Not every player wants to go . Season 11 added high item diversity and there is a chance that your allies might want to buy something completely different than those anti-tank items. So yeah, you should always ask players if they want to build first, just to be sure... Or else you can also appear in a team full of DOT champions all with in their inventory :D

SEASON 12 CHANGES

In case you haven't played AP Miss Fortune in quite some time, here is a rundown on How did Season 12 impact her. Most of the new items and runes didn't really hit her but here are a few changes that did.

| New item | Situational but good |
got added into a game, working pretty well against shielding enchanters and other squishy shielding champions. A great addition to our item arsenal.

| Reworked item | Huge buff! |
is now 400 gold cheaper, gives a bit less AP when upgraded but gives a lot of AH in the process, now also provides some HP and heals you after mana expenditure. Amazing buff to AP - huuuge change :D

| Reworked item | Don't build it anymore |
got reworked and is now absolutely useless for AP as activating its effect just isn't practically possible anymore. Forget about this item, don't ever build it anymore.

| Reworked item | Worse but still good |
got nerfed slightly as the total AP was reduced. However it now provides some extra health and ability haste. You can also proc it with even from close distance. This item is definitely a bit weaker, but it is still pretty damn good nontheless.

| Reworked item | Slightly better now |
Since you want to play from far away, the loss of resistance bonuses didn't hit AP MF at all. However, this item now provides 10 less AP and 100 more HP making you more resilient overall. The damage loss is just an illusion because you now get 2% extra AP per every point of bonus HP. Since AP MF builds usually consist of quite a lot of HP you usually get around +/- 10 extra AP compared to season 11.

Why a role? Is it really the best role you can play AP at?

A: Answer is - technically yes. AP doesn't really need that much gold, she can easily play with gold she receives from , she really benefits from duo lane because most of her abilities are AOE and she requires a really safe positioning. Last hitting minion would often get you into a dangerous position, where you could get easily ambushed at. That said AP can be played at almost any role, except - I myself played few games on mid lane and ADC role and it went relatively well :)

Why AP in general? Can't some other s like for example just do her job better?

A: When you think about it, it's basically the same as choosing between support or support. They are almost the same champion, but there are slight differences that make both of them good in their own scenario. Yes, AP is similar to or supports, but just as there are things can do and AP can't - there are things that AP can do but can't.

It can be zoning potential that AP offers, or it can be the fact that is practically undodgablke while is a skillshot. It can be high movement speed and roaming potential that AP has thanks to while no other poking artillery support does have this type of utility. It's easy to say - "X" is better, "X" has higher win/playrate, "X" has the same playstyle, so I will play "X" - but such a blank and blurry point of view can negatively affect the way you see the game. So yes - there are tons of reasons why you would want to pick AP over any other in the game.

Why don't you buy ? It seems fitting to this concept?

A: Never buy , because SLOWS DO NOT STACK!!! It is always the strongest slow that takes effect and every other less meaningful slow effect on that champion will be ignored. And now since slows for 30%, while slows for 40-60%, it makes sense that ... well... doesn't - make sence :D Also slows only on AP damage and even though all your abilities technically scale with AP stat, they don't neccesarily do AP damage. Meaning that the slow won't be applied by nor .

Why don't you use ?

A: Expectable question indeed. The problem I have with is that it has to be used from very very close range, where you usually don't want to appear at all. You could argue that is also usable only from close distance, but the difference is that is supposed to save you when enemies get too close, while is usable just to chase kills, which you most likely will not get from such a close distance. If you want so much in your lane, then I recommend taking and asking your ADC to pick instead. If enemy healing is a problem, you will do better by buying rather then taking . Don't take please.

Why you strictly pair only with while pairing only with ?

A: I have never said that I strictly pair them like this. Yes you will in 90% of your games want to buy them just like this, but sometimes combining with won't be a bad idea. The thing is that you are selecting your mythic item based on enemy team composition. Meaning that when you are against tanks you want Liandry, and when you are against squishies you want Luden. So I am generally assuming that if you have bought - you are against tanks and so you also probably want as well because that item is especially good against tank enemies. Same for . If you bought it, then I am assuming you are against squishies and so you most likely want , because - again - that item is especially potent against squishies. But yeah, feel free to combine them, I myself do it from time to time.

Should you ever try to poke tanky s?

A: Usually no, they tend to have high health regeneration, defensive stats and defensive abilities. However, when enemy ADC has too much sustain, it can actually become worth focusing on tanky enemies more as it can at least make them low on health. Remember that low health tanks are often forced to hold back, unable to cast their engage-ish abilities on you, which can be good for you.

Why going for ? Isn't better in the first line of rune shard tree?

A: I would say this comes to personaly preference of each one of us. I did some testing and both of those provide almost the same amount of DPS boost so it really doesn't matter all that much, I personally enjoy being able to cast more frequent spells and I also enjoy the fact that increases the potency of ALL my abilities (including ), while increases the potency of only abilities that scale with AP. So yeah is like 1% better, but if you prefer , then go ahead and pick it :)

Some of your summoner spells seem like trolling.

A: ~~Is this even a question? xD~~. I can agree that and are really bizarre summoner spells to take on . But what can I say? They work wonders for me. matchup is now finally ez pz with and with in my pocket I can already hear the cash register sound in my head. If those summoner spells won't work for you, then just don't play them. It's easy as that.

Do I need kills or early lead in order to do damage with AP ?

A: No. As long as you won't feed, or your team won't be tragically behind, you should have relatively high damage output.

What should I do when I fall behind?

A: Well AP doesn't really need all that much gold so it usually shouldn't be a big deal for you - just keep doing what I told you - poke, ward and contest objectives. If you however fell really behind then you will probably have to focus more on warding than on anything else. Try to slow the game down, don't initiate anything. Remember that you scale super duper well. Your time will eventually come, just don't rush anything, play defensively, and be patient.

Special thanks goes mainly to Sleepinthegarden, Silverman43, LadyOfClockwork, LuxTheGreyWarden, IKeepItTaco, jhoijhoi and Maintained for their great guides that inspired me along the way. Also a huge thanks to Bonnie Tyler for writing a song Total eclipse of the heart that I played on repeat while writing this guide and used it as well as a name for this guide. Thanks to all the illustrators for their beautiful fanarts. Click on them to move to the authors original post. Last but not least, thanks to League of Legends wiki for providing me the very important data for this guide.

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