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They are apparently waiting to fix Fiora till they get fighters in general in line and understand what they want. Honestly I don't think Fiora is that bad, and she shines in treeline or in midlane. Nidalee vs Fiora has been one of the easiest match ups I have ever played. You need to abuse her double gap closer and early Q damage against escape less mages where you can do so mid. It's the same idea behind Riven mid. I think another part of her is the fact she's the worst melee carry, and even having that tag makes you bad. Yi has resets and invulnerability in his q whereas Fiora needs her ult. Tryndamere can use his gap closer to escape and his invulnerability has more utility and uses and is less prone to bugs. Plus his passive and heal are better. Gangplank had utility and can help the team and can afford to build defensive items because of that. Gangplank is basically the Ashe of Melee Carries. I'm not even going to mention Yasuo. Fiora has to go all in all the time. This hurts her against ganks, when she's behind, you name it. Her passive encourages small duels, but because her gap closer is targeted instead of free she only has one direction, into fights. And having no cc prevents her from building tanky or she has no damage. She's too hit or miss compared to the other melee carries who have some way of being useful in fights if behind, GP's slows and buffs, Yasuo's knockups, Trynd's AD debuff and slow, Yi can even meditate tank somewhat. When they rework Sion I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes a melee carry but it seems they are leaning more towards bruiser what with his health gain.

FRAR NOT MORTALS YOUR BENEVOLENT GOD PSYCH SHALL HOST A GAME OF SKILL WHERE THE WINNERS SHALL DINE LIKE KINGS AFTER APPEASING MY FAVOR

Still sticking to my guns of Max stats being better for Awakeningg, I mean you get infinite boosters and reclassing anyway.

I'd be more interested in being able to use items like Concoctions or Elixirs though.

Mist equips runes word and begins a long battle of attrition by fighting Mist

I'm pretty sure it doesn't work on roms though

Horace what are your Mist's skills? Cause I feel we're going to end up in a Mist vs Mist regen fight coming down to rolling for low hits and that's gonna be tons of fun.

Nephene attacks Mist using Brave Lance

Yes Neph SL+ Mist still stays

I guess the Renewal I swear when I was looking at the FAQ they added up.

Aaaaaaan I'm using Mist the whole tourney. Nephene uses Silver Lance+ on Lethe. Hey didn't Mist heal from that or is she at 35 HP anyway?

fucking Brom suicides on Lethe with the Laguz lance

Pretty sure every Gaiden chapter is route save maybe the final or a few with significant bosses. I'd consider Celica a lord too though. And Lucina's definitely a lord even if she's not that focal. She has the class and unique weapon and everything.

Brom attacks Lethe with the Laguz Lance

Mist attacks Rolf with the Rune Sword

ALL HAIL THE HELIX FOSSIL

True, but Awakening is limited by reclass, save for Avatar which I would assume to be banned and children, which I'm not sure how to handle.

Would Awakening be viable for a meta game or would things like counter and children be too strong?

At the end of the tourney, can we have both win/pick usage? Just like league of legends But with no bans

How does Bastian fair?

I question a couple things. Brom has axe access which generals in 9 don't get. Not sure if weapons had stat changes, but you would need to worry about things like that or Dark tomes for Pelleas or Lehran. Paladins don't get secondary weapons. I'm pretty sure class caps changed. Would Sanaki have access to all magic types or could you consider Light access as her tier 3 promotion since she's basically an Archsage with Light instead of staves? How will Florete work?

So where's Horace

If you implemented a nerf on healing, but still allowed it, it would create interesting scenarios. Something like a 50% healing reduction on staves would allow you to include a healer on your team if necessary, but still have one as a risk, since most are slow and have low defense. Right now, you only have healing from Nosferatu and Rune Swords. The most healing you could do with the reduction would be 25, with 30 magic and a Mend, since I'd assume Restore would be banned or something. Plus other staves would allow interesting counter building, between Restore or high resistance units. You also have to take into account the fact that if you brought in Healing and Status staves, you're sacrificing item slots, including things like the Iron Rune. Dancers/Bards would also allow be cool, since you're able to buff a unit for the next round, while sacrificing a combat unit for such a thing.

Nephenee attacks Rolf with the Silver Lance+ yeah no SF has her name as thus

I think taking staves would actually be an interesting change, at least in the GBA games, though there might need to be some sort of reduction, like a 50% healing nerf, at least to combat something like a cheap Fortify move. What's the ideology behind not allowing staves? Other than the fact that the actual LA doesn't allow them? Dancers would also add another layer of intrigue, though because GBA doesn't have skills like Shade, they'd be much less useful, save maybe FE7 with the buffs. Also what's the verdict on FE8 Summoners? IDK i just have a lot of thoughts PS i'd be interested in an FE8 battle