Champion Guide

Fiora Guide

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Fiora is a top-lane duelist and split pusher. Duelist's Dance reveals vitals on enemies, and striking them deals true damage based on maximum health while healing her and granting movement speed. Lunge is a short dash, Riposte parries incoming damage and stuns if it blocks crowd control, Bladework gives two empowered attacks, and Grand Challenge exposes four vitals and creates a healing zone once they are all hit. She wins most early trades, but mistakes with Lunge or Riposte are heavily punished.

Recommended Setup

Our recommended Fiora build

Our recommended runes, summoner spells and items. Compare build win rates on the stats page.

Items

Starting Items

Core Items

Situational Items

Start Doran's Blade and a Health Potion into melee lanes, or Doran's Shield into ranged lanes; Cull is only worth it on an early recall when your opponent plays very safe. Ravenous Hydra is the core item, followed by Plated Steelcaps, Eclipse against duelists and Death's Dance. Build Trinity Force against tanks, Maw of Malmortius against magic burst and Frozen Heart against attack speed, and finish with Guardian Angel, Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin or Hullbreaker. Pick boots based on the enemy's main damage source. Run Press the Attack with Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, plus Bone Plating and Revitalize, in most games; Conqueror is better against tanks who build armor, and Grasp of the Undying with Second Wind helps in hard early lanes like Renekton. Take Flash and Teleport, or Ignite against laners with healing. Max Q, then E, then W.

Runes

Primary Tree

Secondary Tree

Summoner Spells

Skill Max Order

Strengths

Strong in every phase: early trades with Riposte and vitals, then items that let her outsustain almost anyone.
Very mobile from Lunge, vital movement speed and Grand Challenge.
True damage from vitals shreds tanks, making her one of the best split pushers.

Weaknesses

Heavily matchup-dependent: you need to know when to trade and what to Riposte.
A missed Lunge or mistimed Riposte leaves her exposed.
Weak wave clear before Tiamat, and junglers love to gank her.

Laning Phase

Fiora is strong early, so keep your wave healthier so you hit level 2 first and push your advantage onto an opponent still at level 1. Riposte's high base damage and slow win early trades, but junglers love ganking Fiora, so respect the jungler once you have pressure. When you are ahead, jump on your opponent as soon as you reach level 6 and try to finish them before they get their own ultimate; Grand Challenge deals percent-health true damage, so even tanks melt.

Mid & Late Game

Fiora is best split pushing with Teleport ready. Before an objective, push the side wave toward the enemy tier 1 tower and stay visible, forcing the enemy to choose between losing towers and committing to the objective; Teleport in if your team fights. Whoever comes to stop you alone should lose, which forces them to send more players. In teamfights, use Grand Challenge on a frontliner you can stay on to create a healing zone for your team, and save Riposte for the key crowd control spell.

Key Tips

Riposte stuns if it blocks crowd control, so time it against the enemy's main stun, knock-up or slow.
Hitting a vital with Lunge lowers its cooldown, which keeps you mobile in fights.
Grand Challenge's healing zone appears once all four vitals are struck or the target dies.
Push the side wave before objectives so the enemy has to answer you instead of grouping freely.

Matchups

Matchups and synergies

Our picks for difficult opponents, favorable lanes and strong allies. Compare matchup win rates on the stats page.