Weird Picks #39: AP Miss Fortune Support

Hey everyone! This week's Weird Pick Wednesday centers around a marksman whose name consistently tops the charts ever since her latest rework. However, it may come as a surprise to some of you to find out she has quite a few AP ratios as well! Check out the full details below:

Weird Pick #39

AP Miss Fortune Support

December 2015

Introduction

Hey everyone! This week's Weird Pick Wednesday centers around a marksman whose name consistently tops the charts ever since her latest rework. However, it may come as a surprise to some of you to find out she has quite a few AP ratios as well! Check out the full details below:

How to Play

Primary Runes

Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos, Ultimate Hunter

Secondary Runes

Manaflow Band, Transcendence

Abilities

E, Q, E, W then prioritize  R > E > Q > W

Core Items (Pure Poke)

Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Control Ward (Optional), Luden's Echo, Liandry's Torment, Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, Zhonya's Hourglass

Hybrid Items (Auto Based)

Lich Bane, Nashor's Tooth

Why It Works

High AP Ratios
At 15% AP per tick and 8 ticks over the full two seconds, Miss Fortune has a startling high 120% AP Ratio total on her Make It Rain (E) skill. Meanwhile, her Bullet Time (R) leans on AD these days, but every wave still carries a 25% AP ratio on top of it if enemies stay in it for the full duration. Lastly, her Doubleup carries a 35% AP ratio, and Lich Bane's spellblade proc adds more on top of that.

Good Trading Potential
Although enemies don't always stay in Make It Rain (E) it for the full duration, if you and your laning partner can hit them while they are moving out of it, you effectively force them to choose between getting hit and fighting back. This often results in excellent trades, especially against a melee support.

Great Synergy With Liandry's and Cheap Shot 

In a metagame chock full of tanks, Late game Miss Fortune synergizes excellently with Liandry's Torment. Since her Make It Rain naturally slows, she does not require any additional CCs to proc the extra damage and burns for a long duration. That same slow also switches on Cheap Shot, so every follow-up hit she lands on a slowed target carries bonus true damage.

Easy Electrocute Procs
A Double Up, an autoattack and a Make It Rain give her three separate hits without any real setup, so she procs Electrocute on almost every trade she takes. This allows her to safely poke and maximize her damage during laning phase and for teamfights.

Potential Pitfalls

No Hard CC
Although Miss Fortune's slow on her Make It Rain does provide a decent bit of CC, she does not have any "hard" CC, meaning that she cannot stop any channeling spells or prevent an enemy champion from flashing.

Low Utility
Many supports in the current metagame provide some sort of interesting utility spells. However, as a pure AP support mage, Miss Fortune brings damage and a slow and very little else, so once the poke stops landing there's not much left for her to do for the team.

Conclusions

As a naturally very oppressive laner, Miss Fortune adds a lot of value as a support. While her AD build requires her to be more auto attack based, her AP build allows her to be an effective poker, kiter, and zoner. This lends itself to being a very strong support if she can snowball her lane. However, she's very weak should she fall behind against all-in type supports like Blitzcrank or Leona.

Suggested Rating: Low Tier 2

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