2012-02-13, 10:33 PM
After reading Kaj's post (and he clarified a lot of points very well; thanks!) I'll give my bit of insight about the possibilities why MF is OP.
As Kaj said, she has (roughly) the standard range for a squishy AD carry: 550. And has a strong early game. From watching streams where pros were using MF as their standard AD carry for bot lane, I frequently noticed them bouncing their Q off the right minion to hit the enemy champion.
Now think about this: When used right, her Double Up gives her something along the lines of psuedo-long range advantage for harass. While its not exactly free harass, it allows you to hit twice. This means that even if you're not within range where she's able to actively harass you with her AA - and you're positioned close to where she wants to bounce Double Up off of - she is able to get off damage on you without having to risk taking too much damage. And with the current meta being stale at the bottom lane (currently AD carry + support), any strong form of pseudo-long range advantage as a method to harass others is what makes her pretty strong.
As Kaj said, she has (roughly) the standard range for a squishy AD carry: 550. And has a strong early game. From watching streams where pros were using MF as their standard AD carry for bot lane, I frequently noticed them bouncing their Q off the right minion to hit the enemy champion.
Now think about this: When used right, her Double Up gives her something along the lines of psuedo-long range advantage for harass. While its not exactly free harass, it allows you to hit twice. This means that even if you're not within range where she's able to actively harass you with her AA - and you're positioned close to where she wants to bounce Double Up off of - she is able to get off damage on you without having to risk taking too much damage. And with the current meta being stale at the bottom lane (currently AD carry + support), any strong form of pseudo-long range advantage as a method to harass others is what makes her pretty strong.