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Recommended Items
Spells:
Flash
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Items
Ability Order
A Harmless Scarecrow (PASSIVE)
Fiddlesticks Passive Ability
Intro
Welcome to my
Fiddlesticks Guide
I will try to explain how to play
Fiddlesticks; use of his abilities, teamfights etc.
Hopefully you know how to play
Fiddlesticks after this. Any questions or remarks? Just pm. (Im not English so yeah...sorry for any bad grammer and vocabulary)
Pro's
- Insane Teamfight potential
- Has
Terrify as a hard CC
- High sustain
- Has
Reap to control enemy AP casters
- Underrated 1v1 potential
- Can be played as a supporting jungle if not fed due to high utility.
- Shuts down any assasin if played correctly
Conn's
- Is fairly squishy
- Is VERY dependand of 1st Blue Buff
- Is vunerable to early invades
- Can be countered by (over)warding
- Can be shutdown fairly easily if not played correctly
- Lacks waveclear
- Has a hard time in 2 (or more) versus [fiddlesticks].
- Relatively weak ganker.
- Insane Teamfight potential
- Has

- High sustain
- Has

- Underrated 1v1 potential
- Can be played as a supporting jungle if not fed due to high utility.
- Shuts down any assasin if played correctly
Conn's
- Is fairly squishy
- Is VERY dependand of 1st Blue Buff
- Is vunerable to early invades
- Can be countered by (over)warding
- Can be shutdown fairly easily if not played correctly
- Lacks waveclear
- Has a hard time in 2 (or more) versus [fiddlesticks].
- Relatively weak ganker.








Some things which you should really consider while using this ability:
Who do I want to target?
1st -->
Always try to go for an assasin first. Champions like Katarina and Fizz can kill your ADC within seconds if you do not use it on them. They are also really squishy and provide (most of the time) a decent amount of damage from the enemy team.
2nd -->
there are no real assasins in the enemy team or they pose no threat --> ADC.
3th -->
Most threatening target (If your carries are in danger)
4th -->
Most squishy target (If you engage into the enemy team).
You will learn who to target the more you play

Sometimes it is better to hold your q when near enemy champions. Try to think like this: Do I need it now to safe myself or others? Do I need it now to kill a more valuable player? Am I able to kill a less valuable player and get out after I used my Q? etc.
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The use of this ability outside of combo'ing is also quite good, but not that hard. Use it to sustain (at late game you can get full hp with one

In teamfights, only use it when you are NOT a priority target. You will get instantly shutdown if you do. Try to hit enemys at closer range so the leash wont break that easily.
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Try to use this on the AP caster or ability dependand champions; like



You can use this ability when minions are in range, but since the crow randomly choses a target, it can hop onto other minions which you do not want in a TF (teamfight)


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The most vital things about this ability is positioning!: The channel takes 1.5 seconds and you can be easily denied if you do not use it properly. You can catch your targets offguard by a sudden ult from bushes or unwarded territory and do huge damage. (Check Fiddle Plays chapter)
The Ult ability is fairly useless in 1v1 fights since any form of CC will deny it andsquishy targets can run away from your target location. It also has a cooldown which makes it usefull for waveclear only in emergency situations.
Still it is one of the most powerfull teamfight ults in the game. A




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Leveling your abilities
You need your

You level your


Get your

Max your

Max your


Ofcourse your ult should get leveled at any time possible (6/11/16)
Starting Items
I personally prefer
Amplifying Tome over
Hunter's Machete because:
- you get more AP damage for first ganks
- It does not slow your jungle clearing
- You do not need the health pots because of your
Bountiful Harvest
- It is also needed for your Stalkers Blade
Rush
Try to go for
Zhonya's Hourglass and Stalkers Blade - Magus as fast as possible. Also try to get boots for faster jungling and ganking.
Stalkers Blade - Magus hightens your jungle clearance.
Zhonya's is a MUST item for
Fiddlesticks. At any engage into the enemy team you will get instakilled if you do not use it. The
Crowstorm still works after the use of Zhonya's.
Core
Rabadon's Deathcap gives
Fiddlesticks the insane damage he needs.
Void Staff Is necassary against MR stacking Champions (Lategame)
As a jungler you need an
Oracle's Lens to clear wards for ganks and later on for baron.
Sorcerer's Shoes Give you extra Mpen and movement speed which you need for jungling.
Mobility Boots is also an option.
Other Items
Abyssal Mask is an item which gives you extra damage, Mpen and MR. You can use it:
- If they are AP focussed
- If they do not stack MR
Rylia's Crystal Scepter gives you a very usefull slow and some nice HP
You can use it:
- If you need some extra sustain
- If you or your team needs a slow
- If you want more damage
Will of the Ancients Gives you extra Spell Vamp which is really usefull on both your
Bountiful Harvest AND
Crowstorm, It also gives some extra CDR.
You can use it:
- If you need extra sustain in engages (Your ult heals you)
- If your
Bountiful Harvest gets outscaled by enemy champs.
- If you want to spam your abilities more. Most people underestimate 10% CDR.
- If you want to heal during your
Zhonya's Hourglass time.
I personally prefer


- you get more AP damage for first ganks
- It does not slow your jungle clearing
- You do not need the health pots because of your

- It is also needed for your Stalkers Blade
Rush
Try to go for

Stalkers Blade - Magus hightens your jungle clearance.
Zhonya's is a MUST item for


Core



As a jungler you need an



Other Items

- If they are AP focussed
- If they do not stack MR
Rylia's Crystal Scepter gives you a very usefull slow and some nice HP
You can use it:
- If you need some extra sustain
- If you or your team needs a slow
- If you want more damage



You can use it:
- If you need extra sustain in engages (Your ult heals you)
- If your

- If you want to spam your abilities more. Most people underestimate 10% CDR.
- If you want to heal during your

Fiddlesticks is an AP teamfighter with lots of CC
Pick
Fiddlesticks when:
- You lack AP damage
- You seriously lack AOE
- You seriously lack CC
- You want to shutdown champions like
Katarina
- You have a champion with AOE stuns like
Lissandra,
Braum or
Thresh
Do not pick
Fiddlesticks when:
- You have an AP- focussed top- and midlaner
- You are playing against early invade champions like
Lee Sin
- You are playing against a splitpush focussed team.
- You expect an fight for blue (due to strong early picks)
- You need a tanky jungler.
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Champions to play with:
- Champions with an AOE CC like
Lissandra,
Zyra and
Thresh
Pick

- You lack AP damage
- You seriously lack AOE
- You seriously lack CC
- You want to shutdown champions like

- You have a champion with AOE stuns like



Do not pick

- You have an AP- focussed top- and midlaner
- You are playing against early invade champions like

- You are playing against a splitpush focussed team.
- You expect an fight for blue (due to strong early picks)
- You need a tanky jungler.
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Champions to play with:
- Champions with an AOE CC like




Most easily:
Non-ult damage dealing.


Ult engage into enemy team.




- disengage
use



1v1's
-Enemy has no CC (This way the enemy will be silenced after the fear)



Enemy had CC but you can tank him for some time

(they will interrupt you)
If not just keep

If they do CC your




if you want to keep on the trade. If not disengage
- Enemy has CC and you cant tank him: Disengage
- Enemy is assasin and has high damage but denyableult like


HOLD




till ult then


As you gain skill with


It is quite hard to write about where to engage and some nice places to engage: So check out these video's about some
Fiddlesticks plays and how the pro's do it.

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