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THE BEST FIDDLESTICKS GUIDE FOR S13 - MAKE THEM FEAR YOU!

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Runes: 1v9 Runes

1 2

Domination

Dark Harvest

Cheap Shot

Eyeball Collection

Ultimate Hunter

Inspiration

Perfect Timing

Cosmic Insight

Bonus:

+8 ability haste
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor

Spells:

1 2

NORMAL SUMMONERS

Flash

Gustwalker Smite

Items

Starting Items

Start Against Aggro Jungler

Mythic Options

First Back

Alt First Back

Early Game Powerspike #1

Earl Game Powerspike #2

Core Items

Full build example 1

Late Game Item Set 2

Late Game Item Set 3

All Situational Items

Ability Order Skill Order

Fiddlesticks Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Champion Build Guide

Intro

Hey everyone, my name is FREAKSTAR I'm a YouTuber & Twitch Streamer who uploads regular game play and commentary videos on Fiddlesticks. I'd like to thank you for checking out my guide. Before I go in depth on Fiddlesticks. I'd like to introduce myself and give you some of my back story.

How it All Started...

I've been playing League of Legends since season 9. Prior to that, I had only heard of the game from my ex girlfriend. I had never played MOBA before and I figured I'd just download the game and give it a try. I had no idea what I was doing and fed very badly. However, in the process I fell in love with the game.

I started as a mid lane Karthus 1 trick, but after a couple hundred games I decided I wanted to be a jungler instead. I wasn't bad as a mid laner, but I thought the idea of jungling was just cooler. I decided to focus on macro and played mostly tank junglers during season 9. After some grinding I made it to Gold 1, my games essentially being Diamond games with me as the lone Gold player. I was proud of my accomplishment - I had made it to the higher tiers of game play in just 1 year.

However, in the process I also realized something: Playing tanks was fun but very frustrating. It began to take it's toll on my mental making the "correct" macro play, but not having my team follow up correctly was discouraging.

That's why this season I have switched to learning "carry junglers". One of champions I have been focusing on is Fiddlesticks. After some frustration learning the different play style I was amazed. I love playing and think the champion rework makes playing him feel much more rewarding!

Why Play Fiddlesticks?

Why play ? Before I start explaining HOW to play the champion, let's talk about WHY you should play the champion. This is a very important part of the guide because learning how to play this champion will take a bit of commitment. The Fiddlesticks rework has changed him significantly. Even moreso than before, the playstyle involves constantly trying to outsmart & play mental games with the enemy team. If you like the sound of that, then Fiddlesticks might just be the champ for you.

While the kit is pretty straightforward & basically the same as before, the champion itself feels different. You need to play a lot of games to get the hang of his movement so you can position properly & kite out enemies with your abilities. And even more importantly than getting a feel for the new Fiddlesticks, you need to have total DOMINATION when it comes to vision because making the most out of is a huge part of Fiddle's utility & can make all the difference in those late game team fights.

Fiddlesticks Pros & Cons

PROS

+ Amazing vision control (when done correctly)
+ Quick farming speed
+ Amazing sustain in the jungle
+ Excellent teamfighting
+ Has carry potential
+ Great engage/disengage
+ Lots of juicy crowd control
+ Feels strong at all points of the game
+ Good first pick, doesn't have many hard counters

CONS

- ULT reliant
- Extremely immobile, especially without
- Somewhat squishy
- Really bad at 1v1
- Constantly gets invaded
- Low range
- Dies easily if CCd

Reasons why I play Fiddlesticks

1. One of my favorite parts about Fiddlesticks is his aesthetic. He is a great champ to pick up if you're someone who enjoys characters with a dark aesthetic like I do. Champs who fit this aesthetic as well are , , , , etc which are all champs I play. Personally, I care about the aesthetic of the champ I'm playing and I'll have more fun playing them if they suit my tastes.

2. Another reason I play Fiddle is his farming. You can farm multiple jungle camps at once with while maintaining your health (thanks to ). With proper pathing, you can easily be ahead of your enemy's CS, meaning you'll have more gold, meaning you'll have better items, etc. You get the jist.

3. With the Fiddlesticks rework, you get an insane amount of free vision control with the new passive, . Vision is SO important and gives you control of the map when it comes to objectives, ganks, and teamfights. His Effigies act as an oracle lense, a ward, as well as a mind trick on the enemies which can throw them off or even burn a if you're lucky.

4. Fiddle's crowd control and sneakiness makes him AMAZING in teamfights, especially once he hits level 6. You can turn any teamfight around with and shut down carries (such as a fed ) easily with or crowd control. If the enemy team respects you, they'll be scared of you and if they don't respect you then they'll regret they didn't!

5. Fiddle's kit isn't mechanically demanding. There aren't an insane amount of mechanics involved with playing , meaning you can really focus on other things like who to fear or silence in teamfights, where to prep for a flank, objective control, and more. I care a lot about macro, so Fiddle's simplicity allows me to max out my game macro so I can take over and carry my team.

6. Fiddle's playstyle is best described as an ambush playstyle. If you enjoy ambushing ususpectiing enemies or love the idea of surprising the enemies out of nowhere, then Fiddle is a great champ to consider. It's kind of like playing mindgames with the enemy, which I personally really have fun doing.

Why you SHOULDN'T Play Fiddlesticks

I wouldn't reccommend playing Fiddlesticks if any of the following applies to you:

1. If your macro and overall map awareness are below average. Fiddlesticks requires these two to be strong.
2. If you only play auto-attack champs.
3. If you want a champion who invades the enemy jungler constantly.
4. If you don't understand "choke points" and how to use them.
5. If you don't enjoy fighting for vision control.
6. If you don't like playing around teammates.

If these apply to you, I'm not saying that you shouldn't try . These are simply things that are necessary to achieve a high level of gameplay on the champ.

CHECK BACK SOON!! I'll be updating this guide regularly!

Abilities

How to max your abilities

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Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

Ability Overview

Passive: A Harmless Scarecrow

begins the game with an exclusive Scarecrow Effigy, which permanently occupies its trinket slot. Fiddlesticks can pretend to be an Effigy, after standing still for 2 seconds, adjusting its body into a scarecrow and extending its arm out to expose its lantern. Its health bar is also hidden to enemies while idle, similarly to an Effigy.

From level 6 onward, placing an Effigy also summons a demonic eyeball at the location that grants obscured vision of enemy units in the area for 6 seconds, which also reveals and disables enemy wards and stealthed traps.

Q: Terrify

Once leveled up, Fiddlesticks will have 's passive () available. While Fiddlesticks is out of combat for at least 2.5 seconds and is unseen by any enemy champion, all enemy units are affected by Dread. Fiddlesticks' next damaging ability against an enemy affected by Dread will fear them for 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 seconds. If Fiddlesticks casts Bountiful Harvest or Reap while pretending to be an Effigy, enemies hit will be feared as if it were unseen.

Fiddlesticks hurls a crow at the target enemy. After a 0.4 second travel time, the target takes 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10% (+2% per 100 ability power) of target's current health in magic damage and is feared for a short duration. Terrify has a minimum damage threshold and is capped at 400 against monsters.

Enemies can only be feared by Terrify's passive once every few seconds. Terrify's active damage and minimum damage threshold are doubled if its target has recently been feared, Feared enemies are slowed by 90%.

W: Bountiful Harvest

Fiddlesticks tethers itself to all nearby enemies and channels for up to 2 seconds. While channeling, tethered enemies are revealed as it siphons their souls, dealing 15 / 22.5 / 30 / 37.5 / 45 (+8.25% of ability power) in magic damage to them every 0.25 seconds, with the last tick dealing (+12 / 14.5 / 17 / 19.5 / 22% of target's missing health) in additional magic damage. Total damage is reduced to 50% against minions.

Fiddlesticks heals itself for 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50% of the pre-mitigation damage dealt, reduced to 15% against minions.

If all targets break their tethers by moving out of range, the ability ends immediately. If the ability is fully channeled or all targets are slain, 60% of the remaining cooldown is refunded.

E: Reap

Fiddlesticks swings with its scythe in a crescent-shaped area on the target location, dealing 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+50% of ability power) magic damage and slowing enemies hit for 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50% for 1.25 seconds.

Enemies hit in the center of the area are also silenced for 1.25 seconds.

R: Crowstorm

After channeling for 1.5 seconds, Fiddlesticks blinks to the target location with a murder of crows flying wildly around it for 5 seconds, dealing 31.25 / 56.25 / 81.25 (+11.25% of ability power) magic damage to nearby enemies every 0.25 seconds for a total of 625 / 1125 / 1625 (+225% of ability power) magic damage.

Runes

Primary Path: Domination

DARK HARVEST

ELECTROCUTE

With my aggressive play style it's not uncommon for me to have 20+ or 30+ stacks. In the late game my ULT will hit hard enough to carry team fights.

I usually don't take on Fiddlesticks, but if you're looking for a bit more early game & consistent damage, it's a completely viable keystone on him.

is self explanatory, Fiddle has a lot of CC and this rune helps give you more damage. Just what we wanted!

gives Fiddle very hard scaling. Since Fiddlesticks' damage falls off a bit in the late game, having this rune will help ensure you deal lots of damage in those teamfights so your team can clean up.

As soon as you have available, you'll be wanting to use it anytime possible, meaning you can have stacked easily. This rune is especially great for the late game when has a ridiculously short cooldown.

Secondary Path: Inspiration

offers you outplay potential around the 10 minute mark while gives you much needed ability haste. Considering you'll have if you go with these runes, you'll even have up TWICE in those late-game teamfights. That's just insane!

What about shards?

Shards will be the same for Fiddlesticks. I always go for:
+ +

Summoner Spells

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SUMMONER SPELLS
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FLASH: Flash is one of the best summoner spells because you can use it offensively or defensively according to the play. Flashing over walls is a classic escape (considering you don’t mess it up!) and you should never underestimate using your to hit a high priority target with your or . Fiddle's crowd control is insane in teamfights. Having can help you get off more crowd control for your team to follow up.

BLUE SMITE: As , you usually want to take over . This will help make your crowd control much easier to hit. The more crowd control you can land on the enemies, the better. When playing Fiddle, it's all about hitting that CC!

Items

Which Mythic?

NIGHT HARVESTER

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Night Harvester is a great option for Fiddle, though not my go-to. It offers insane burst damage & it definitely compliments to help you collect kills on low health targets. You get much needed ability haste, additional ability haste on each of your legendary items, and 25% movement speed when damaging champions.

HEXTECH ROCKETBELT

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Hextech Rocketbelt is my favorite Mythic on Fiddlesticks. It's a great option if you’re looking for more mobility. In my opinion, movement speed on Fiddlesticks is underrated. gives Fiddle much more outplay potential & makes much more forgiving since you can use the dash to help get enemies in your ult if you happen to miss it ever so slightly. It's active gives you a dash with insane movement speed and you get an additional 5 magic penetration for each legendary item you build.

LIANDRY'S ANGUISH

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Liandry's Anguish is a great option if the enemy team is particularly tanky thanks to it's burning % health passive. Unlike or , gives you no health. However, you do get tons of mana, 20 ability haste & 5 ability haste on each Legendary item you build.

Fiddlesticks Core Items

Hextech Rocketbelt

Zhonya's Hourglass

Dark Seal

When it comes to Mythics, I usually go for the . It's active is so useful for getting enemies inside of & even getting those juicy stacks. No matter what, make sure to build every game to take full advantage of your . This item is core on Fiddlesticks for a reason! Always pick up a early in the game if you have some extra gold. You can get easy stacks with assists with this champ, so it's always worth picking up. It also helps with snowballing a lead - so don’t underestimate it’s power! Not to mention, when upgraded to a fully stacked , the enemy team will be trembling with fear.

Boot Options

Sorcerer's Shoes
When playing Fiddlesticks, you're pretty much always going to want to pick up . Fiddle's damage scales well with magic penetration, so you'll be doing good damage once you pick these boots up.

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Since ability haste has no limit in season 11, Ionian Boots can help get your to an unethically low cooldown. You'll also be able get off more s & s in teamfights, which is always very useful!