Can we stop nerfing Fiddlesticks?

1 Wing··4 votes·883 views

A long time ago, Fiddle got a small buff to some of his stats.

But he's also faced a nerf to how much he heals, a nerf to his heal tether range, to his crow damage, a nerf to his quintessential fear ability, a nerf to his passive capability. . . a nerf to his fear ability again, and yet another nerf to his heal tether range!??

He's been effectively exiled from the jungle this season, where you either have to plod through and accept doing a "meh-ish" level of damage, or else sacrifice a lot of gold. And in the mid lane, he's crippled by the high amount of cc many mages have, as well as by the high burst damage all the rest of his opponents have. Fiddle has never been a popular pick, and as more and more leonas and brands show up, he becomes even less useful.

Champions like Yasuo will just slaughter Fiddlesticks in lane. That's not a balanced lane match up at all. Same story with Zed, and those are two of the most popularly picked mid laners. In the current game environment, there's really no time you should pick Fiddlesticks; another champion will fill that role much better. He needs some kind of a buff to make him viable against the champions running around out there.

I really like Fiddlesticks, but he's just become so useless: you practically have to rely on the enemy team messing up to play him now.

When they modified Nidalee's skills to reduce her spear damage, they gave her buffs, too, to "give some place for all that power to go." With Fiddlesticks, Riot is just like "eh. . fuck him!" What the hell is this? His crow toss doesn't even prioritize champions; would be something, at least. .

7 Comments

TenBlade2 votes

you just don't play him right, he's amazing right now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aqTlMi9rWI

1 Wing1 votes

Right. . .so is that, sarcasm?

BeatzBoyFTW2 votes
  • Ult in
  • Silence team
  • Zhonyas
  • Laugh
  • Ez win

And additionally:

  • No 1 champion to have the best jungle sustain. Even Olaf goes down on his knees.
  • Pretty easy champ to gank lanes with.
  • I don't think most Fid player play him as mid......
1 Wing1 votes

Right, so if the enemy ignores Fiddle early, stays close together as a group, away from their minion wave, and has bad positioning. . . well, gosh, then they're a foolish team.

I'm not asking for an easy win: I'm talking about viability against an enemy who knows what to expect; not through warding everyplace, but by knowing "hey, Fiddle might jump out at us guys, so let's not all stay tightly packed together."

Serenity Now1 votes

{quoted}

  • I don't think most Fid player play him as mid......

He's my most played champion, and I've played him in every role but ADC because he really is that versatile. Have always wanted to try Crittlesticks though ;) He's a great counter assassins like Kat and Zed. I love going mid against a Zed who thinks he can get an early kill on me, only to find himself with 100 health while I'm at full health.

His jungle is strong this season, being able to reach 6 well ahead of the opposing jungler. His ganks are not that strong pre-6, unless the lane is pushed and they haven't warded as a pre-caution.

I'm not too happy with the tether reduction because of how fear works now, but it probably won't make a huge difference. Given that his silence doesn't re-apply itself anymore, I feel like they should have buffed the duration just a tad.

1 Wing1 votes

I hadn't really considered that his jungle clear speed increases with hunters machete. What are you using on him for jungling?

NotDaniel1 votes

I'm not happy about tether reduction either. The amount of champs that have gotten away that otherwise would have died with 1 tick left on drain is too high!

By the time you realize that drain won't do the job, they'll be so far out of range, crows can't reach them.

Fid seems to be the only champ that has been nerfed with no added benefit for balance. He's still a viable champ in the right hands, but nothing close to what he used to be, especially laning solo early on.

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