Can we stop nerfing Fiddlesticks?
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. .
goes down on his knees.