Fiddlesticks mana problems in jungle and possible solution(s)

Hey,

I'm a fiddlesticks main on euw and I got some problems with this champion since the preseason. I'm only silver 1, but I think with 124 k mastery on fiddle, I have enough xperience to talk about his problems.

The main problem with fiddlesticks is the lack of mana in the new preseason. The new jungle items gives less mana while draining and with the removal of the mana potions I'm experiencing a lot of trouble with this. I understand we have to learn to conserve our mana, but fiddlesticks can't really do that. He can't autoattack jungle camps to death like a xin zhao or a master yi. He really has to use his drain to kill camps or you get behind because of the slow clear speeds.

Also the new jungle items became worse on him. Now you have to buy two items which are pretty useless on him to be able to do your first upgrade. Spending so much gold to upgrade to an item that's only really usefull on him for the extra xp isn't really fun. I usually only buy the talisman now because I feel like the huntersmachete is too useless on him.

One solution I could think about to solve the mana problems for fiddlesticks is to bring the trailblazer back. But you should be able to upgrade one single jungle item into this trailblazer for a lower cost price. So for example you gain 15 less xp and don't get the unique passive from the machete, but you get the mana regen en the aoe dmg in jungle comming from the trailblazer. Or you can get the hunters machete and upgrade this single item for with a lower cost, but you get 15 less xp and not the unique passive from the talisman.

And maybe if you don't think this is a good change or you think it is too difficult to implement, maybe you can give Fiddlesticks a very little rework. Maybe you could give him a new little passive on his drain that makes him regenerate a bit more mana while draining jungle camps. I don't think this change would make Fiddlesticks overpowered or even that much better, but at least it would make him feel better in the jungle.

I really hope you guys would read this post and would think about any possible changes. Some players really like this champion and are experiencing the same problems like you can see in the following link. http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/EEZU3TGK-522-fiddlesticks-problems

Thanks in advance :)!

CopperLeGre