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riot do not remove fiddlesticks bonus damage against minions on his e

EnterTheFunk··20 votes·1,574 views

Fiddlesticks main, i've tested him in every role he can go, and even with the upcoming buff to fiddles jungle clear, he's still not going to be a good enough jungler, by removing the E on minion passive it hurts lane fiddle drastically, I play fiddlesticks mid most of the time as his jungle just isn't good enough for to many reasons. Please do no destroy lane fiddle because you want jungle fiddle to be good, don't remove the damage against minion passive please. Fiddlesticks

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Diamond2Kappa7 votes

Fiddle mid is cancer tho, pls do xd

Jmman1 votes

Get gud, Learn him and you will laugh at your comment like I do. Plus a smart jungle will stop by for the free kills.

But I guess in WOod 5 he is op.

KataBenTuri1 votes

Hey, look. It's another "Jungler will take care of him" line. Common.

Who Fed Ru2 votes

when he is thrash in lane anyway why bother about balancing him there in the first place?

muted team chat4 votes

It is weird that they nerfed anything on him considering how trash he is. I guess it's a buff to fidd support since it causes less pushing but.... come on riot/

DuskDaUmbreon2 votes

Because you often need to make sure you don't overbuff a champion. Especially with a champion as...problematic in design as Fiddle.

Literally nobody likes being killed by a virtually undodgeable E that also silences you (removing your ability to fight back), that you can't stand away from, and does significant damage.

Pulling Fiddle (and most junglers, for that matter) out of lane is a healthy move on Riot's part. A mechanic that's fine when you only see it when you're ganked suddenly becomes super oppressive in lane, because it's their primary ability they use to survive and clear in the jungle, and it got tied to their engage tool as well, so now they're kinda fucked.

If you want lane fiddlesticks to be healthy, the only option Riot has for that (barring a minor rework) is to remove the silence entirely. Point and click damage is bad enough, it doesn't need to also completely remove your ability to fight back.

KataBenTuri2 votes

If E kills you, though, you engaged with low health likely (unless he has ulted you), and the nerf does not affect E damage to champions, right?

MrFiddleSt1cks2 votes

That silence is not even worth talking about , you can litterly cast straight after it hits you. and the base damage on the E is not that great so just don't stand near a minion or another player when he throws it and run away, You have taken less damage then a Gp shot..

Ben Sharpio3 votes

Where are the fiddlesticks games in your match history? And you saying "even with the upcoming buff to fiddles jungle clear, he's still not going to be a good jungler" means fuck all.

"i play fiddlesticks mid most of the time as his jungle isn't good enough for to many reasons" Again, means nothing.

Even if you were a fiddlesticks mid player (which i dont believe you are) you would be in such a minority of players that even do that so who cares? Fiddlesticks is a jungler.

rtbf2216514122 votes

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Where are the fiddlesticks games in your match history? And you saying "even with the upcoming buff to fiddles jungle clear, he's still not going to be a good jungler" means fuck all.

"i play fiddlesticks mid most of the time as his jungle isn't good enough for to many reasons" Again, means nothing.

Even if you were a fiddlesticks mid player (which i dont believe you are) you would be in such a minority of players that even do that so who cares? Fiddlesticks is a jungler.

I play him support. Guess where he plays the most right now? It aint mid. Guess what item 3302 does?

LyingOnLine2 votes

Gets nerfed in 8.4 anyways.

Build item 3303

rtbf2216514121 votes

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Gets nerfed in 8.4 anyways.

Build item 3303

Yeah, disable my passive and take cs more. Great idea.

Zer0Tex1 votes

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Even if you were a fiddlesticks mid player (which i dont believe you are) you would be in such a minority of players that even do that so who cares? Fiddlesticks is a jungler.

First of all, why don't you believe he's a Fiddlestick mid-player? Just because he doesn't have any Fiddle games? Well, I'm not a Fiddle main, but I play him now and then and IF I play mid. But oops I have no time on this account on him. Maybe he has several accounts like so many Lol players? Do I have to log out now and use my main account or my Fiddle account to be allowed to write here? But I'm digressing.

Yes, we are a minority. But Tahm Kench jng or top, ASol player, and many more are also in the minority. That's absolutly normal. In every game there are meta-characters and those that get into the background. Especially with almost 140 of them it is easy to slide into the background. No matter if champ itself, itembuild on this champ or roll with this champ.

But Zer0Tex Tahm Kench is a support, so that's right. This is the same as Fiddlesticks mid, a wrong role on this champ. Bulls***. Fiddlesticks is a MAGE jng. Mid is the lane for mages and assasins. Yes ok Fidd's main lane is jng, I agree with you, but that doesn't mean you can't play him anywhere else. Zyra is mainly sup but can still be played mid, since she is also a mage. Conversely, we don't want to start now, because everyone knows you can play anything as sup.

Rito never wanted to give champs a fixed role. That's why ad champs also have ap scallings. Giving them a main role or forcing them to play there are two completely different things.

You're, in my eyes, on the completely wrong track of thinking.

Rito is not blame. They just keep trying to get him back and they do that by strengthening his main role. Unfortunately this is negative for our beloved middlesticks. Of course you can't pay attention to everyone. Every change to champs is good for some and bad for others. Maybe there is another way to strengthen him in jng and not to touch middlesticks but I am no expert.

Its sad but we have to agree and try to keep him working.

All hail Middlesticks.Fiddlesticks

the weeaboo3 votes

Lol fuck Middlesticks. Get that shit back into the jungle. Middlesticks straight cancer, being pelted with the E + Avery and not being able to cast back and punish him for the spam feels awful to play against in every capacity.

MrFiddleSt1cks2 votes

His one crow that pokes you does less and less damage overtime, Yea he may have some poke and have sustain but he has a tiny amount of health so just force his fear or let it play out and all in him... like thats a hard thing to do with champions like zed, lux , syndra, ziggs, brand , you know the champions that can litterly splat fiddle in a second.

Disulfiram1 votes

*After 6.

Even without Fear, Fiddle WILL win an all-in near enemy minions early.

His biggest counters are long-range hard pushers.

MrFiddleSt1cks1 votes

Na, I simply don't agree, i have on many occasions lost a 1v1 even while sucking the life out of the enemies. Once misplaced myself one step to close to a zed and gone splat pre 6 in a second (with ignite) , first take down in lane. You have to make sure you are in the exact right position as fiddle the entire time. Which in no way makes middle fiddle overpowered in any sense. My guess is you tilt during pokes, Which is why i tend to play those champions more often and is a tactic in of itself. He does not even have the poking potential as someone like pantheon or Teemo which could also just go mid and do the exact same thing. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Disulfiram1 votes

Guess it depends on runes/summoner spells... got first blood many times this way. It happened a lot of times that a Zed/Katarina/Fizz/etc thought they could all-in me easily near their minions, only to find out that the combo Dark Wind into Drain + Ignite + Electrocute deals way, WAY more damage than they bargained for in the early game.

Bârd2 votes

Hurts Middlesticks, but support Fiddle likes it, since he pushes less and takes less CS.

LyingOnLine2 votes

Support Fiddles like it and Junglesticks doesn't mind at all.

Superspick2 votes

You can't reduce the CD on E and not expect lane Fiddle to see a reduction of E spam.

Not reducing the damage means his waveclear is significantly improved, which i know i don't want to see in Fiddlesticks.

Jmman1 votes

Then you realize its the same at max rank. Those nerfing his late game and mana cost. The pay off in the jungle isn't worth it.

MrFiddleSt1cks1 votes

He didn't just get a Nerf from the ability itself but everyone got a Nerf to the actual damage to minions so he can't even half even a single minion with a crow. I would spend time playing him to see what i mean, The CDR is really not improved that much based on the fact that fiddle players usually pick the CDR Masteries to poke you anyway.

Spank the Fox1 votes

You can bounce the same crow on the same minion a couple extra times with the reduced damage

TJHaddock1 votes

I also main Fiddlemiddle, and I have quite a good win rate with this champ. I can play him well in all 3 of his roles, but I am particularly fond of playing him mid. This change to minion damage with is E all but destroys any chance to successfully farm against most match ups, especially great wave clearers. As this is his only efficient farming tool, most of the minions will die early game to the tower or my minions well before I can last hit them (this change is also compounded by the small but significant change of, "Basic attacks no longer deal 5 bonus damage to lane minions"). I would gladly reverse all buffs to his E and R just to continue where he was. He is a hidden gem for me; he already has plenty of drawbacks and counters and keeping up in farm shouldn't be one of them.

Disulfiram2 votes

Have you thought about starting with an AD item (item 1083 item 1055 )? Also, the rune Absolute Focus is worth considering: if you start with an AD item it gives AD, and when later on you transition into a proper AP build it gives AP.

Also, I really like to rush a item 3152 ... it's a great help for waveclearing + catching people with Fear, and with a fully stacked Ingenious Hunter its cooldown is pretty low.

TJHaddock1 votes

The main issue with your idea is it falls short of what middle fiddle is trying to accomplish. He identifies and flourishes as a lane bully with a combination of his e-q-w combo and simply spamming e. With the changing from Doran's ring to blade, he loses mana per second and the unique Doran's ring provides, and subsequently can't use as many abilities during lane phase.

While having Doran's blade does ensure more last hitting with autos, my view is pushing your lane opponent out or forcing an early back is more advantageous. Your Minion count will be relatively low, however causing an early back should negate or offset any lane difference and if they don't back you have a great opportunity to ultimate and combo from the bushes.

I am curious to see how much of a difference in CS the blade would actually net over the ring, so I might try it at least once.

TJHaddock2 votes

Also, after about a week of playing with the changes, it's not as devastating as I initially anticipated, it just requires more patience and improved timing.

It's just very frustrating when e bounces off a Minion that would previously die from a hit remains with 5-10 health and an allied Minion finishes them off..

T4underbolt1 votes

Sorry but truth is that his bonus DMG to lane minions was cancer. Lvl 1 he cleared wave with E basically and it was also poking you at the same time with its dumb range. He could keep you at bay all laning phase with non interactive gameplay. You try to engage?silence fear W and you had to back off. I'd rather see him in jungle. Plus I think fiddle needs rework to make his playstyle less feast and famine. He is nothing if behind and a nightmare if slightly ahead.

Devilreaper XIII1 votes

fiddle has been killed for a long while now :/ he used to be my main O,O

i prefer to see him back jungle again and his E being a skillshot, his ult should either do more damage or get a silence. and his passive should be reworked its way out of meta really crippling :/

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