Playing ADC against this horrible design is so fucking cancer it's unreal. In 3 crows you'll be half health, and guess what you can do to dodge them? Literally just not exist. Not existing is LITERALLY the only way you can avoid them. If you are ANYWHERE near where they can hit they WILL bounce to you and fuck you in the ass. It's stupid shit design that should be fixed.
Don’t most Fiddle supports max Fear though?
Dark Wind’s range isn’t good, so Fiddle relies bouncing it off minions. The priority for Dark Wind in a creep wave is rather erractic but basically it doesn’t prioritize champions who have been hit already, so as long as you have 2+ minions, it will only tag you once if you back off. Bouncing it in a full creep wave means you have a good chance it won’t even hit you.
There’s no reliable way he’s doing half HP unless you’re making an actual concentrated effort for it to bounce solely between you and 1 ally, which I’d say is fair with how much you can already do to negate the ability.
I see where you're coming from, but some champs actually do have spells to counter them lol. Sivir E, Bruam W, Yas W, Fizz E, Fiora W, Yi Q, Zed R, Kayn R, Elise Spider E, Morg E (kind of), Liss self R, Eve R,
Overall though yes it is super annoying to deal with as a Mid laner or a bot laner.
they at least see through obscure from akali :)
Honestly, I think they should extend the Silence duration and make it so that the Silence only hits the original intended target. It would make it a little more manageable and less about RNG. Make Fiddle think about who he's going to cast it on instead of just throwing it into a team fight and smashing his face on the keyborad while he zhonyas.
I find his insta-cast, undodgable point and click 2.5 second fear to be far more annoying.
I've never had issues with his crows. If anything his fear always cucks me. The best way to counter the crows (E) this is to play smart and don't sit behind minions if you see his cast animation go off. If you're grouped with your support in a 2v2 scenario and crows bounce I can't really tell ya what to do there unless you want to be smart and split off.
All in all Fid support is a niche pick, it's fun to play and can punish people who don't respect his crows or know how to play around it.
He can use his [E:Dark Wind] to sniff out people hiding in Bushes. You can be sitting in an unwarded bush & Fiddles crow will just go "Yo, Taric's in that bush. Don't go near it, he'll stun you."
Brand does the same thing tho, except his damage doesn't fall of hard and he can burst even tanks
There is.
Don't stand next to any allied units.
It really isn't that hard to manage. Just start Doran's Shield and walk away from allied targets when he casts it. I have never had a problem facing him as a support main because I have always had an ADC who understands that when he presses E we just need to walk away from each other and we will only be hit by a single bounce keeping the damage at a minimum.
Literally just all in him and murder him
Fiddle's worst nightmare is 
Not only does he knock fiddle away when he ults in, but can also R and remove fiddle fear unlike Janna so he can instantly knock fiddle away when he ults. Also of course fiddle is squishy unless he goes aftershock, so it's incredibly easy to CC and focus him and even if that doesn't workout you have alistar's healing to keep you topped off when being poked by e.
I don't even have a counter argument, his crows are complete bullshit that make me hate playing against him, even if he's not strong.
If you could avoid it then it would need to do way more damage or have way more CC in order for Fiddle to remain balanced.
There is.
If you don't feel like doing that, you can mitigate it.
Plus, since he's Fiddle and is made of glass...
I just hate it when he crows me directly and does +100 damage at like lvl 4 without it bouncing because he has comet or aery or something easy and safe to proc and my mr runes don't cut it.
I get that fiddle needs something safe and consistent but he already has his w and q, why not have his crow power up or even split up into a swarm each time it bounces but do less damage on the first hit (unless its on a large or epic jg monster)
Maybe riot just wants his whole kit to stay alittle consistent because most of it is safe and having any huge potential on any of his abilities would be too much.
It should be a skillshot.
Ban or Dodge
I really hate that I can’t use unwarded bushes to counter it, it will still bounce to you; giving you away. However on support wages any bit of early MR will nullify a good bit of his damage despite the fact it delays your scaling but in this matchup merch treads are prettty solid
