Riot please do not nerf Middlesticks and take away his Dark wind damage to minions

Grandpa Zil·Feb 9, 2018·4 votes·796 views

I log on to league of legends to play Fiddlesticks mid. He's the only champ I play in the only role I enjoy. By taking away Fiddles bonus damage to minions from his E, Riot is basically making middlesticks impossible because his wave clear was already his biggest weakness in lane. But last I heard, Riot wanted to "diversify champions so they could play multiple roles", yet this nerf strictly confines Fiddle to the jungle. Fiddlesticks mid is good, but is very balanced and is beatable and also is an extremely gankable lane. I don't see how this nerf helps anyone. Who benefits from this nerf? Noone, and I don't see anyone banning fiddlesticks mid because they don't want to face it or they think it's too OP. This nerf completely ruins the game for me and I probably won't play it anymore if it goes through. Please riot If you're reading this don't nerf Middlesticks, it's all I got.

10 Comments

Full Tank JesusFeb 9, 20181 votes

Why the hell are they picking on Fiddlesticks? There are so many other champions that need to be nerfed. Fiddlesticks is the last champ they should be looking at other than a rework. Taking damage away, that's just stupid. Where is this information coming from?

Nut on my ButtFeb 9, 20181 votes

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Why the hell are they picking on Fiddlesticks? There are so many other champions that need to be nerfed. Fiddlesticks is the last champ they should be looking at other than a rework. Taking damage away, that's just stupid. Where is this information coming from?

There are other changes happening with this to make him stronger in the jg. They're reducing his E cd at lower lvls and increasing the bonus dmg to monsters. I've no idea why the removal of the current bonus dmg on minions, but it's a degenerate playstyle anyway hehe

Grandpa ZilFeb 9, 20182 votes

why is it degenerate? you could say the same about Annie or Garen just because they're point and click. Playing Fiddlesticks mid is a lot harder than it looks and you get camped every game like actually every game because enemy junglers see you as a free kill.

Nut on my ButtFeb 9, 20182 votes

Was only joking

Grandpa ZilFeb 9, 20182 votes

Full Tank JesusFeb 9, 20181 votes

Okay, after reading through the 8.4 patch. Fiddlesticks is actually getting buffed. The only negative effect to Middlesticks is that it'll cost more mana to use Dark wind. So his damage is safe and they're actually improving it in the jungle which is great news for me! : D Everything else is lower cooldowns so I'm cool with that.

Grandpa ZilFeb 9, 2018

You're mistaken. The reason why this patch absolutely destroys Middlesticks is because he's no longer getting bonus 50% damage on minions from his E which is only form of wave clear in lane, and was already his weakest point in lane. As someone who has mained fiddle middle for a very long time, and as someone who is part of the fiddlesticks main communities on reddit and discord we all agree that taking away the bonus damage to minions on his E renders middlesticks unplayable

Full Tank JesusFeb 9, 20181 votes

Ohh, I must of missed the minion part. Oh well, doesn't really affect me. I play mainly fiddle support or jungle. So honestly it'll help me not steal CS from my adc. Lol but from one fiddler to another, I'm sorry they are ruining him for you. Fiddlesticks

Grandpa ZilFeb 9, 20181 votes

Thank you my Fiddle brother :D

karpsFeb 24, 20181 votes

Jungle and support were super nerfed too.. this game is about pushing objectives, and this was fiddles only form of wave clear. A lot of times you are alone pushing a wave or defending as jg or support.

lower cd on a level 16 ult isnt a significant buff since fidd relies on zhonya