Where in the hell is Fiddlesticks?

Born in Elysium··23 votes·2,020 views

Fiddle used to be a niche pick who would be played by mostly mains and had a win rate at or slightly above 50%.

However after gutting the AP junglers he feels very lack luster and sits at a measly 47% win rate.

Fiddle has been an iconic league of legends champion since season 1, yet now he is nowhere to be found.

You have nothing to fear but fear itself (and not me because I suck) Fiddlesticks (2k17)

33 Comments

MFTORANK14 votes

Junglers who need level 6 to gank are being outclassed so hard right now by early jungler, by the time you get your level 6 and your JG item the ennemy LeeSin or Hecarim has already 2-3 kills and will snowball so hard on your team.

Tworie2 votes

Fiddlesticks can 1vs1 Akali or Darius EZ with 21 AP 20 Armor try it :V

legionnaire991 votes

... Darius need item 3211 and he set maybe you can level 2 cheese

Tworie1 votes

well that'd be just fine against burst mages, but Fiddle does DPS damage and then he doesn't do as much damage if doesn't rush BC first meaning you're still outsustaining him and outdamaging him too

legionnaire991 votes

Nah item 3211 sucks if someone burst you It's dps/poke when you buy it. Also Darius so you sitting still for his passive pull stops your drain and him getting a free Q will outheal you. Well maybe if you get a ult at 6 I guess

Tworie1 votes

Yeah but you can just build a Seeker's Armguard and then you'll have even more armor on top of the 20 armor you get from your runes while also getting more AP while Darius doesn't have as much AD to outsustain you in a 1vs1 fight without AD

Troll for Trump1 votes

Darius gets item 3123 and you're useless

Tworie1 votes

Still outdamaging him though :/

Troll for Trump1 votes

Nah, Fid won't outdmg Dar at any point in the game

EstebanElGuapo1 votes

With regard to fid v darius. I only played some top in this last season, but I tried double dorans ionian boots, aether wisp item 1056 item 1056 item 3158 item 3113 into luden's echo item 3285; then zzrot item 3512 for more speed and lane push and durability with no zhonya's hourglass. It was fun :) Almost wish I did swiftness boots to go with the speed of the other two items. Everyone on my team was speed abilities or speed champs and I felt like I was zippin along too. At least as fast as you can expect a fiddle to move. U might wanna try that at least once for fun. Its a bit more of the stay at distance approach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWQeYALMkC0

TyrekGoldenspear2 votes

My guess is he's on the hunt for a brain.

legionnaire991 votes

It's just the new jungle dosen't work for him the buffs losing the small the the Kyrgyz not being there all at once hurts

Troll for Trump1 votes

Where's Nautilus Maokai Aatrox Chogath jg

Hildebrand1 votes

Aatrox Is in the dumpster as he has been for most of his life. He is a dumpster baby.

Glory ln Death1 votes

Nah, he's livin' large up in Challenger with a 69% win rate.

Hildebrand1 votes

Implying that changes my statement.

I mean really, no one is maining him, they're just metaslaving him, as soon as he's nerfed he'll disappear again. Back to the bin oif unwanted toys.

Erockandroll1 votes

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I mean really, no one is maining him, they're just metaslaving him, as soon as he's nerfed he'll disappear again. Back to the bin oif unwanted toys.

Funny, I could potentially troll people with a Fiddlesticks pick, saying I'm Mastery 5 with him, And maybe get their hopes up when they see my Mastery 5 token, only so I can tell them I got that token playing LotPK.

But along the same vain, perhaps the best option would be to allow Fiddle to explore other roles, if he really can Jungle like he uses to.

Glory ln Death1 votes

I was jokingly referring to that one Challenger Aatrox jungle OTP.

PokladnicaZla1 votes

Actually I thought of some change that could improve his gameplay .

We could make his Q like Lucian's.A targeted ability,,which after a shirt delay fears in a small cone (Syndra's E or Camille's W delayed).This would make him a bit bitter,since he could easier clear multy camps(what some junglers lack) and it would also make his Q a bit easier to counter.

SwiftKitten881 votes

honestly... if he only dropped to 47% he weathered the AP jungler nerf pretty well then.. not saying 47% donest need some love.. but i think the ap junglers that dropped to 40% and 41% have a slightly higher priority

TheySeeMeWardin1 votes

He doesn't have the tools in his kit to really be effective at the moment, at least for an AP jungler. Use to I was able to get lvl 4 in one rotation, back, gank, and start something from there but now all I can do is farm for until lvl 6 because even bot lane lvl's up faster than me in the jg and hope I can pull of a nice ult that gives me some traction. I love Fiddle and I'm lvl 6 working on lvl 7 with him but right now he's crap. I can't help but think WW has so much going for him pre 6 now so maybe we just have to wait like WW mains have for a rework.

Ionian Vulpix1 votes

Ulting over a wall to ruin the entire team. I hate this champion.

Pale Pirate1 votes

To be honest, I think Evelynn is doing better than usual now, with all those items that give extra layers of damage.

doiminat0r36001 votes

Fiddlesticks is in the jungle somewhere. You'll think its a camp but BOOM. The crows scream and fly away.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

Hopefully Fiddlesticks is on the list for a complete VGU just like Warwick was. He could use a new kit and especially his model....

The fantasy of a living scarecrow coming out of the jungle with a storm of birds surrounding him and swinging a scythe is pretty cool. But Fiddlesticks just doesn't really live up to it. I mean... look at his "scythe"... doesn't even look like one, more like a pickaxe. League of Legends could use an epic scythe fighter, Fiddlesticks should become just that in a rework. Maybe some interaction with the CC fear (he is still a scarecrow). And I think he should be melee using his weapon instead of shooting some magical bananas (that's Soraka's thing!).

FPSKILLERBOB1 votes

Agreed. Scythes are way too cool to be misrepresented. We need some Soul Eater shit in here

Glory ln Death1 votes

Magical wind bananas.

FPSKILLERBOB1 votes

Yeah, I completely agree. He's the first champion I think of when you say "rework". Because he's boring. I wish he was not, but he is. I acctually want him as a melee champion, he has a melee weapon. And hes just so damn freaky, with his lore and his quotes and his skins and his crows. Crows are the scariest part about fiddle to me. At the same time, Swain also has a creepy dark bird theme. Both of them need changes to preserve their identity.

Describe fiddle in one word: Surprise. Thats what his kit should be focused on, not channeling a drain for 7 sec.

MorgManBasher1 votes

Yeaaahhhh, he's pretty damn terrible. I use to main him and ONLY him for so long but they nerfed him into the ground till he was practicially unplayable.

A Basic Island1 votes

Rip 3 second fear you are missed

Arsenic Sulfur1 votes

He's right behind that wall you have no vision of. Enjoy the monochrome screen. League looks really good without any color.

elon wątroba1 votes

He is obnoxious when picked into assassin mid lane.

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