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Tuning A Fiddle: Fiddlesticks Rework Concept

Murder of Cr0w5·2/23/2018, 6:34:54 PM·1 votes·333 views
Tuning A Fiddle

This is a short numberless post featuring concepts for ability overhauls for Fiddlesticks. If you're interested in a more in depth look at the overhaul including numbers and concept art you can hit up the link in the post to check out my Tumblr.

Base Objective: Retool Fiddlesticks as a modern control mage while spreading the power of his ultimate out into his entire kit.

Hidden/Flavor Passive: All eyes on you - Fiddlesticks vs. Swain "It's only a matter of time..." If Swain is present on the enemy team he will be followed by black and green crows instead of black and red Ravens. (Purely cosmetic change)

Innate Passive: Fear Itself - Fiddle's crows have an aura around them. This aura infects enemy champions and monsters with "Dread" which shreds their magic resist while they persist inside of it. If Fiddle last hits a minion or monster a Crow will land on its corpse to feed on it.

Q: Pure Terror - Fiddle fears enemies in a cone in front of him. Enemies will flee away from Fiddle and suffer a magic resist penalty (Stacks with his passive if the enemy walks near a crow)

W: Life Drain - Fiddle drains the life of enemies and monsters around him. This deals magic damage and heals him for a small amount of the total damage.

E: Whispering Scythe - Fiddle's next auto attack will bounce to multiple targets and silence them. If the target cannot be silenced (such as jungle monster or someone who is already silenced) they will take bonus damage instead.

R: Murderous Murder - After a brief channel Fiddle unleashes an entire swarm of crows. The crows fly out in a straight line ignoring terrain and piercing through enemies. Each deals massive damage to any enemy or monster hit, and each has its own "Dread Aura."

As a reminder you can check out the full rework concept by clicking the link. Also don't be afraid to leave me your thoughts in the comments below!

"Those who say 'you have nothing to fear but fear itself' have not yet felt the Crows..."

1 Comments

Bunnymap2/23/2018, 7:39:22 PM1 votes

Honestly, I think this wouldn’t solve Fiddle’s problems and just make him less satisfying to play. None of the abilities except the ult synergize with his passive, and the abilities seem less interactive and satisfying to use. Requiring E to be an auto attack is clunky for AP, and though it might be an okay idea for AD, the MR shred that the rest of the kit focuses on would be wasted. The W is less interactive and basically comes down to “walk towards your opponent and wait for a bit”. His current drain isn’t amazing, but it synergizes with his passive and having it be single target damage allows for better ganking. You could argue that current Crowstorm is uninteractive, but the teleport and huge damage make it fun and effective. The only real criticism I can find about the ult is that it might be rough on FPS for older machines. It might also be a bit boring to use due to it having no secondary effect, just pure damage.

Though I do like the idea of incorporating the crows into his kit more, i believe it would be better suited as a core gameplay focus rather than a side effect of clearing minions/monsters.