Jungle

Fiddlesticks Build 26.22

Fiddlesticks is a champion you feel before you see. Everything keys off the fear, chaining a Terrify into a full drain channel while the enemy stands frozen, and his ult bursting out of an unwarded bush can swing a whole fight in a single cast. He wins through vision denial and setup, not raw laning. A fine but unremarkable pick at 50.4% and slipping this patch, he punishes teams that walk blind.

#34 of 87 jungle this patch · 2.0k games

Win rate50.4%−0.4Games2.0kPick rate1.8%Ban rate1.3%Last 8 patches+1.7 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 93%AD 1%True 6%DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays

The 10-second answer standard · 50.4% WR

Sorcerer's Shoes SkillsW›Q›E Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

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LoL ClassicSee how Fiddlesticks was built in the classic eraFiddlesticks Classic Build

When Is Fiddlesticks Strongest?

The win rate runs highest in the opening minutes and eases off later, and games at this rank average around 29 minutes. Fiddlesticks' win condition is the ambush, so use the power window to control vision, wait for the enemy to clump, and turn one unseen engage into a fight that is over before they can scatter.

Game timeline · Fiddlesticks drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end28:47

Ambush zone2:54–4:24 Power spike 13:09

9:56

13:01

13:09

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 62/100 · Even

Core 1/3 items

Gold ~5.1k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Hextech Rocketbelt · 13:01

Fiddlesticks Item Build

Fiddlesticks is an ability power ambusher who farms fear and drains life, so the build stacks ability power and haste to make his channel hit like a bomb and his drain sustain him through camps and fights. The items are built around one massive engage that turns a surprise flock of crows into a wiped team.

Standard loadout · Fiddlesticks The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 450g

Gustwalker Hatchling×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes97% · 51.4%

Boots3% · 35.9%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.B

Banshee's Veil16761.1%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.Z

Zhonya's Hourglass1.1k51.4%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.S

Stormsurge12958.1%V

Void Staff27353.1%S

Shadowflame87052.8%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.E

Eye of the Herald1485.7%S

Scarecrow Effigy2.0k50.2%

Best Fiddlesticks Runes

Electrocute is the standard pick, and it fits the burst-from-fog pattern, a fear into the drain and a follow-up hit gets it firing quickly. Round out with damage and a bit of sustain so his early game stays healthy, since a slow start delays every ambush he wants to set up later.

The pre-game page Electrocute · Domination + Sorcery · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Domination Primary

ElectrocuteHitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Cheap Shot63% · 49.3%

Grisly Mementos68% · 50.2%

Ultimate Hunter95% · 50.4%

Keystone plus three minors from Domination, two from Sorcery, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Sorcery Secondary

Axiom Arcanist69% · 51.2%

Transcendence29% · 50.8%

Stat shards Offense

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

His damage is almost all on the drain and the ult, so build toward Hextech Rocketbelt and Malignance and play around that power spike. Stalling out hurts, so press any early edge you get. Malignance coming online at about the 13-minute mark is when Crowstorm starts erasing clustered squishies, so set up around that timing instead of forcing early skirmishes you do not need.

Fiddlesticks Skill Order

Level 3 and level 5 are the two that matter most early, because both feed Bountiful Harvest and the drain is his clear. Terrify shows up on the fourth point, and Crowstorm lands at 6.

Skill order · Fiddlesticks R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›W

W›Q

Q›E

EMax W first; Q at level 4.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q48101213max 13

W13579max 9

E214151718max 18

R61116max 16

Fiddlesticks Abilities

Reap is the setup piece people forget, a scythe sweep that slows everyone it clips and silences whoever is caught dead center. Even his passive plays into the mind games, since A Harmless Scarecrow trades his trinket for scarecrow effigies he can seed around the map.

Abilities · Fiddlestickspatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

A Harmless ScarecrowPassiveP

TerrifyMax 2ndQ

Bountiful HarvestMax 1stW

ReapMax lastE

CrowstormUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Bountiful HarvestMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 3rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage Per Second+30 per rank+45% APlv 160lv 390lv 5120lv 7150lv 9180Cost+5 per ranklv 160lv 365lv 570lv 775lv 980Cooldown-0.5 per ranklv 110slv 39.5slv 59slv 78.5slv 98s

Fiddlesticks Base Stats

Base stats · FiddlesticksPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD55+2.65AS0.625+2.11%MS335Range480HP650+106HP55.5+0.6Armor34+4.7MR30+1.3MP500+28MP58+0.8

Fiddlesticks Matchups

Fiddlesticks depends on ambush and channel time, so heavy vision, quick dashes, and anyone who can interrupt his ultimate mid-cast shut his fights down. Clumped teams with poor vision that wander past his effigies are the perfect setup for his fear and his crowstorm.

Lane matchups · Fiddlesticks click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs carry junglers 01Avoid early duels; damage junglers beat your slow clear before level six.02Guard jungle entrances with effigies to reveal invades and fear their approach.03After six, flank from brush and Crowstorm their carry to delete it. Win rate by game lengthFiddlesticks overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min53.6%20–28 min51.5%28–35 min47.9%Over 35 min52.3%

Early on he is fragile, so respect Shaco, Rek'Sai, and Udyr, they can bully him out early or blow him up before Crowstorm is ready. Once he has his ult and a couple of items he flips fights against Kindred, Kha'Zix, and Nidalee, so track where they group and look for the flash-ult when they cluster without vision.

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