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Fiddlesticks
Patch 16.2.1
MidDifficulty
Medium
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Control the vision around objectives like Dragon or Baron. Force the enemy to face-check into your while you are hidden. A single 3-man fear mid-to-late game usually results in a won game.
Playstyle
An ambush specialist who thrives in the fog of war. In Mid lane, you survive with sustain and look to disappear from the map to terrorize side lanes or objective fights.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Game-ending AOE crowd control and damage via and passive fear
- +Extreme lane sustain with against non-interrupt matchups
- +Dominates vision control using effigies to clear wards
- +Reliable point-and-click CC with for gank setup
Weaknesses
- -Terrible waveclear early game compared to traditional mages
- -Highly vulnerable to champions with displacements that can cancel
- -Incredibly reliant on vision control to get the passive fear proc from
- -Squishy and immobile if caught without his fear or ultimate available
Abilities
Replaces your trinket with effigies. Use to bait spells or sweep for wards. Starting at level 6, placing one also acts as a sweeper. Always have an effigy down before ulting to ensure you aren't seen.
Passive: If you damage enemies while unseen and out of combat, you fear them. Active: A point-and-click fear. If you've recently feared a target with the passive, deals double damage instead of fearing again. Use the active for self-peel or to lock down a priority target.
Your primary sustain and damage tool. It drains all nearby enemies. The last tick deals missing HP damage, so don't cancel it early. cooldown is reduced significantly if the channel completes. Use it to bait 'all-ins' when you are low.
A long-range swipe. Enemies in the center are silenced. Use to stop enemies from flashing away or to interrupt channels before you start your . It is also your primary tool for poking in lane.
The ultimate teamfight tool. After a 1.5s channel, you blink and deal massive AOE damage. If you are unseen when the channel finishes, you will fear everyone hit. Positioning and vision control are the only things that matter for this spell.
Teamfight Role
AOE Ambush Disruptor
Never be the first person seen. Stand behind walls or in bushes. Wait for the enemy to commit to a dive or an objective, then jump in with . Your goal is to hit the backline and fear as many people as possible.
If your team is being heavily dove and you cannot find a flank, use and to peel for your ADC, then use defensively.
Combos
Standard Ambush
(from fog) -> -> ->
The bread and butter. fears the group, silences them to prevent flashes, drains them, and is used on the survivor for double damage.
Lane Trade
->
Poke with the silence of so they cannot trade back, then start to heal off the wave and the champion simultaneously.
Gank Setup
-> ->
Walk up and use the point-and-click fear of , then immediately for the slow/silence to guarantee the full duration of your .
The 'Get Off Me' Flash
-> Flash ->
If someone jumps on you in mid, them to force them to walk away, then Flash in the opposite direction and to slow their pursuit.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 3 | You have access to your full basic rotation. Your sustain with becomes relevant for staying in lane against poke. |
| Level 6 | Total game-changer. You can now roam to Bot or Top lane. The threat of forces the enemy mid-laner to play scared. |
| Level 9 | With maxed, your clear speed and dueling potential reach their first major peak. |
| Level 11 | Reduced cooldown on and increased damage makes objective fights very dangerous for the enemy. |
| Level 16 | Max rank can wipe an entire team solo if you land a multi-man fear from fog. |
Tips & Tricks
- •If you stand still for a few seconds, you become an effigy. Use this to trick enemies into wasting spells or thinking you are just a ward.
- •Always check for wards with before using . If they see you, you won't get the fear proc from your passive.
- •You can cast Smite or Hexflash during without cancelling the channel.
- •The silence on is only in the center of the indicator—aim carefully against casters.
- • grants vision of the targets you are draining. Use it if someone runs into a bush to keep damaging them.
- •Your effigies will perform a random action (like fake-casting ) when an enemy sees them—use this to bait out enemy Ultimates.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using while the enemy has vision of you→You lose your passive fear proc, making it easy for the enemy to simply walk out of your damage or CC you immediately.
- ✕Casting while the enemy's hard CC is still up→They interrupt your drain instantly, putting it on a long cooldown and leaving you with no damage or sustain.
- ✕Not using effigies to clear vision→You will never find a successful angle, making you a low-impact mage.
- ✕Cancelling early by moving→You lose the massive execute damage at the end and the cooldown refund, drastically lowering your DPS.
- ✕Being too greedy with poke in lane→You will push the wave and run out of mana, leaving you vulnerable to ganks without any escape tools.
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