Guide · Jungle

Fiddlesticks Guide

the Ancient Fear

Mage

Support

Tier B Jungle

Fiddlesticks, the Ancient Fear, is a mage and support champion that is demanding to master. Across our 346 analysed ranked games, Fiddlesticks is mostly played in the Jungle (86% of its games), and more rarely as Support (14%), with a 50.8% win rate in that role: tier B among Jungle champions (#22 of 48, ranked by win rate). Fiddlesticks's damage is mostly magic (92%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 57.1% in long games (over 35 min, 42 games) versus 49.4% in short games (under 25 min).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

Average KDA

6.2 / 5.3 / 8.8

ratio 2.9

Damage / min

689

CS / min

6.7

Gold / min

427

Kill participation

51%

Vision / min

1.95

Averages measured over 299 Jungle games played with Fiddlesticks, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

Fiddlesticks is a terror jungler: Terrify makes an enemy flee if he damages them while not visible, Bountiful Harvest drains with bonus execute damage, Reap slows and silences at the center, and Crowstorm deals damage per second in the area. His passive replaces his trinket with Scarecrow Effigies.

Fiddlesticks's strengths

Terrify makes an enemy flee when you damage them without being visible: a very surprising engage.
Crowstorm deals damage per second to all enemy units in the area.
Reap slows every enemy hit and silences those at the center.

Fiddlesticks's weaknesses

Depends on invisibility: an enemy who reveals your position makes you lose Terrify's effect.
Bountiful Harvest and Crowstorm require staying in the area while they work.
Little mobility once engaged: without surprise, you are exposed.

Role in team fights

Fiddlesticks enters the fight by surprise, from a bush or a zone with no vision, then chains Terrify, Reap and Crowstorm in the middle of the enemies. His ultimate makes him a constant source of damage as long as he is not interrupted: his team has to protect his channel.

The ambush

When: You are hidden near an enemy.

Terrify makes the enemy flee, Reap slows and silences the enemies at the center, Bountiful Harvest drains with execute damage.

The area ultimate

When: Enemies are grouped.

Crowstorm whirls around you, dealing damage per second to all enemy units in the area.

See all 4 Fiddlesticks combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Hide before attacking: Terrify works if you damage while not visible. The Scarecrow Effigies let you appear by surprise.

Common mistakes

Showing yourself before Terrify.
Casting the ultimate without preparation.
Using Bountiful Harvest without being able to finish it.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame (35 games, 54.3% win rate).

Hextech Rocketbelt

Zhonya's Hourglass

Shadowflame

35 games · 54.3%

Malignance

Zhonya's Hourglass

Shadowflame

25 games · 44.0%

Malignance

Hextech Rocketbelt

Zhonya's Hourglass

17 games · 52.9%

Skill order

Max order : W > Q > E61.0% · 41 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q				●				●		●		●	●
W	●		●		●		●		●
E		●												●	●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 54 games).

Starting items

Scorchclaw Pup57.9% · 19 games

Gustwalker Hatchling60.0% · 15 games

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3918 gold, 72 CS, 3980 XP. At 15 min: 6081 gold, 108 CS, 6572 XP.

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite51.0% · 298 games

Most-played runes

Electrocute + Sorcery

52.2% · 178 games

Primary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact52%

Grisly Mementos85%

Ultimate Hunter100%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Axiom Arcanist98%

Absolute Focus57%

Shards

Adaptive force98%

Adaptive force99%

Health60%

Electrocute + Inspiration

67.7% · 34 games

Primary tree · Domination

Cheap Shot50%

Grisly Mementos59%

Ultimate Hunter100%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cosmic Insight74%

Cash Back59%

Shards

Adaptive force100%

Health62%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Fiddlesticks's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team47.7% · 88 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Hextech Rocketbelt 34.1% ▼

Malignance 54.8% ▲

Zhonya's Hourglass 48.8% ▼

Shadowflame 46.0% ▼

Liandry's Torment 50.0%

Banshee's Veil 50.0%

The item that stands out most is Malignance: 54.8% win rate, +6 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team55.3% · 76 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Hextech Rocketbelt 70.0% ▲

Malignance 50.0%

Zhonya's Hourglass 65.7% ▲

Shadowflame 56.7% ▲

Liandry's Torment 42.1%

The item that stands out most is Hextech Rocketbelt: 70.0% win rate, +15 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team50.4% · 135 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Zhonya's Hourglass 53.3%

Hextech Rocketbelt 59.4% ▲

Malignance 44.4% ▼

Shadowflame 49.1%

Liandry's Torment 55.9% ▲

Void Staff 56.5%

The item that stands out most is Liandry's Torment: 55.9% win rate, +5 points versus its usual win rate.

Fiddlesticks Jungle: what our games say

Laning phase against the Jungle average

Measure	Fiddlesticks	Jungle average	Gap
Gold at 10 min	3918	4023	−105
CS at 10 min	72	69	+3
XP at 10 min	3980	3898	+82
Gold at 15 min	6081	6322	−242
CS at 15 min	108	106	+3
XP at 15 min	6572	6602	−29

Measured over 54 Fiddlesticks games with a timeline; the average covers 69 champions played Jungle in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min49.4 %83 games

medium-length 25 to 35 min50.0 %174 games

long over 35 min57.1 %42 games

Best result: long (over 35 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Fiddlesticks in another role

Role	Games	Win rate	CS/min	Gold/min	Most-built items
Support	47	51.1 %	1.4	321

Roles where we have at least 40 Fiddlesticks games.

Abilities

PassiveA Harmless Scarecrow

Fiddlesticks' trinket is replaced by scarecrow effigies.

QTerrify

Fiddlesticks damaging enemies with spells while unseen or targeting an enemy with Terrify's activation strikes a target unit with fear, causing it to flee in terror for a duration.

WBountiful Harvest

Fiddlesticks drains health from nearby enemies, dealing bonus execute damage at the end of the duration.

EReap

Fiddlesticks slashes an area with its scythe, slowing all enemies hit and silencing enemies hit in the center of the slash.

RCrowstorm

A murder of crows flock wildly around Fiddlesticks, dealing damage per second to all enemy units in the area.