Guide · Mid

Fizz Guide

the Tidal Trickster

Assassin

Fighter

Tier B Mid

Fizz, the Tidal Trickster, is an assassin and fighter champion of medium difficulty. Across our 625 analysed ranked games, Fizz is mostly played in Mid (80% of its games), and more rarely in the Jungle (13%), with a 50.8% win rate in that role: tier B among Mid champions (#14 of 42, ranked by win rate). Fizz's damage is mostly magic (79%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (49.6% to 52.5%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

Averages measured over 500 Mid games played with Fizz, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Fizz is a nimble assassin: he passes through units and benefits from a flat damage reduction against all sources. Urchin Strike makes him dash through his target, Seastone Trident adds a bleed, Playful / Trickster makes him untargetable, and Chum the Waters throws a fish that attracts a shark.

The burst

R › W › Q › E

When: A carry is within range.

Chum the Waters slows the target and makes a shark surge up, knocking them up and pushing nearby enemies back; follow with Seastone Trident, Urchin Strike and Playful / Trickster.

The trade

W › AA AA › Q

When: An enemy is within range.

Seastone Trident makes them bleed and empowers your attacks; Urchin Strike makes you dash through the target while dealing magic damage.

See all 3 Fizz combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Attack with Seastone Trident for the bleed and the empowered damage. Keep Playful / Trickster to avoid a decisive ability.

Common mistakes

• Casting the ultimate without checking the fish's trajectory.
• Using Playful / Trickster with no need: its cooldown is long early on.
• Not using the pass-through of units to reposition.

Riot's official tips for playing Fizz

• Since Fizz can move through units, find opportunities in lane to walk through minions and apply Seastone Trident's passive - following it up with the ability's active attack after a few seconds.
• Fizz's ultimate ability, Chum the Waters, can be aimed at an enemy or towards the area where you think they'll be going.
• Fizz's spells scale off Ability Power - consider getting items like Zhonya's Hourglass or Banshee's Veil against teams that have high burst threat - and items like Lich Bane or Rabadon's Deathcap if you think you can survive without the Health.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Zhonya's Hourglass (113 games, 59.3% win rate), usually with Spellslinger's Shoes (51.9% over 266 games).

Rabadon's Deathcap+Lich Bane+Zhonya's Hourglass

113 games · 59.3%

Lich Bane+Zhonya's Hourglass+Shadowflame

109 games · 56.0%

Rabadon's Deathcap+Lich Bane+Shadowflame

53 games · 54.7%

Skill order

Max order : E > W > Q51.8% · 56 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 70 games).

Starting items

Doran's RingHealth PotionHealth Potion50.7% · 69 games

First completed items, in order

Lich Bane›Zhonya's Hourglass

25 games · 60.0%

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3970 gold, 71 CS, 4772 XP. At 15 min: 6307 gold, 108 CS, 7379 XP.

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes51.9% · 266 games

Crimson Lucidity50.6% · 180 games

Chainlaced Crushers63.2% · 19 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite50.9% · 491 games

Most-played runes

Electrocute + Sorcery

53.1% · 275 games

Primary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact100%

Grisly Mementos92%

Treasure Hunter86%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Transcendence91%

Scorch56%

Shards

Adaptive force62%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling70%

Electrocute + Precision

47.2% · 195 games

Primary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact100%

Grisly Mementos94%

Treasure Hunter90%

Secondary tree · Precision

Triumph86%

Coup de Grace61%

Shards

Adaptive force62%

Adaptive force99%

Health scaling59%

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 Fizz'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 team56.6% · 136 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Lich Bane 56.0% ▲

Zhonya's Hourglass 64.1% ▲

Rabadon's Deathcap 61.7% ▲

Shadowflame 57.5% ▲

Blackfire Torch 61.9%

Luden's Echo 52.6%

The item that stands out most is Zhonya's Hourglass: 64.1% win rate, +11 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team45.9% · 133 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Lich Bane 49.1%

Zhonya's Hourglass 46.8% ▼

Shadowflame 47.6% ▼

Rabadon's Deathcap 57.9%

Blackfire Torch 41.7%

Stormsurge 35.3%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team50.2% · 231 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Lich Bane 50.5%

Zhonya's Hourglass 50.6%

Shadowflame 54.3%

Rabadon's Deathcap 55.9%

Blackfire Torch 44.2% ▼

Luden's Echo 47.8%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Fizz in Mid

Syndra Fizz: 31.2%16 games

Syndra has the edge in 69% of the 16 Mid duels against Fizz. See the Syndra guide.

Ahri Fizz: 56.2%16 games

Ahri has the edge in 44% of the 16 Mid duels against Fizz. See the Ahri guide.

Yasuo Fizz: 66.7%15 games

Yasuo has the edge in 33% of the 15 Mid duels against Fizz. See the Yasuo guide.

Who Fizz is strong against

Yasuo66.7% · 15 games

Ahri56.2% · 16 games

Syndra31.2% · 16 games

How to play against Fizz

• Fizz's attacks becomes more deadly for a few seconds after he uses his empowered attack - keep him away while his trident is glowing!
• Fizz is a slippery target when his abilities are not on cooldown - bait him into using them early and follow up with crowd control or hard-hitting attacks!

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Fizz's matchups.

Fizz Mid: what our games say

Laning phase against the Mid average

Measured over 70 Fizz games with a timeline; the average covers 72 champions played Mid in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

Best result: short (under 25 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.

Fizz in another role

Role	Games	Win rate	CS/min	Gold/min	Most-built items
Jungle	82	54.9 %	6.8	460
Top	43	44.2 %	7.1	415

Roles where we have at least 40 Fizz games.

Abilities

PassiveNimble Fighter

Fizz can move through units and takes a flat amount of reduced damage from all sources

QUrchin Strike

Fizz dashes through his target, dealing magic damage and applying on hit effects.

WSeastone Trident

Fizz's attacks bleed his enemies, dealing magic damage over several seconds. Fizz can empower his next attack to deal bonus damage and empower his further attacks for a short time.

EPlayful / Trickster

Fizz hops into the air, landing gracefully upon his spear and becoming untargetable. From this position, Fizz can either slam the ground or choose to jump again before smashing back down.

RChum the Waters

Fizz tosses a fish in a direction that attaches to any champion that touches it, slowing the target. After a short delay, a shark erupts from the ground, knocking up the target and knocking any nearby enemies aside. All enemies hit are dealt magic damage and slowed.

Other Mid champions to know

Most played

Syndra53.0 %Viktor48.9 %Ahri50.4 %Yone49.8 %Locke50.8 %Yasuo48.9 %Zed51.8 %Sylas48.5 %

Strongest (at least 100 games)

Vel'Koz54.3 %Kassadin54.0 %Twisted Fate54.0 %Lux53.0 %Diana52.9 %Katarina52.6 %Anivia52.3 %Aurelion Sol52.1 %

Frequently asked questions

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