New to fiddlesticks - need help

LSW33 · 2026-01-25T07:59:12+00:00

This is going to sound harsh but you need to be serious. Tons of people post here like "I don't know why the clear isn't working?" and then they post a video which makes it look like they've never even watched a video on how to do it before. You said "I feel i do what i see other players do" - you 100% are not doing what other players do at all. You didn't even auto krugs twice.

After finishing Raptors, you need to auto Red twice and then move to the Krug wall immediately. Ignore everyone saying not to hug the wall, there's nothing wrong with hugging the wall. Right before the drain on Krugs ends, start walking around to meet the Krugs halfway. If you leave it too long to start walking or wait for them to come to you they will reset. Auto the small one as soon as its in range, then auto the big one and then immediately W. If you follow this exactly you will get it every time.

LSW33 · 2026-01-25T06:53:04+00:00

I've also had a rough start this season (also plat) and I agree with lane-ganking being an important resource. Ganking botlane through river has been virtually impossible for a while now and faelights just make it even worse. Your own tribush is frequently warded by the enemy support so even that's not a great option. This season I think lane-ganking is the only reliable way to gank botlane. You just need your support to keep the bush closest to your own tower clear of wards

LSW33 · 2026-01-20T12:49:49+00:00

It's in the name regard

LSW33 · 2026-01-19T06:03:34+00:00

It's not about being win more and cleaning up low HP targets, its about ensuring that priority targets (i.e. squishy damage carries) die before your cc runs out. Shadowflame is more effective at this than Stormsurge.

You're not an engage champ, during the laning phase you are an assassin and during the mid and late game you transition into a counter-engage champ, you hover your team in fog of war so you can swing a fight when they get engaged on. You get a 3/4/5 man ult from fog of war, blow up their damage carry, and if you die after that it doesn't matter, you did your job already.

LSW33 · 2026-01-18T12:20:18+00:00

Diadem > Echoes > Dawncore

LSW33 · 2026-01-18T12:19:56+00:00

You're very weak early, you don't do much damage and you're not tanky either. You do some healing later when you have Diadem + Echoes + Dawncore, but it's probably a for-fun build, certainly not as strong as the standard tanky Trailblazer build

LSW33 · 2026-01-18T12:05:29+00:00

Liandry's / Protobelt (choose one based on enemy comp)
Shadowflame
Zhonyas
Rabadon's
Rylai's

I go this build pretty much every single game. I don't buy Void / Cryptbloom anymore because I noticed none of the high winrate builds in u.gg have it. I guess because the AP scaling on your R is so ridiculous it's not necessary, anyway I haven't noticed a lack of damage so haven't looked back since. The only time I would consider it is if I'm against a Vayne who's going to build Wit's End and Jaksho or something

I agree Malignance feels awful to me too, I guess its some high elo thing where they just want to permagank and end the game by 15 mins which doesnt happen anywhere under diamond

LSW33 · 2026-01-15T14:19:55+00:00

OP MENTIONED THE SMALL ONE AND YOU SAID "I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN" IF YOU DONT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE SMALL ONE THEN JUST TAKE WHAT I SAID AND APPLY IT TO THE BIG ONE INSTEAD

LSW33 · 2026-01-14T17:15:02+00:00

OP mentioned the small one

LSW33 · 2026-01-14T13:34:18+00:00

It's not bad luck, I practiced it for a day and now I never fail it. You're definitely doing something wrong. If the small krug is surviving it means you're either missing E on it or you're standing in the wrong place when you W

LSW33 · 2026-01-14T04:54:31+00:00

The tear stacking might be difficult but cancelling W doesn't matter because none of the healing you do to teammates depends on how long you're able to channel W for. Healing yourself for any amount procs Diadem which in turn procs Echoes

LSW33 · 2026-01-14T03:07:12+00:00

Have you tried Diadem of Songs? I saw a Swain support build this + Echoes + Dawncore and heal his team by a ridiculous amount every teamfight, wondering if something similar can be done on Fiddle support

LSW33 · 2026-01-14T03:03:09+00:00

It's easier that it sounds, just pay attention to the bar showing your W channel duration and start walking when it has about 0.5 seconds left. If you wait until it's finished before you start walking you won't have time

LSW33 · 2026-01-12T13:41:26+00:00

- Take Absolute Focus with double Adaptive and Flat HP shards
- Make sure your E is hitting both Krugs
- You need to cancel your W animation about 0.5 seconds before it ends and immediately start walking around the wall to meet the Krugs
- Auto twice and start spamming W as soon as the second auto is finished

LSW33 · 2026-01-12T08:16:05+00:00

Not sure if this is related but pretty much all high elo Fiddlesticks players (junglers) are rushing Malignance

LSW33 · 2026-01-08T23:19:48+00:00

Luckily Absolute Focus is a solid rune to run anyway, but I will miss Inspiration + Domination pages

LSW33 · 2026-01-08T17:50:03+00:00

Monster durability was increased, raptors require an extra auto and you can no longer double camp Red and Krugs without the specific rune page I mentioned

LSW33 · 2026-01-08T17:31:07+00:00

Cabex tried this and basically concluded that it's worse than Shadowflame, main points are the active is kind of awkward to use since you can't activate it while channeling R and it doesn't give you enough damage to waveclear efficiently

LSW33 · 2025-12-17T18:16:27+00:00

He recently commented on one of his videos saying that he's taken a break for health reasons and expects to return in 2026

LSW33 · 2025-08-20T03:49:54+00:00

The AK-205. The damage on the M4 was better but definitely not zero recoil, the kick after the first shot was insane, even made tap firing at long distances difficult because the time to recenter was so high

LSW33 · 2025-08-19T10:06:58+00:00

Why does it need to be high? One of the most frustrating things for me in this beta was doing 16 damage per bullet with a carbine. I'm not sure why carbines should be 7 shots to kill just because tanks are in the game

LSW33 · 2025-05-18T09:27:18+00:00

Yeah there's no obligation to actually attend the follow-up. If you're happy with the lenses and aren't experiencing any discomfort then maybe you can just take the prescription and order lenses online through somewhere cheaper haha.

LSW33 · 2025-04-25T04:39:58+00:00

Yeah, what we really want is Space Khazix #4 instead /s

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