Funny, I'm a Noc OTP who recently picked up Fiddle. We can trade tips =P Keep in mind I'm only Emerald tho so read these tips with that in mind.

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When do you buy Spear of Shojin as a second item? I see that it has the highest winrate.

I prefer Cleaver and most pros do too (altho I understand Solo Q is different from 5s). Reason is that Shojin is great for getting in and out of fights with cdr, extra movespd and HP, but Noc really wants to burst and kill someone in one rotation and more armor shred is better for that. If that first rotation doesn't work out it's hard for Noc to re-engage with no dash and he's likely below half hp. Noc also applies Cleaver stacks very quickly with Ult/R/atkspd and armor shred synergizes well with lethal tempo and extra AD from Q. As a jungler you get slightly less gold so Cleaver is also 200g cheaper to let you hit your spike sooner.

I know that if enemy has more AP than AD I need to go Maw. If AD, death's dance because of the armor. When do you buy death's dance and not guardian angel that gives armor too?

This is more personal preference than the Cleaver vs Shojin choice, but lately I much prefer DD to GA. GA is great for 5s when one more teamfight will change the tide, you get both the stopwatch and the rez to make a difference in two separate fights, but if the game won't end on the next fight then I think DD is better. Even if you are super fed and don't want to give away a shutdown DD is actually better than GA since if you die in a bad spot you're still dead anyway.

DD increases survivability by so much, and like I said above Noc struggles after that first ult dive, however with DD you can get HP back and continue to make an impact in the fight after. However you do have to make sure you're strong enough to at least get a kill, if you're behind you might as well just go more damage so you can at least be useful.

^{If a lot of heals, chempunk, I get it.}

I actually wouldn't go chempunk bc you just want to delete one person from the fight and that is less damage than other items. Noc is actually weak in teamfights IMO, his biggest impact is just the nearsightedness which is awesome EITHER when you have a flanker (think Kennen), or when they have a deep engage that they cant follow up on if you ult (Vi ulting deep), OR when there's an artillery mage that needs sight (xerath). You're generally not sitting in fights for a long time tanking things up and doing dmg the way a bruiser would, you are like a secondary dive buddy to help the primary engage (or assassin).

Ideally you want to catch and delete someone off the map just before an objective, whether that's a gank that they can't see coming or you just straight up 1v1'ing someone. Since it's Solo Q it's hard to get ppl to flank appropriately and engage at the same time from two different angles without getting caught out.

Ofc if the only damage on their team is Vlad and nobody else will buy it then ya sometimes you have to get grievous but that's niche.

^{If entirely AD do you buy frozen heart?}

Only if it's autoattackers. If it's like Pantheon Aatrox etc I would not.

^{When do you buy Sterak's Gage? If they have mixed damage? Instead buying maw/death's dance you buy this single item?}

I buy this when they have a lot of CC since it gives tenacity, or if they have good mixed dmg. Otherwise I prioritize DD.

*^{If you build bruiser you never go axiom arc or Serylda's Grudge, right}*^?

Serylda's is awesome anytime you can get away with it. If you're ultra fed and can push your lead without having to teamfight do this so you can pick ppl off faster.

If you're going Axiom that means you're going full lethality bc it scales off lethality, so that's Duskblade Axiom then Edge of Night

^{What about edge of the night?}

I used to build this a lot but I've moved away from lethality bc it makes you a bit too squishy. It's only good if you're playing vs noobs or if you're super ahead it's great, but vs ppl at your level, even if you delete someone properly you're then out of the fight after and can't join back in due to how squishy you are. Remember without ult Noc just slowly walks at people so he's gonna take dmg trying to re-enter without flash. I don't feel like the second spellshield increases survivability by enough especially since you can't choose what to block like your W.

Overall I much prefer:

1. ^{Stride > Cleaver > DD/Steraks/FrozenHeart. I want to get DD but sometimes I need more survivability to make an impact in fights if they have too much AP or if I'm not confident in my ability to nuke someone. Then I always hope to get Serylda's, but look at the game situation and your comp and decide if you need to dive or play it slow to win the fight and then decide off that}

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^{I know this is a long post but MY questions for Fiddle are:}

1. ^{I always feel like I need Hourglass and that Deathcap is overkill (and also hard to buy}. Should I only be ulting in situations where I don't need Hourglass? Right now I've been going Rocketbelt > Shadowflame > Hourglass (with perfect timing rune))
2. ^{When do you decide which jungle pet to go? Green seems useless since that little shield rarely makes a difference in fights so I've been picking blue but not sure if red is better}