Fiddlesticks
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Excellent (8.5/10)
High Investment Required
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Fiddlesticks is an exceptionally powerful champion capable of bypassing conventional combat through a unique deck-deletion mechanic. While the champion provides a highly engaging and distinct gameplay experience, reaching maximum efficiency requires a significant investment in both constellation upgrades and high-tier relics.
The Optimized Aggressive Engine
Increases Terrify frequency and provides a massive board-wide buff once the enemy deck is sufficiently depleted.
Grants Impact to summoned allies, turning every low-cost summon into a reliable source of Nexus damage and Terrify procs.
Adds additional Nexus pings for every low-cost unit attacking, accelerating the milling process exponentially.
Strategy
This build focuses on overwhelming the opponent through sheer volume of Nexus pings. By drafting 1-cost units and leveraging Impact, the deck can trigger multiple Terrify procs per turn, effectively deleting the enemy deck within the first three rounds.
High-End Consistency Build
Increases the density of Fiddlesticks copies in the deck and reduces the cost of champion spells.
Provides extra rerolls to secure essential powers and increases the probability of finding high-impact Epic items.- Serves as the primary engine for triggering the Terrify mechanic and closing out games via Overwhelm.
Strategy
This configuration prioritizes reliability and drafting quality. Extra rerolls are used specifically to fish for the Explosive Entrance power, while the increased champion density ensures Fiddlesticks appears early enough to stabilize the board.
The Arcane Board Control Build
Doubles the efficacy of spells once mana gems reach six, allowing for massive board wipes.
Stuns all enemies upon champion level-up, providing a crucial opening for an unblocked lethal attack.- Ensures consistent access to the champion and its defensive spells.
Strategy
Designed for longer encounters, this build utilizes Fiddlesticks' champion spells to control the board. By doubling spells like Reap or Crowstorm, the deck can neuter enemy aggression while simultaneously milling the opponent's entire deck in a single turn.
Other Relic Options
Essential for builds lacking Harmless Scarecrow to ensure units can effectively trade and push damage.
Provides vital protection for key units in adventures featuring heavy single-target removal.
A valuable utility option for accounts lacking Loaded Dice to help secure the Explosive Entrance power.
Fiddlesticks has a very narrow pool of compatible relics due to his unique summoning mechanics. Relics that trigger on 'Play' are considered low-impact because the champion is rarely played directly from the hand.
Constellation
Fiddlesticks possesses one of the most cohesive constellation layouts in the game. The synergy between his core stars and support nodes creates a feedback loop where offensive pings directly translate into defensive control and deck thinning.
Nowhere is Safe
Round End: Terrify 1 for each time an ally struck the enemy Nexus this round.
They Are Close
+1 Starting Mana. Game start: Plant 3 copies of random followers from your deck in the enemy deck as Nightmares.
Nowhere is Safe II
Round End: Terrify 1 for each time you've damaged the enemy Nexus this round.
Disarmed
Enemies have -1|-0.Review
Provides a significant defensive layer by reducing enemy power via Disarm. This is considered a high-value utility node that helps mitigate early-game aggression from overstatted opponents.
Manaflow
Game Start: Get a mana gem.Review
A mandatory upgrade for high-level content. The extra mana gem is critical for maintaining tempo against the aggressive curves found in Nightmare adventures.
Bountiful Harvest
When you Terrify, grant enemies Gloom and grant a random ally 2 Spirit.Review
A definitive power spike. By granting Gloom to all enemies on every Terrify instance, this power ensures the enemy board remains permanently neutered, making victory inevitable regardless of the enemy's health total.
Gameplay Tips
- Leverage the Support Champion Guarantee
Fiddlesticks shuffles into the enemy deck at the game's start. This removal from your own deck provides a 100% guarantee that you will draw your support champion in your opening hand, allowing you to build your entire strategy around high-synergy support units like Annie or Zoe.
- Strategic Priority Passing
In high-difficulty encounters, perform 'soft passes' to bait out enemy removal spells on less valuable targets. Fiddlesticks' board presence is fragile, and forcing the AI to expend mana early can protect your champion for a more impactful summoning turn.
- Nexus Pings Over Raw Damage
The milling mechanic is tied to the frequency of Nexus damage, not the magnitude. Multiple small instances of damage from Impact or Skills are strategically superior to a single large strike, as each instance triggers a separate Terrify proc.