Fiddlesticks vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Fiddlesticks
based on 1,210 Fiddlesticks vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Fiddlesticks vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Fiddlesticks vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Fiddlesticks
Advice to Win Against Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Fiddlesticks vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Fiddlesticks in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some significant Fiddlesticks against Illaoi counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, showing that Fiddlesticks may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Illaoi. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Fiddlesticks typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Illaoi. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Fiddlesticks and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Fiddlesticks or Illaoi?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Fiddlesticks usually fairs equally well when playing against Illaoi, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Fiddlesticks makes an ok counter for Illaoi.
While Fiddlesticks does have a lower win rate compared to Illaoi, when they face off with one another, Fiddlesticks also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Fiddlesticks into Illaoias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Fiddlesticks has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Fiddlesticks vs Illaoi matchups, Illaoi is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Fiddlesticks is a somewhat poor counter for Illaoi. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Fiddlesticks against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Fiddlesticks to counter Illaoi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fiddlesticks most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Illaoi. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Fiddlesticks versus Illaoi build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Fiddlesticks used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Illaoi than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Fiddlesticks had an average win rate of 49.3% when playing against Illaoi with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Illaoi as Fiddlesticks, Fiddlesticks players should equip the First Strike, Triple Tonic, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Fiddlesticks vs Illaoi counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.3% win rate overall.
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