The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some valuable Zeri against Fiddlesticks counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Fiddlesticks..
Zeri normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. On average, they takes less damage than Fiddlesticks. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zeri usually loses when taking on Fiddlesticks, with a 47.5% win rate. Thus, Zeri makes a poor counter for Fiddlesticks.
While Zeri does have a lower winrate than Fiddlesticks, when they face off with one another, Zeri also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zeri into Fiddlesticks.
Moreover, Zeri also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Fiddlesticks. 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 Zeri vs Fiddlesticks matchups, Fiddlesticks is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Zeri is a terribly counter for Fiddlesticks. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zeri against Fiddlesticks.
If you would like to truly master Zeri in order to counter Fiddlesticks during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zeri on average gets much more CS as Fiddlesticks. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Zeri versus Fiddlesticks build include Experimental Hexplate, Runaan's Hurricane, and Navori Quickblades. When Zeri combined at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better when fighting Fiddlesticks than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Zeri boasted an average winrate of 47.5% when countering Fiddlesticks with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Fiddlesticks as Zeri, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Zeri vs Fiddlesticks counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.5% winrate overall.
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