Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
The Fiddlesticks Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Fiddlesticks sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Graves helps Fiddlesticks perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Fiddlesticks plays on the same team as Graves, he sees a little increase in his total damage output. This difference may signal that Graves supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Fiddlesticks is played with Graves on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Graves.
Additionally, when Fiddlesticks plays with Graves on the same team, he on average takes much less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Graves does a decent job of covering Fiddlesticks in teamfights.
There is no one best champion pairing for Fiddlesticks that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Graves is a great companion for Fiddlesticks. By locking into the same team as Fiddlesticks, he raises their win rate by 3.9% to 52.9%. This demonstrates that there is a very real bond between Fiddlesticks and Graves that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Graves has a much lower diffuclty than Fiddlesticks. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Graves comrades to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by aligning Fiddlesticks and Graves together, you may not be granting your team enough engage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Graves teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Fiddlesticks in order to work well with Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to build first in your Fiddlesticks and Graves synergy build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Fiddlesticks combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Graves than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Fiddlesticks boasted an average win rate of 52.9% when playing alongside Graves with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, 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. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Fiddlesticks and Graves pairings, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Graves with Fiddlesticks are shown for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.