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Fiddlesticks with Riven

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How to Synergize Fiddlesticks and Riven

based on 2,127 Fiddlesticks with Riven pairs
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
2.44
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Fiddlesticks has been on the same team as Riven in 2127 recently played, competitive matches. By amassing so much accurate data straight from the makers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can showcase high quality, usable builds to help Fiddlesticks synergize with Riven. It is relatively rare for Fiddlesticks to play alongside Riven as allies. This has only occurred in approximately 3.3% of rounds with Fiddlesticks.

Fiddlesticks Riven Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Fiddlesticks does a dismal job of teaming up with Riven. Typically, he wins an acceptable 49.1% of games the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Fiddlesticks when fighting on the same team as Riven by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Fiddlesticks vs Riven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealSorcerer's Shoes

Core Fiddlesticks Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Void StaffRabadon's DeathcapMalignanceLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Fiddlesticks to level upw
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Second ability for Fiddlesticks to level upq
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Last skill for Fiddlesticks to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeTriple TonicFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Fiddlesticks's passive ability p
Fiddlesticks's q ability q
Fiddlesticks's w ability w
Fiddlesticks's e ability e
Fiddlesticks's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Fiddlesticks and Riven

Advice to Understand How Riven Will Play

Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.

Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.

Fiddlesticks Riven Synergy Stats

Fiddlesticks Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Riven Image
5.7
< Kills >
5.7
6.1
< Deaths >
6.4
9.2
< Assists >
9
1.33
< Killing Sprees >
1.32
36
< Minions Killed >
40
1.23
< Dragons Killed >
1.19
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.34
278
< Physical Damage >
305
17,694
< Magic Damage >
17,649
1,197
< True Damage >
1,191
19,170
< Damage Dealt >
19,146
33,423
< Damage Taken >
33,542
11,373
< Gold Earned >
11,336
1.12
< Towers >
1.13
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
17,659
< Total Healing >
17,298
13,021
< Experience >
13,071
47
< Vision Score >
46
4
< Wards Placed >
3
762
< Time Dealing CC >
749

How to Play with Riven as Fiddlesticks in LoL

The Fiddlesticks Riven synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Riven, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Riven. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Riven helps Fiddlesticks perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Fiddlesticks is an ally to Riven, he observes a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This may signal that Riven helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Fiddlesticks is played with Riven on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Riven.

Additionally, when Fiddlesticks plays with Riven on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Riven does a decent job of covering Fiddlesticks in teamfights.

Synergies between Fiddlesticks and Riven

Damage Types Compared

Fiddlesticks
Riven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Fiddlesticks
Riven

Is Fiddlesticks better when played alongside Riven?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Fiddlesticks that will no matter what be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Riven is a very typical teammate for Fiddlesticks. By playing on the same team as Fiddlesticks, she increases their win rate by 0.1% to 49.1%. This proves that there is only a small bond between Fiddlesticks and Riven that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Riven has a lower difficulty than Fiddlesticks. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Riven allies to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

When playing alongside, Fiddlesticks players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to support your allies. Together, these two may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.

Although, by aligning Fiddlesticks and Riven together, you probably will not be giving your side a lot of protection for burst damage. Make sure to include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Riven ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Fiddlesticks Players

How We Calculated Our Fiddlesticks Riven Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Fiddlesticks and Riven, we analyzed 2,127 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Fiddlesticks with Riven comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Fiddlesticks in order to pair well with Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to have in your Fiddlesticks and Riven synergy build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Fiddlesticks combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Riven than with many other common item sets. In fact, Fiddlesticks boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Riven with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, Fiddlesticks players should take 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 that we analyzed for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Riven with Fiddlesticks are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.