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How to Synergize Fiddlesticks with Zed on the Same TeamFiddlesticks is in the a tier of champions

Fiddlesticks with Zed

How to Win With Fiddlesticks and Zed Paired TogetherFiddlesticks is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Fiddlesticks and Zed

based on 2,861 Fiddlesticks with Zed pairs
Win Rate
50.9 %
K/D/A
2.41
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the results of from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Fiddlesticks has fought alongside Zed in 2861 recent, ranked games. By pooling so much accurate data straight from the creators of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can give you high-quality, accurate builds to help Fiddlesticks synergize with Zed. It is somewhat uncommon for Fiddlesticks to play with Zed as allies. This pairing has only happened in approximately 4.5% of rounds with Fiddlesticks.

Fiddlesticks Zed Synergy Summary

Fiddlesticks does a average job of teaming up with Zed. Normally, he wins an acceptable 50.9% of rounds the champions try and work together in. If you want to do better as Fiddlesticks when playing alongside Zed by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Fiddlesticks vs Zed Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealSorcerer's Shoes

Core Fiddlesticks Items

~22 Mins
CryptbloomZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapVoid StaffLiandry's TormentMalignance

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

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
InspirationTriple TonicCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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 Zed

Advice to Understand How Zed Will Play

Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.

Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.

Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.

Fiddlesticks Zed Synergy Stats

Fiddlesticks Image
Win Rate
50.9 %
VS
Win Rate
49.1 %
Zed Image
5.9
< Kills >
5.7
6.3
< Deaths >
6.4
9.3
< Assists >
9
1.36
< Killing Sprees >
1.32
37
< Minions Killed >
40
1.25
< Dragons Killed >
1.19
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.34
298
< Physical Damage >
305
18,384
< Magic Damage >
17,649
1,297
< True Damage >
1,191
19,980
< Damage Dealt >
19,146
34,164
< Damage Taken >
33,542
11,592
< Gold Earned >
11,336
1.14
< Towers >
1.13
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
18,028
< Total Healing >
17,298
13,352
< Experience >
13,071
47
< Vision Score >
46
3
< Wards Placed >
3
774
< Time Dealing CC >
749

How to Play with Zed as Fiddlesticks in LoL

The Fiddlesticks Zed synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zed, 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 Zed. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Zed helps Fiddlesticks perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Fiddlesticks tries to synergize with Zed, he sees a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Zed provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Fiddlesticks is played together with Zed on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Zed.

Additionally, when Fiddlesticks plays with Zed on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Zed does a poor job of covering Fiddlesticks in team fights.

Synergies between Fiddlesticks and Zed

Damage Types Compared

Fiddlesticks
Zed
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Fiddlesticks
Zed

Is Fiddlesticks better when played alongside Zed?

There is no perfect ally for Fiddlesticks that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. However, Zed is a pretty good teammate for Fiddlesticks. By playing on the same side as Fiddlesticks, he increases their win rate by 1.9% to 50.9%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful strategic relationship between Fiddlesticks and Zed that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Zed has a lower difficulty than Fiddlesticks. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Zed teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.

When playing cooperatively, Fiddlesticks players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by pairing Fiddlesticks and Zed together, you may not be providing your other teammates much tankyness. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of your Zed ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Fiddlesticks Players

How We Calculated Our Fiddlesticks Zed Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Fiddlesticks and Zed, we analyzed 2,861 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 Zed 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Fiddlesticks in order to work well with Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to build first in your Fiddlesticks and Zed synergy build include Cryptbloom, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Fiddlesticks bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Zed than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Fiddlesticks boasted an average winrate of 50.9% helping carry Zed with this build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, Fiddlesticks players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Triple Tonic runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.9% winrate overall.

If you need to get Fiddlesticks and Zed cooperations tips and builds for a an individual division, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and guides shown are computed using every round run with these champs.