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Riven with Fiddlesticks

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How to Synergize Riven and Fiddlesticks

based on 2,127 Riven with Fiddlesticks pairs
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
2.02
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download data from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Riven has fought alongside Fiddlesticks in 2127 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much great data from the developers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can present to you robust, usable builds to help Riven synergize with Fiddlesticks. It is relatively rare for Riven to play with Fiddlesticks as allies. This pairing has only happened in approx. 1.8% of matches with Riven.

Riven Fiddlesticks Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Riven does a dismal job of teaming up with Fiddlesticks. Typically, she wins an acceptable 49.1% of the time the champions play on the same team. If you want to do better as Riven when playing with Fiddlesticks by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Riven vs Fiddlesticks Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Ravenous HydraSpear of ShojinEclipse

Optional Items

Death's DanceMaw of MalmortiusSundered SkyBlack Cleaver

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Riven to level upq
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Second ability for Riven to level upe
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Last skill for Riven to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Riven's passive ability p
Riven's q ability q
Riven's w ability w
Riven's e ability e
Riven's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Riven and Fiddlesticks

Tips for Playing as Riven with Fiddlesticks

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.

Riven Fiddlesticks Synergy Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Fiddlesticks Image
7.4
< Kills >
6.9
6
< Deaths >
5.9
4.7
< Assists >
4.6
1.65
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
182
< Minions Killed >
178
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.44
20,208
< Physical Damage >
18,993
51
< Magic Damage >
57
1,180
< True Damage >
1,134
21,439
< Damage Dealt >
20,184
25,838
< Damage Taken >
24,940
12,534
< Gold Earned >
12,150
2.34
< Towers >
2.25
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,694
< Total Healing >
5,340
15,434
< Experience >
14,980
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
129
< Time Dealing CC >
128

How to Play with Fiddlesticks as Riven in LoL

The Riven Fiddlesticks synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Fiddlesticks, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Riven sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Fiddlesticks. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Fiddlesticks helps Riven perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Riven is paired with Fiddlesticks, she gets a small increase in her total damage output. This change could demonstrate that Fiddlesticks supports by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Riven is played alongside Fiddlesticks on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Fiddlesticks.

Additionally, when Riven plays with Fiddlesticks on the same team, she typically receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Fiddlesticks does a poor job of protecting Riven during teamfights.

Synergies between Riven and Fiddlesticks

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Fiddlesticks
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Riven
Fiddlesticks

Is Riven better when played alongside Fiddlesticks?

There is no perfect synergy for Riven that will 100% of the time be her top teammate. However, overall, Fiddlesticks is a very typical teammate for Riven. By being on the same side as Riven, he lowers their win rate by -1.0% to 49.1%. This signals that there is not really a strong bond between Riven and Fiddlesticks that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Fiddlesticks has a greater difficulty than Riven. That means you should be careful when lining up Fiddlesticks teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to work well with you.

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

Although, by pairing Riven and Fiddlesticks together, you will not be providing your other teammates much protection for burst damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Fiddlesticks teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Riven Players

How We Calculated Our Riven Fiddlesticks Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Riven and Fiddlesticks, 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 Riven with Fiddlesticks 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 Riven in order to work well with Fiddlesticks during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to have in your Riven and Fiddlesticks synergy build include Ravenous Hydra, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Riven used at least these three finished items in her build, she did much better when fighting alongside Fiddlesticks than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when playing alongside Fiddlesticks with this build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.

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