Darius vs Fiddlesticks
How to Beat Fiddlesticks as Darius
based on 3,069 Darius vs Fiddlesticks matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Fiddlesticks Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Fiddlesticks Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Fiddlesticks as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Fiddlesticks
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius vs Fiddlesticks Counter Stats
How to Counter Fiddlesticks with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several important Darius versus Fiddlesticks matchup statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Fiddlesticks..
Darius often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Fiddlesticks. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Fiddlesticks
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Who is Better, Darius or Fiddlesticks?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Darius usually loses when playing against Fiddlesticks, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Darius makes a poor counter for Fiddlesticks.
While Darius does have a lower winrate than Fiddlesticks, when facing one another, Darius also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Darius into Fiddlesticks.
Moreover, Darius also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Fiddlesticks. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Darius vs Fiddlesticks matchups, Fiddlesticks is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Darius is a terribly counter to Fiddlesticks. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Darius against Fiddlesticks.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Darius in order to counter Fiddlesticks during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius typically racks up much more CS compared to Fiddlesticks. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Darius versus Fiddlesticks build include Trinity Force, Sterak's Gage, and Dead Man's Plate. When Darius included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Fiddlesticks than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 47.2% when playing against Fiddlesticks with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Fiddlesticks as Darius, Darius players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Darius vs Fiddlesticks face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.2% winrate overall.
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