Fiddlesticks vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Fiddlesticks
based on 2,522 Fiddlesticks vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Fiddlesticks vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Fiddlesticks vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Fiddlesticks
Advice to Win Against Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Fiddlesticks vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Fiddlesticks in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some significant Fiddlesticks versus Xerath counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between these two champs. For instance, Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, showing that Fiddlesticks may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xerath..
Fiddlesticks usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Xerath. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Fiddlesticks and Xerath
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Who is Better, Fiddlesticks or Xerath?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Fiddlesticks usually loses when facing off against Xerath, with a 45.6% win rate. Thus, Fiddlesticks makes a poor counter for Xerath.
While Fiddlesticks does have a much lower win rate compared to Xerath, when on opposite teams, Fiddlesticks also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Fiddlesticks into Xerathas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Fiddlesticks also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Fiddlesticks vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Fiddlesticks is a bad counter to Xerath. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Fiddlesticks against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Fiddlesticks to counter Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fiddlesticks usually picks up less CS as Xerath. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Fiddlesticks versus Xerath build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Fiddlesticks included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Xerath than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Fiddlesticks had an average winrate of 45.6% when playing against Xerath with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Xerath as Fiddlesticks, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Triple Tonic runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Fiddlesticks vs Xerath face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.6% winrate overall.
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