Fiddlesticks vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Fiddlesticks
based on 752 Fiddlesticks vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Fiddlesticks vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Fiddlesticks vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Fiddlesticks
Advice to Win Against Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Fiddlesticks vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Fiddlesticks in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some significant Fiddlesticks against Zilean counter stats that can help us grasp the differences between the pair. Fiddlesticks’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Fiddlesticks may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zilean. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Fiddlesticks often has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zilean. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Fiddlesticks and Zilean
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Who is Better, Fiddlesticks or Zilean?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Fiddlesticks usually loses when playing against Zilean, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Fiddlesticks makes a poor counter to Zilean.
While Fiddlesticks does have a lower winrate compared to Zilean, when facing one another, Fiddlesticks also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Fiddlesticks into Zileanas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Fiddlesticks has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Fiddlesticks vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Fiddlesticks is a somewhat poor counter to Zilean. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Fiddlesticks against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Fiddlesticks to counter Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fiddlesticks on average gets less CS relative to Zilean. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Fiddlesticks versus Zilean build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Fiddlesticks incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Zilean than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Fiddlesticks had an average winrate of 48.1% when playing against Zilean with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Zilean as Fiddlesticks, you 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 Fiddlesticks vs Zilean counters, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zilean as Fiddlesticks are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.