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

Fiddlesticks with Irelia

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How to Synergize Fiddlesticks and Irelia

based on 1,917 Fiddlesticks with Irelia pairs
Win Rate
47.2 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Fiddlesticks has fought alongside Irelia in 1917 recent, ranked games. By accumulating so much complete data from the makers of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Fiddlesticks play with Irelia. It is relatively rare for Fiddlesticks to play alongside Irelia on the same side. This pairing has only taken place in about 3.0% of rounds with Fiddlesticks.

Fiddlesticks Irelia Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Fiddlesticks does a below average job of fighting on the same side as Irelia. Normally, he wins a dismal 47.2% of rounds the champions play on the same team. If you want to do better as Fiddlesticks when playing alongside Irelia by learning how to better synergize your strategy with her, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Fiddlesticks vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Fiddlesticks Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLiandry's TormentHextech RocketbeltMalignance

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

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
InspirationTriple TonicCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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W
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Q
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Fiddlesticks and Irelia

Advice to Understand How Irelia Will Play

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

Fiddlesticks Irelia Synergy Stats

Fiddlesticks Image
Win Rate
47.2 %
VS
Win Rate
52.8 %
Irelia Image
5.5
< Kills >
5.7
6.3
< Deaths >
6.4
8.7
< Assists >
9
1.28
< Killing Sprees >
1.32
34
< Minions Killed >
40
1.23
< Dragons Killed >
1.19
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.34
282
< Physical Damage >
305
17,207
< Magic Damage >
17,649
1,149
< True Damage >
1,191
18,639
< Damage Dealt >
19,146
33,336
< Damage Taken >
33,542
11,222
< Gold Earned >
11,336
1.1
< Towers >
1.13
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
17,399
< Total Healing >
17,298
12,939
< Experience >
13,071
46
< Vision Score >
46
3
< Wards Placed >
3
756
< Time Dealing CC >
749

How to Play with Irelia as Fiddlesticks in LoL

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

When Fiddlesticks plays on the same team as Irelia, he sees a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Irelia does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Fiddlesticks is played together with Irelia on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Irelia.

Additionally, when Fiddlesticks plays with Irelia on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Irelia does a decent job of protecting Fiddlesticks during teamfights.

Synergies between Fiddlesticks and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Fiddlesticks
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Fiddlesticks
Irelia

Is Fiddlesticks better when played alongside Irelia?

There is no one best champion pairing for Fiddlesticks that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, Irelia is a relatively poor teammate for Fiddlesticks. By playing on the same side as Fiddlesticks, she lowers their win rate by -1.8% to 47.2%. This demonstrates that there is a bad bond between Fiddlesticks and Irelia that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Irelia has a much lower diffuclty than Fiddlesticks. That means Fiddlesticks players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Irelia allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Fighting alongside, Fiddlesticks players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by bringing Fiddlesticks and Irelia together, you probably will not be granting your other allies enough tankyness. Plan to have other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Irelia ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Fiddlesticks Players

How We Calculated Our Fiddlesticks Irelia Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Fiddlesticks and Irelia, we analyzed 1,917 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 Irelia 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 Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most important finished items to build first in your Fiddlesticks and Irelia synergy build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Fiddlesticks incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Irelia than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Fiddlesticks had an average win rate of 47.2% helping carry Irelia with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, Fiddlesticks players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Triple Tonic runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Irelia with Fiddlesticks are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.