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Fiddlesticks with Katarina

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How to Synergize Fiddlesticks and Katarina

based on 1,829 Fiddlesticks with Katarina pairs
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.32
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Fiddlesticks has fought alongside Katarina in 1829 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much relevant data directly from the hosts of League, we are completely sure that we can present to you robust, usable builds to help Fiddlesticks play with Katarina. It is relatively rare for Fiddlesticks to play alongside Katarina as teammates. This has only taken place in approx. 2.9% of rounds with Fiddlesticks.

Fiddlesticks Katarina Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Fiddlesticks does a below average job of playing alongside Katarina. On average, he wins a poor 47.0% of games the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Fiddlesticks when fighting on the same team as Katarina by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Fiddlesticks vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Fiddlesticks Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceHextech RocketbeltZhonya's Hourglass

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLiandry's TormentShadowflameStormsurge

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

InspirationFirst StrikeTriple TonicFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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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Guide to Synergizing Fiddlesticks and Katarina

Advice to Understand How Katarina Will Play

Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.

Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.

Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.

Fiddlesticks Katarina Synergy Stats

Fiddlesticks Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Katarina Image
5.3
< Kills >
5.7
6.3
< Deaths >
6.4
9.3
< Assists >
9
1.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.32
37
< Minions Killed >
40
1.22
< Dragons Killed >
1.19
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.34
291
< Physical Damage >
305
16,553
< Magic Damage >
17,649
1,137
< True Damage >
1,191
17,982
< Damage Dealt >
19,146
33,312
< Damage Taken >
33,542
11,191
< Gold Earned >
11,336
1.13
< Towers >
1.13
0.27
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
17,462
< Total Healing >
17,298
12,954
< Experience >
13,071
46
< Vision Score >
46
3
< Wards Placed >
3
759
< Time Dealing CC >
749

How to Play with Katarina as Fiddlesticks in LoL

The Fiddlesticks Katarina synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Katarina, 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 Katarina. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Katarina helps Fiddlesticks perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Fiddlesticks is an ally to Katarina, he observes a little drop in his total damage output. This difference may signal that Katarina does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Fiddlesticks is played with Katarina on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Katarina. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Katarina.

Additionally, when Fiddlesticks plays with Katarina on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Katarina does a decent job of protecting Fiddlesticks during teamfights.

Synergies between Fiddlesticks and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Fiddlesticks
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Fiddlesticks
Katarina

Is Fiddlesticks better when played alongside Katarina?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Fiddlesticks that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, Katarina is a not very good ally for Fiddlesticks. By locking into the same side as Fiddlesticks, she drops their win rate by -2.0% to 47.0%. This proves that there is a bad strategic relationship between Fiddlesticks and Katarina that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Katarina has a lower difficulty than Fiddlesticks. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Katarina allies to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Playing alongside, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by aligning Fiddlesticks and Katarina together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates a lot of AD. Plan to bring other champs on your team that offsets this hole in their kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Katarina teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Fiddlesticks Players

How We Calculated Our Fiddlesticks Katarina Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Fiddlesticks and Katarina, we analyzed 1,829 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 Katarina 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.

Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Fiddlesticks in order to work well with Katarina during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to include in your Fiddlesticks and Katarina synergy build include Malignance, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Fiddlesticks included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Katarina than with most other common item sets. In fact, Fiddlesticks boasted an average winrate of 47.0% when playing alongside Katarina with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip the First Strike, Triple Tonic, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Katarina with Fiddlesticks are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.