Talk:Fiddlesticks/@comment-109.92.14.3-20111228225643/@comment-3532889-20120106000619

fiddle is fairly easy, but if the enemy team has his counters, there is almost literally nothing he can do. anyone with a fast interrupt will ruin his drain, i.e. soraka, sion, panth, etc, and good ward placement will doom the effectiveness of his ult. Furthermore, without items and his ult, he initially has rather low dps, he is extremely squishy, and suffers from the curse that in order to use his abilities he has to get close, but getting close carries obvious risks.

tbh, most of fiddles counter picks are good assassins though, so even where fidd used to be a fair pick at times, the large repertoire of new assassins will absolutely destroy him in any teamfights. furthermore, the new jungle doesnt fare well for him either. the infinite sustain is now hardly an advantage, and the way jungles are weaker and more numerous not only heightens his mana problems, but also makes his jungle considerably slower when compared to other common junglers.

tl;dr Fiddle is easily countered, and sucks in the current meta. Can be a good counterpick in rare instances, but generally is a volatile champion no matter how you look at it.