Jungle Matchup

Fiddlesticks vs Kayn

Patch: 15.18 (25.18)
League: Platinum+
Fiddlesticks

Fiddlesticks

the Ancient Fear
Jungle
Fiddlesticks Jungle Overall Win Rate
52.00%

Matchup Win Rate

53.7%
Fiddlesticks vs Kayn Wins
⚔
46.3%
Kayn vs Fiddlesticks Wins
Kayn

Kayn

the Shadow Reaper
Jungle
Kayn Jungle Overall Win Rate
50.54%

Fiddlesticks vs Kayn - Jungle Matchup Guide Patch 15.18 (25.18)

Fiddlesticks Jungle vs Kayn Jungle - Who is stronger?

Fiddlesticks Jungle performs well against Kayn (53.7% win rate) based on 740 games. This matchup works well for Fiddlesticks players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Fiddlesticks Jungle vs Kayn Jungle in patch 15.18 (25.18), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 63.7% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

With 2.3% popularity, Fiddlesticks constantly encounters meta-dominant Kayn (7.6%, 5th place out of 60 Jungle champions). Understanding how to play against this popular champion becomes essential for consistent Fiddlesticks performance in the current patch. Meta strength confirmed: Fiddlesticks's superior tier rating (A+ vs A) translates into a solid 53.7% matchup win rate. This performance explains why Fiddlesticks ranks 6th in win rate among Jungle champions. Optimize for consistency: First Strike paired with Magical Footwear (78.2% win rate, 1.7% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Liandry's Torment > Zhonya's Hourglass > Shadowflame with Sorcerer's Shoes delivers 63.7% win rate against Kayn.

Win through macro: Fiddlesticks takes the matchup (53.66%) despite falling behind in CS (5.57 vs 5.75/min). Your victories come through roaming, team fighting, and map pressure rather than 1v1 lane dominance. Quality over quantity: Fiddlesticks wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (634 vs 704/min), the 53.7% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Statistical dominance: Fiddlesticks leads in both matchup win rate (53.7%) and KDA (2.70 vs 2.40) - complete superiority across all metrics.

Fiddlesticks vs Kayn - Jungle Stats Comparison

Fiddlesticks Jungle
Fiddlesticks Jungle		Versus
Kayn Jungle
Kayn Jungle
A+TierA
53.7%Matchup Winrate46.3%
52.00%Role Winrate50.54%
#6Winrate Rank#26
2.3%Pickrate7.6%
2.7Average KDA2.4
420Gold per Minute430
5.57CS/Min5.75
0.06Wards per Minute0.20
634Damage per Minute704

How to Beat Kayn as Fiddlesticks (Jungle)

The Fiddlesticks versus Kayn matchup in the jungle is favorable with proper positioning. Use your statistical advantage and prevent the opponent from realizing their potential.

The magic damage that Fiddlesticks deals remains relevant in the late game. Look for opportunities to initiate or counter-initiate. Kayn deals mainly physical damage (87.44%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Kayn, ranking 43rd (versus 46th for Fiddlesticks) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (2.4 versus 2.7) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Fiddlesticks Jungle versus Kayn Jungle matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Fiddlesticks player to maintain constant pressure on Kayn, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Fiddlesticks vs Kayn: Jungle Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Smite
Smite Deals true damage to a monster or minion.
57.8% Win Rate75.5% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Smite
Smite Deals true damage to a monster or minion.
62.6% Win Rate2.1% Pick Rate

Fiddlesticks vs Kayn: Jungle Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Domination
Electrocute
Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities within 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Damage: 70 - 240 (+0.1 bonus AD, +0.05 AP) damage.
Cooldown: 20s

'We called them the Thunderlords, for to speak of their lightning was to invite disaster.'

Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities within 3s deals bonus adaptive da…

Cheap Shot
Cheap Shot Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true damage (based on level).

Cooldown: 4s
Activates on damage occurring after the impairment.

Cheap Shot

Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true d…

Grisly Mementos
Grisly Mementos Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.

Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected. In game modes where vision Trinkets do not exist, instead gain 3 Summoner Spell Haste.

Grisly Mementos

Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.Gain 6 Trinket Haste fo…

Ultimate Hunter
Ultimate Hunter Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Ultimate Hunter

Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bou…

Secondary Path
Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist
Axiom Arcanist Your Ultimate has 12% increased damage, healing, and shielding.
(AoE damage is reduced to a 8% increase)

Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown by 7%.

Axiom Arcanist

Your Ultimate has 12% increased damage, healing, and shielding. (AoE damage is …

Transcendence
Transcendence Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

56.5% Win Rate60.2% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Inspiration
First Strike
First Strike Attacks or abilities against an enemy champion within 0.25s of entering champion combat grant 10 gold and First Strike for 3 seconds, causing you to deal 7% extra damage against champions, and granting 50% (35% for ranged champions) of bonus damage dealt as gold.

Cooldown: 25 - 15s

First Strike

Attacks or abilities against an enemy champion within 0.25s of entering champion combat g…

Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Triple Tonic
Triple Tonic Upon reaching level 3, gain an Elixir of Avarice.
Upon reaching level 6, gain an Elixir of Force.
Upon reaching level 9, gain an Elixir of Skill.

Triple Tonic

Upon reaching level 3, gain an Elixir of Avarice.Upon reaching level 6, gain an…

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight +18 Summoner Spell Haste
+10 Item Haste

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Secondary Path
Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist
Axiom Arcanist Your Ultimate has 12% increased damage, healing, and shielding.
(AoE damage is reduced to a 8% increase)

Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown by 7%.

Axiom Arcanist

Your Ultimate has 12% increased damage, healing, and shielding. (AoE damage is …

Transcendence
Transcendence Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

78.2% Win Rate1.7% Pick Rate

Fiddlesticks vs Kayn: Jungle Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Gustwalker Hatchling
Gustwalker Hatchling (450 gold) Jungle Companions
Summon a Gustwalker that assists you against monsters.
Gustwalker's Gait
The companion grows as you hunt monsters, empowering your Smite. When fully grown, it grants Move Speed upon entering brush, increased when killing large monsters.
52.5% Win Rate31.1% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
51.5% Win Rate78.8% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
48.5% Win Rate4.8% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
53.2% Win Rate2.7% Pick Rate
Core Build
Lost Chapter
Lost Chapter (1200 gold) 40 Ability Power
300 Mana
10 Ability Haste
Enlighten
Levelling up restores 20% max Mana over 3 seconds.
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Malignance
Malignance (2700 gold) 85 Ability Power
600 Mana
15 Ability Haste
Scorn
Gain 20 Ultimate Ability Haste.
Hatefog
Damaging a champion with your Ultimate burns the ground beneath them for 3s, dealing magic damage per second and reducing their Magic Resist.
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment (3000 gold) 70 Ability Power
300 Health
Torment
Damaging Abilities burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage per second for 3 seconds.
Suffering
For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 6%.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor

Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
49.7% Win Rate6.7% Pick Rate
Final Build
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
55.5% Win Rate19.3% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Mosstomper Seedling
Mosstomper Seedling (450 gold) Jungle Companions
Summon a Mosstomper that assists you against monsters.
Mosstomper's Courage
The companion grows as you hunt monsters, empowering your Smite. When fully grown, it grants a shield that regenerates after killing large monsters or out of combat.
55.7% Win Rate0.6% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Symbiotic Soles
Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
Voidborn
Gain Empowered Recall.
Symbiosis
After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
57.3% Win Rate2.3% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
53.2% Win Rate2.7% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
52.8% Win Rate2.3% Pick Rate
Core Build
Fated Ashes
Fated Ashes (900 gold) 30 Ability Power
Inflame
Damaging Abilities deal 15 bonus magic damage over 3 seconds.
Deals an additional 45 magic damage to monsters.
->
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment (3000 gold) 70 Ability Power
300 Health
Torment
Damaging Abilities burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage per second for 3 seconds.
Suffering
For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 6%.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor

Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
Shadowflame
Shadowflame (3200 gold) 110 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
Cinderbloom
Magic and true damageCritically Strikes enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
63.7% Win Rate1.9% Pick Rate
Final Build
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
65.9% Win Rate4.5% Pick Rate
Other Items
Void Staff
Void Staff (3000 gold) 95 Ability Power
40% Magic Penetration
50.7% Win Rate15.5% Pick Rate
Shadowflame
Shadowflame (3200 gold) 110 Ability Power
15 Magic Penetration
Cinderbloom
Magic and true damageCritically Strikes enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
60.2% Win Rate10.4% Pick Rate
Banshee's Veil
Banshee's Veil (3000 gold) 105 Ability Power
40 Magic Resist
Annul
Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
56.4% Win Rate6.2% Pick Rate
Morellonomicon
Morellonomicon (2950 gold) 75 Ability Power
350 Health
15 Ability Haste
Grievous Wounds
Dealing magic damage to champions applies 40% Wounds for 3 seconds.
45.8% Win Rate5.3% Pick Rate
Mejai's Soulstealer
Mejai's Soulstealer (1500 gold) 20 Ability Power
100 Health
Glory
Takedowns grant Glory, up to 25. 10 Glory is lost on death.
Gain 5 Ability Power per Glory and 10% Move Speed at 10 or higher Glory.
65.9% Win Rate4.5% Pick Rate
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt (2600 gold) 60 Ability Power
350 Health
15 Ability Haste
Supersonic
Dash in target direction, unleashing missiles that deal magic damage.
61.9% Win Rate3.6% Pick Rate
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter (2600 gold) 65 Ability Power
400 Health
Rimefrost
Damaging Abilities Slow enemies by 30% for 1 second.
62.6% Win Rate3.6% Pick Rate

Fiddlesticks vs Kayn: Jungle Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Terrify Fiddlesticks damaging enemies with spells while unseen or targeting an enemy with Terrify's activation strikes a target unit with fear, causing it to flee in terror for a duration.
Q
Q
Q
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Q
W
W
Bountiful Harvest Fiddlesticks drains health from nearby enemies, dealing bonus execute damage at the end of the duration.
W
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W
W
E
E
Reap Fiddlesticks slashes an area with its scythe, slowing all enemies hit and silencing enemies hit in the center of the slash.
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R
R
Crowstorm A murder of crows flock wildly around Fiddlesticks, dealing damage per second to all enemy units in the area.
R
R
R
Max Order: W > Q > E
52.5% Win Rate41.5% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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Terrify Fiddlesticks damaging enemies with spells while unseen or targeting an enemy with Terrify's activation strikes a target unit with fear, causing it to flee in terror for a duration.
Q
Q
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R
W
Bountiful Harvest Fiddlesticks drains health from nearby enemies, dealing bonus execute damage at the end of the duration.
W
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Reap Fiddlesticks slashes an area with its scythe, slowing all enemies hit and silencing enemies hit in the center of the slash.
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Crowstorm A murder of crows flock wildly around Fiddlesticks, dealing damage per second to all enemy units in the area.
R
R
R
Max Order: W > Q > E
94.7% Win Rate0.9% Pick Rate

Playing Against Kayn

  • Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
  • When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
  • Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.

Fiddlesticks Jungle other Matchups

Fiddlesticks
+6.1%
Talon

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Fiddlesticks
+3.0%
Shaco

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Fiddlesticks
+2.3%
Viego

Fiddlesticks vs Viego

Fiddlesticks
+1.9%
Nocturne

Fiddlesticks vs Nocturne

Fiddlesticks
+1.9%
Vi

Fiddlesticks vs Vi

Fiddlesticks
+1.8%
Lillia

Fiddlesticks vs Lillia

Fiddlesticks
+1.7%
Graves

Fiddlesticks vs Graves

Fiddlesticks
+1.4%
Zed

Fiddlesticks vs Zed

Fiddlesticks
+1.2%
Kha'Zix

Fiddlesticks vs Kha'Zix

Fiddlesticks
+1.0%
Ekko

Fiddlesticks vs Ekko

Fiddlesticks
+0.6%
Pantheon

Fiddlesticks vs Pantheon

Fiddlesticks
+0.3%
Naafiri

Fiddlesticks vs Naafiri

Fiddlesticks
-1.3%
Warwick

Fiddlesticks vs Warwick

Fiddlesticks
-1.5%
Xin Zhao

Fiddlesticks vs Xin Zhao

Fiddlesticks
-1.7%
Briar

Fiddlesticks vs Briar

Fiddlesticks
-2.7%
Trundle

Fiddlesticks vs Trundle

Fiddlesticks
-3.2%
Amumu

Fiddlesticks vs Amumu

Fiddlesticks
-3.3%
Diana

Fiddlesticks vs Diana

Fiddlesticks
-3.3%
Jarvan IV

Fiddlesticks vs Jarvan IV

Fiddlesticks
-4.3%
Master Yi

Fiddlesticks vs Master Yi

Fiddlesticks
-4.4%
Lee Sin

Fiddlesticks vs Lee Sin

Fiddlesticks
-6.8%
Volibear

Fiddlesticks vs Volibear