Jungle Matchup

Fiddlesticks vs Naafiri

Patch: 15.24 (25.24)
League: Platinum+
Fiddlesticks

Fiddlesticks

the Ancient Fear
Jungle
Fiddlesticks Jungle Overall Win Rate
50.15%

Matchup Win Rate

51.4%
Fiddlesticks vs Naafiri Wins
48.6%
Naafiri vs Fiddlesticks Wins
Naafiri

Naafiri

the Hound of a Hundred Bites
Jungle
Naafiri Jungle Overall Win Rate
49.83%

Fiddlesticks vs Naafiri - Jungle Matchup Guide Patch 15.24 (25.24)

Fiddlesticks Jungle vs Naafiri Jungle - Who is stronger?

Fiddlesticks Jungle has a slight edge over Naafiri (51.4% win rate) based on 769 games. The matchup slightly favors Fiddlesticks.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Fiddlesticks Jungle vs Naafiri Jungle in patch 15.24 (25.24), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 58.3% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Balanced meta clash: Fiddlesticks (2.2%, 39th place out of 63 Jungle champions) regularly faces Naafiri (2.5%, 32nd place). Both champions hold solid meta positions, making this matchup knowledge a direct path to climbing and improving your win rate. Even tiers, uneven results: Both champions sit at B+-tier, but Fiddlesticks claims a meaningful 51.4% vs 48.6% advantage. Fiddlesticks's kit synergizes better in this specific head-to-head matchup. Optimize for consistency: Arcane Comet paired with Axiom Arcanist (67.3% win rate, 5.6% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Trailblazer > Locket of the Iron Solari > Zeke's Convergence with Sorcerer's Shoes delivers 58.3% win rate against Naafiri.

Win through macro: Fiddlesticks takes the matchup (51.41%) despite falling behind in CS (5.62 vs 6.74/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 (666 vs 754/min), the 51.4% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Intriguing anomaly: Fiddlesticks wins the matchup (51.4%) despite a lower KDA (2.70 vs 2.80). This suggests you win through macro influence and clutch plays in key moments rather than consistent individual performance.

Fiddlesticks vs Naafiri - Jungle Stats Comparison

Fiddlesticks Jungle
Fiddlesticks Jungle
Versus
Naafiri Jungle
Naafiri Jungle
B+TierB+
51.4%Matchup Winrate48.6%
50.15%Role Winrate49.83%
#31Winrate Rank#38
2.2%Pickrate2.5%
2.7Average KDA2.8
426Gold per Minute425
5.62CS/Min6.74
0.08Wards per Minute0.20
666Damage per Minute754

How to Beat Naafiri as Fiddlesticks (Jungle)

While statistically Fiddlesticks is slightly stronger than Naafiri in the jungle, neither champion has an overwhelming advantage in this matchup. The winner is determined by player skill and understanding the intricacies of the confrontation. Studying this guide will improve your chances of success.

The magic damage that Fiddlesticks deals remains relevant in the late game. Look for opportunities to initiate or counter-initiate. Naafiri deals mainly physical damage (90.31%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Naafiri, ranking 13th (versus 52nd for Fiddlesticks) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (2.8 versus 2.7) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.

Key aspects of the Fiddlesticks Jungle versus Naafiri 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 Naafiri, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Fiddlesticks vs Naafiri: 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.
52.5% Win Rate23.0% 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.
52.5% Win Rate23.0% Pick Rate

Fiddlesticks vs Naafiri: 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

51.1% Win Rate57.6% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Sorcery
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location, or, if Arcane Comet is on cooldown, reduces its remaining cooldown.

Adaptive Damage: 30 - 130 based on level (+0.05 AP and +0.1 bonus AD)
Cooldown: 20 - 8s

Cooldown Reduction:
Single Target: 20%.
Area of Effect: 10%.
Damage over Time: 5%.

Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location, or, if Arcane Comet …

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…

Waterwalking
Waterwalking Gain 10 Move Speed and 13 - 30 Adaptive Force (based on level) when in the river.

May you be as swift as the rushing river and agile as a startled Rift Scuttler.

Waterwalking

Gain 10 Move Speed and 13 - 30 Adaptive Force (based on level) when in the rive…

Secondary Path
Domination
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…

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

67.3% Win Rate5.6% Pick Rate

Fiddlesticks vs Naafiri: Jungle Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Scorchclaw Pup
Scorchclaw Pup (450 gold) Jungle Companions
Summon a Scorchclaw that assists you against monsters.
Scorchclaw's Slash
The companion grows as you hunt monsters, empowering your Smite. When fully grown, it periodically imbues your next Attack or Ability to burn enemies and Slow them. Killing large monsters readies this immediately.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
49.9% Win Rate21.0% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed

50.0% Win Rate63.0% Pick Rate
Symbiotic Soles
Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
Voidborn
Gain Empowered Recall.
Symbiosis
After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
52.3% Win Rate17.4% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
54.0% Win Rate6.2% 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.
50.4% 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%.
54.6% Win Rate27.4% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield (450 gold) 110 Health
Enduring Focus
Restore 4 Health every 5 seconds.
After taking damage from a champion, restore Health over 8 seconds.
Helping Hand
Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
65.6% Win Rate0.2% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
54.0% Win Rate6.2% Pick Rate
Symbiotic Soles
Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
Voidborn
Gain Empowered Recall.
Symbiosis
After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
52.3% Win Rate17.4% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed

Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
51.3% Win Rate1.4% Pick Rate
Core Build
Winged Moonplate
Winged Moonplate (800 gold) 200 Health
4% Move Speed

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Trailblazer
Trailblazer (2400 gold) 250 Health
40 Armor
4% Move Speed

Lead the Way
While moving, build up to 20 bonus Move Speed.
At max speed:
  • Create a trail that grants allied champions Move Speed equal to 15% of yours.
  • If you are Melee, your next Attack Slows the target by 50% for 1 second.
  • Locket of the Iron Solari
    Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
    25 Armor
    25 Magic Resist
    10 Ability Haste

    Devotion
    Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
    Zeke's Convergence
    Zeke's Convergence (2200 gold) 300 Health
    25 Armor
    25 Magic Resist
    10 Ability Haste

    Frostfire Tempest
    Casting your Ultimate summons a storm around you for 5 seconds. The storm deals 30 magic damage per second to enemy champions and Slows them by 30%.
    58.3% Win Rate3.6% 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.
    68.2% Win Rate4.4% Pick Rate
    Other Items
    Void Staff
    Void Staff (3000 gold) 95 Ability Power
    40% Magic Penetration

    53.3% Win Rate21.0% 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.
    52.3% Win Rate13.4% 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.
    46.0% Win Rate8.4% 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.
    51.5% Win Rate7.9% 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.
    44.1% Win Rate5.4% 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.
    68.2% Win Rate4.4% 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.
    53.0% Win Rate4.3% Pick Rate

    Fiddlesticks vs Naafiri: Jungle Skill (abilities) Orders

    Most Frequent Skill Order

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    Q
    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.
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    W
    W
    Bountiful Harvest Fiddlesticks drains health from nearby enemies, dealing bonus execute damage at the end of the duration.
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    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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    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
    48.2% Win Rate37.1% Pick Rate

    Highest Win % Skill Order

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    R
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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.
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    Bountiful Harvest Fiddlesticks drains health from nearby enemies, dealing bonus execute damage at the end of the duration.
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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
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    Max Order: W > Q > E
    78.1% Win Rate3.6% Pick Rate