As soon as the trailer for Fiddlesticks was released, numerous “conspiracy theories” about the abilities of this scarecrow emerged. The common point is that effects like Fear and Silence were mentioned, and early this morning, March 15, 2020, Riot Games officially announced the first details about Fiddlesticks’ skill set so that the community wouldn’t have to guess anymore.
Right after Fiddlesticks’ skill set was revealed, the League of Legends community worldwide immediately erupted. Many people instantly claimed that Fiddlesticks’ passive was horrendous, in both a literal and figurative sense, as it deceives opponents while eliminating vision, forcing enemies to “live in fear.” Indeed, with just his passive, Fiddlesticks could already be the new “king of control” in League of Legends.
Q – Passive: When out of combat and not seen, if Fiddlesticks’ abilities deal damage to enemies, they are feared and run in the opposite direction. They turned jumpscares (a technique in horror films) into a game mechanic!
Rengar has been around for a while, my friend.
Rengar? At one time the only worry I had from the bushes was Garen!
In my time, Evelynn could buy a bunch of Fire Capes and burn you to death while invisible.
We will have quite a few clips where people waste Flash because they see a scarecrow using Crowstorm lmao.
LMAO it’s going to be incredibly funny.
Oh my God, so if Fiddlesticks uses his ultimate from the bushes against the opposing team, he can just Fear everyone?
I guess so, it activates when he is out of sight.
Does Senna’s E count as out of sight?
Let’s just say it does. Truly, in a proper team composition, fighting against Fiddlesticks might be a real nightmare.
Wait a second, does Fiddlesticks now have the ability to clear minions with his W (dealing damage to all enemies in that range)?
The dream of Fiddlesticks going mid is still alive, my friend.
MIDDLESTICKS.
Streamer Voyboy commented on Twitter: I can’t wait to return to the legendary Fiddlesticks top lane, just like in season 1.
Dot Esports – a reputable esports site around the world – could only post a Gif saying “Utterly Terrifying.”
Team Secret: Hey, it’s nighttime here, don’t do that (this tweet might have been posted in Vietnam since Riot’s video release was at midnight).
Imagine Nocturne using his ultimate to darken the screen and Fiddlesticks jumps out and flies around you.
“Fun” fact: When you’re below 50% health, if Fiddlesticks uses his ultimate near you, you’ll hear the sound of “crows calling from the underworld” getting louder in proportion to your low health.
It can be said that all the new tools and visual effects of Fiddlesticks will become incredibly terrifying when he launches. It seems that Riot Games has received enough criticism for only creating “pretty boys and girls” to cater to the younger audience, so this time they released a truly nightmarish champion with the rework of Fiddlesticks.
Predictions suggest that the new Fiddlesticks will be a jungler to fully utilize his ambush and pick-off capabilities from his skill set. This will solve the issues of the old Fiddlesticks, who was not necessarily weak but was overshadowed by his peers (both junglers and supports) and thus forgotten. Now the scarecrow has returned and is spreading terror among his opponents.
An interesting detail is that all of Fiddlesticks’ victims in the gameplay trailer are champions from Demacia (Jarvan IV, Lux, Garen, Galio). This further reinforces the theory that this kingdom will soon be engulfed by evil creatures like Fiddlesticks.
