Fiddlesticks Mid build for patch 16.11, generated from current-patch ranked Emerald+ games. Below: comp-aware build path, runes, top 10 bans for the matchup, and how Fiddlesticks wins.
Fiddlesticks is an AP mage in the mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 52.4% win rate, 0.1% pick rate, 870 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Fiddlesticks is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.
How Fiddlesticks wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Fiddlesticks tips the fight, and landing engage and starting fights on Fiddlesticks's terms. The kit grades 10/10 teamfighting, 9/10 engage, 7/10 siege. Play around where Fiddlesticks is thin, split-push and disengage (2/10, 2/10), and the enemy loses their angle.
The most-played core build is Malignance, Liandry's Torment, Zhonya's Hourglass, which holds a 71.9% win rate across 32 games this patch. Pick the enemy team to adapt each item slot to the specific matchup.
Most-played core build and runes for Fiddlesticks Mid this patch, from Emerald+ ranked games. Pick the enemy team at the top of the page for a comp-specific build.
Fiddlesticks is also played in these other roles this patch.
Take Fiddlesticks into the Team Builder to plan around every pick, or check the Tier List to see exactly where Fiddlesticks ranks this patch.