Fiddlesticks vs Pantheon Counter Pick

Pantheon starts the game with 40 armor, an unusually high figure, and 28 magic resist, his weakest defensive stat. Fiddlesticks deals magic damage and nothing else, which is most of the story behind a 63.5% win rate for the scarecrow. The caveat sits in the sample: 104 games on patch 16.13.1 is thin, so the number describes a direction more than a settled truth.

Aegis Assault looks like the answer, since it makes Pantheon invulnerable to damage from the front while he strikes with his spear, but it is a directional shield against an opponent whose Crowstorm ticks on every enemy inside the area regardless of facing. Terrify compounds that, because a feared Pantheon cannot hold the shield in place or follow up on Mortal Will, which empowers his next spell every few casts. His most reliable tool is therefore Comet Spear, thrown at distance to chip a target that refuses to walk forward. The bodies still favour him in a straight brawl, 650 health rising to 2,503 with armor reaching 124.2, 64 attack damage to 55, and 345 move speed against 335 from a 175 range attack to Fiddlesticks’ 480. His route back into a lost fight is Grand Starfall, leaping away rather than winning one he cannot. Difficulty ratings: 9 and 4. Kits: Fiddlesticks and Pantheon.