Fiddlesticks vs Pantheon Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Support, this is Fiddlesticks versus Pantheon — a mage/support hybrid against a fighter/assassin hybrid. 104 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Fiddlesticks at a 63.5% win rate into Pantheon. Being 13.5 points clear of the 50% line makes Pantheon a favourable draw for Fiddlesticks.
Bountiful Harvest (W) and Grand Starfall (R) are usually what decide a trade between Fiddlesticks and Pantheon. Then it becomes Crowstorm against Grand Starfall, and the one still holding it sets the terms.
Range decides much of the early game: Fiddlesticks attacks from 480 units, Pantheon from 175. Fiddlesticks can poke for free, so Pantheon has to pick a moment instead of trading blindly.
Fiddlesticks pressures through magic damage; Pantheon through physical. Fiddlesticks opens on 650 health and 34 armour, Pantheon on 650 and 40. Pantheon starts 6 armour ahead, which is felt before either buys anything. At full build levels the gap widens to 2503 HP versus 2452, favouring Pantheon. Base attack damage is 55 against 64, so Pantheon wins the raw auto-attack exchange. Pantheon moves quicker at base (335 against 345), which shows up on roams.
Fiddlesticks is the more demanding of the two to pilot (9/10 versus 4/10), which quietly shapes the win rate. A 104-game window is wide enough to trust the direction, narrow enough to shift.
FAQ
Yes — Fiddlesticks holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Fiddlesticks wins 63.5% of the recorded games.
63.5% from Fiddlesticks's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
104 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Fiddlesticks build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Fiddlesticks build page.