Heartsteel Fiddlesticks Build

Heartsteel Fiddlesticks Build.

Heartsteel Fiddlesticks build with runes and items. Heartsteel Fiddlesticks guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Heartsteel Fiddlesticks build in League of Legends Patch 26.4!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Giant's Belt should be final item in your build.
Ruby Crystal should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Fiddlesticks ability Terrify should be leveled first.
Q
Fiddlesticks ability Reap should be leveled second.
E
Fiddlesticks ability Bountiful Harvest should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Mercury's Treads should be final item in your build.
Heartsteel should be final item in your build.
Thornmail should be final item in your build.
Kaenic Rookern should be final item in your build.
Warmog's Armor should be final item in your build.
Overlord's Bloodmail should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Grasp of the Undying from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Domination.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Heartsteel Fiddlesticks Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Domination
Domination minor tree Cheap Shot rune.
Domination minor tree Taste of Blood rune.
Domination minor tree Sudden Impact rune.
Domination minor tree Sixth Sense rune.
Domination minor tree Grisly Mementos rune.
Domination minor tree Deep Ward rune.
Domination minor tree Treasure Hunter rune.
Domination minor tree Relentless Hunter rune.
Domination minor tree Ultimate Hunter rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

Optional Summoner Spells

Mark

Mark

Mark (Snowball) for a go-in tool if you want to be more aggressive and make picks.

Exhaust

Exhaust

Defensive option. Exhaust for peeling against enemy divers and assassins and protecting your carries.

Ignite

Ignite

Offensive option if you are feeling spicy. Grievous Wounds + some damage. Good in early fights and you can score some kills, but reduces your going-in potential. Especially later.

Optional Runes

Presence of Mind

Presence of Mind

Triumph is better overall (heal + gold), but if you want to have easier time with your mana, go Presence of Mind.

Demolish

Demolish

If you are into taking objectives, you can consider taking Demolish rune. Usually it is worth it and lets you push turrets quicker. Utility slash team oriented option.

Looking for another tank build? Check this:
TankFiddlesticks

How it works

  1. You play Heartsteel Fiddlesticks.
  2. You rush Heartsteel #1 and stack as much HP as possible.
  3. You build items that scale and benefit from HP, then add Armor and MR depending on the enemy team.

Playstyle

  1. 💪

    Rush Heartsteel and get tons of HP.

  2. ⚔️

    Auto attack to get stacks - your HP depends on it.

  3. 🧰

    Adapt your tank items to what the enemy team is throwing at you.

How to play

Getting started

  1. You rush Heartsteel.
  2. Guardian's Horn is a surprisingly good item for its price. You can keep it for a very long time (or even have it as 6th item).

Item Order

  1. Item Order after Heartsteel is flexible. You need to see what you need in particular game:
    • Get Overlord's Bloodmail for more damage and AD.
    • Get Warmog's Armor as anti-poke item (helps you stay in lane) and for some sweet HP.
    • Get Unending Despair, if there are prolonged fights in which you can stay near enemies (or enemies near you). The items gets better, the more HP you get.
    • Get various Armor and/or MR items to counter enemy team.
    • Get Titanic Hydra for more fun, more damage and some survivability.

During fights

  1. Your main damage and power comes from auto attacks - Grasp of the Undying and Heartsteel.
  2. This is auto attack oriented Fiddlesticks build, so do it! Especially if running with Titanic Hydra or Sundered Sky.
  3. You can prioritize switching between champions in the fight, just to farm more Heartsteel procs.
  4. Remember to consume your Heartsteel procs!

Adapting

  1. You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
  2. Sundered Sky is very good damage item for this build (as #2-#4 depending on the game). It scales off your HP. It gives damage and pretty good sustain in fights. Remember to switch targets to maximize the effect!
  3. You can use Bandlepipes to give your whole team an attack speed boost whenever you CC enemies. Great synergy with auto attackers.

Runes

  1. Second Wind scales off with your HP, so it is going to be powerful sustain rune. You can use it by purposefully triggering it by letting enemies poke you a little or walking over some harmful spells.
  2. Triumph is better (heal + gold), but if you want to have easier time with your mana, go Presence of Mind.
  3. Remember to consume your Grasp of the Undying procs!

Tips and Tricks

Champion

  1. Crowstorm (R) is game winning ultimate.
    • Do not wait for 'special moment' to use your Crowstorm (R).
    • Crowstorm (R) is great engaging tool. Use it!
    • Enemy just saw you? Reposition frequently, this way you can land unexpected ults.
  2. Maxing Terrify (Q) first for more CC is a viable option.
  3. You can even use your ultimate in plain sight of enemy if they cannot interrupt you.
    • Alternative is that you Terrify (Q) them first, then ult in front of them.

Skill Order

  • Fiddlesticks [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Terrify
  • Fiddlesticks [object Object] ability.
    W
    Bountiful Harvest
  • Fiddlesticks [object Object] ability.
    E
    Reap
  • Fiddlesticks [object Object] ability.
    R
    Crowstorm

Items

Starting items
Giant's Belt item.
Ruby Crystal item.
Starting items vs poke
Guardian's Horn item.
Ruby Crystal item.
Boots
Mercury's Treads item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Rush this
Heartsteel item.
Core items
Unending Despair item.
Heartsteel item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Overlord's Bloodmail item.
Dmg items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Wit's End item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
Titanic Hydra item.
Sundered Sky item.
Good tank items
Protoplasm Harness item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Good MR items
Kaenic Rookern item.
Force of Nature item.
Spirit Visage item.
Good Armor items
Frozen Heart item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Thornmail item.
Situational items
Zeke's Convergence item.
Bandlepipes item.
Trailblazer item.
Knight's Vow item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Elixir of Iron item.
Cappa Juice item.
Example final build
Mercury's Treads item.
Heartsteel item.
Thornmail item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Overlord's Bloodmail item.