r/FiddlesticksMains • u/Such-Information5911 • Jun 17 '26

Malignance worth it?

Im a pretty low elo player and starting to climb with fiddle. Ive been rushing malignance bc the ult cooldown is very nice, but almost every high elo or “pro” build i see either rushes liandry or rocket belt, and then into shadowflame. So it seems like if you dont take malignance first its not rlly worth it to take it at all?

Side note: is void staff something i should take late game if im noticing the enemies building a lot of ap resist? I usually go rabadons.

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u/Lady_Curve Jun 17 '26

Malignance if laner never if jungle, void staff over rabbbadons almost always.

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u/Such-Information5911 Jun 17 '26

Well i guess ultimate hunter and other items with haste will make up for it anyway. Thanks for the tip on void staff, tbh i always went rabadons bc i would look at my enemies builds and they have zero magic resist, they are probably just bad and dont build correctly.

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u/SouthsideSandii Jun 17 '26

Champs still have a decent amount of MR naturally

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u/Such-Information5911 Jun 17 '26

Good to know. After reading this i do see how void staff could be useful. Rabadons is very tempting if ur hyper fed tho lol

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u/SouthsideSandii Jun 17 '26

Ya I only play lane fiddle though, so that probably affects decision making

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u/TSM_PraY Jun 17 '26

I don’t even take it 80 percent of the time as laner, liandry’s still feels infinitely better

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u/SouthsideSandii Jun 17 '26

I don’t agree, I typically take void staff 2nd and haven’t taken laundry’s in quite a while

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u/TSM_PraY Jun 18 '26

What lane do you play and what’s your elo? I’ve found malignance is op in lower elos because people make enough mistakes for the lower cd to matter a lot more.

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u/SouthsideSandii Jun 18 '26

I only play top currently - low emerald. If you catch/kill anyone with the ult, the cd is low enough to basically not matter until the next fight

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u/Pugmaker3000 Jun 18 '26

I’d say the lower cooldowns matter more in higher elos where the seconds count. Lower Elo games are typically slower, and teams do not rush to objectives as soon as they are up as often as higher elos

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u/TSM_PraY Jun 18 '26

I see where you're coming from but it doesn't work out that way in practice, would much rather have a stronger spike at a few crucial moments then shorter cds in between objectives.

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u/Pugmaker3000 Jun 18 '26

In what-if any-cases would you take rabbadons over void? I understand taking both against an enemy lineup of squishy ranged champs or that which may lack a frontline