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Top Lane 49.29% Win Rate67% Pick RateHeimerdinger Top Lane Counters: 18 counter champions
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Tips Against Heimerdinger in Top Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
rippytide09 says âSince he is a strong early game champ and you are a weak early game champ, you will get bullied hard. He will set up three turrets and infinitely shove and poke you under your turret. Grab a refillable to survive this lane. Also ask your jungler for a gank since you will always be pushed in, so you can go for a kill. Make sure you are not too low when that happens and to W if he uses his rocket ult. You can also use your e to destroy his turret ult.â
Sekirooo says â⥠Disgusting Fur Ball
rushing mercs is really your best option against him his turrets really make you regret even move so best to play with your jungle until you get stridebreaker or try to get it if the jungle fail to gank
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TheMild1 says âVery rare matchup. Let him push you in early. Do not let him get free kills on you. At level 3 you can start pushing his turrets with your E. â
Glenn Silver says âNo counter play, just play around jungle pressure, and get the farm you can without losing too much hp. Use your Krugs/Grump as a heal with Q after he poked you.â
DemicleasTTV says âQ MAX
sleeper worst matchup possibly, completely unplayable, you will drop lots of cs and will never kill him. If he gets anti heal you can never kill him the whole game pretty much. Play to farm or scale under tower. DO NOT GREED FOR CS , DROP IT. if you can get a kill this becomes 9x more manageable.â
Saneryus says âYou lose lane pre-6. Just farm up. Becareful of heimer's E (stun). Once 6, you'll still most likely be pushed in but now you can safely farm cs. Once level 11, you can start matching him.
Gunblade Rush.
Fleet Poke
DShield.
Flash/TPâ
PokeRoyal2007 says âHonestly I hate playing against him. You can Q his turrets but anyways he has a lot of damage and poke with his W. Still winnable.â
TENSION019 says âA very annoying matchup, the best thing you can do is stay back, last-hit minions with Q, and wait for your jungler to help you.
Take Phase Rush and Teleport.
Since Hollow Radiance isn't very effective in this lane, it's smarter to go for Force of Nature to deal with the poke and magic damage.
Play patiently and avoid taking unnecessary damage from his turrets. This lane is all about survival until teamfights, where you can shine much more than him.â
zwartebliksem says âFlash + Teleport
This matchup is all about making it to level 6 and spam pinging jungler. He will hard shove every single wave using his turrets, just to be picking up 5 plates while doing it. He will try to poke you down and disengage with his E stun. If he wastes his stun and you have a window or are level 6, look to go all-in. â
Inting Briar says â*Sigh*, just don't go for a trade. Let the wave come to you and let him waste his mana (they are all terrible with skillshots either way.) Only dive him when your jungle is here (and he's low). But Heimerdinger top players don't really have brain cells so just be very patient and ward for tower dives and you should be good to go.â
TemoOnlyIfOK says âFrequency: 3/10
Annoyance: 7/10
Difficulty: 4/10
Summs:
FLASH TP
Runes:
SUSTAIN
O2:
NO
Strat:
Go WITS END 1st. Fine to drop some minions, if you can kill his turrets.
Get good farming under turret, as that is where you will be for 80% of the lane. Dodge his W while standing behind the wave. Dont stay in your wave,as you will just get creep-blocked into an E of his.â
zwartebliksem says âActually the easiest ranged matchup, since you are able to use your E on his turrets. Heimerdinger will look to permanently poke you with his turrets, but going second wind + dorans shield + MR rush will pretty much deny all of that damage. You will outscale him hard, but don't grow overconfident. When walking into a horde of turrets, expect to lose 70% of your health no matter what. Look for a sustaining early game, where you can look for kills with your ult post 6.â
ExiledRain says âPower level:
Early game will be pressuring alot but as you get more Ability Haste you can deal with him easier
Game plan:
This would be super non-fun lane, as you will get constantly pushed in but his damage out can be beaten early on.He most likely gona setup his towers in lane they would take some of your damage to be taken down if you decide to go this path they recharge 20secs, to get full 3 towers he needs 1 minute, if you can quickly dismantle them before lane start you can do it.Otherwise you would need to play wave and try to not be pushed in and dont lose hp for free.Depending on how he places turrets you can kill him on early states.Then if he plays well gonna be harder as he might just baricade and play safe.Try avoiding being hit by grenade as you will be hit by turrets and also alows him to freecast W into you. I would look to proxy as much as possible this lane.And when you get some items and haste without falling behind you can punish him.
Tips:
Running near towers he gets more Movement speed
His base hp regen is quite good.â
ValfyNico says âJust focus on CS đž, if you gonna try to all-in him, dodge his stun or you are dead. If jungle want to help you and he is low on hp, ping to retreat.
9.5/10 đâ
forsakn says â
Levels 1â5: Heimerâs early poke with Q (H-28G Evolution Turret) + E (CH-2 Electron Storm Grenade) can be annoying, but his all-in is weak. Avoid turret aggro and short trades are in your favor.
Wave control: He pushes with turrets and grenades, but you can farm safely under tower. Focus on dodging E.
Trading: Auto + E poke works well. Avoid standing near turrets for extended trades.
Post-6: His R (UPGRADE!!!) enhances his abilities, but he still lacks kill pressure unless his jungler comes.
Summoner Spells: Flash + Teleport is standard. Exhaust is optional if you fear jungle assistance.
Scaling: You outscale Heimer mid-late game. Farm safely, dodge skillshots, and by midgame you can freely trade and split.
Heimer top is poke-heavy but weak. Respect turrets and E, farm safely, and by midgame you outclass him.â
Hoikatop says âSPELLBOOK ONLY OR YOU WILL SUFFER
He has push prio, wins trades, wins all-ins, can poke you, kite you, one-shot you, etc. Only way this lane is playable is if your jungler hard camps your lane and even then you have to flash over the wall to force proxy. Honestly just dodge this matchup or pick a different champ.â
Auxarcmod says âEasy champ, use your e to move his turrets away, and dodge his stun. If you do that you shield easily beat him. Build Hollow radiance first and it should be a free lane.â
bricee says âhardmatchup since heimer has more range than you have but just try to get his towers and you can run him down ( predict his e while you run him down otherwise it can hurt really bad ) â
Volkeran says âThis is an annoying but not much of a matchup. Your Q makes it easy to kill of his towers, really Hydra favoured since he will always be with his tower, so more healing for you. He has no escape spells, so try to kill off his towers in early and if he ever wastes his bomb or his rockets, you can go in. if he used rockets and you go in, be prepared to W his bomb to stun him. But you have to respect his ult tower cause this one does slow and insane dmg. Take Press The attack or Phase Rush against his slows and DBlade.â
TTVTobuwuyas says âCs lane. He outdamages you almost all early game. You can stun him with his turrets. Wait for stride to play the game, after that its a useless champ. TP or Ghost, your choice. â
Geish123 says âreally boring matchup. just play for farm/ look for insec angles.
way easier when you get stride
dont get hit by his blue bomb as it deals alot of damage and stuns you
-if you are confident you can all in level 1 as he is setting turrets in the lane. }
- your e can stun him to his turretsâ
Mzrr says âLane impossivel, farme o que der, giva a lane phase e tente ajudar o time, caso ele trolle e fique cm 50% da hp, e+f e de allwin. pezinho ou cometa nessa lane.â
xkukx158 says âdidnt play much against him. dodge his stun, then u might try all in, otherwise just cs under the tower, his one shot is crazy and you will probably not gonna hit Q at first spell onto him because of the towers.
=useless passive=â
KomariLoL says âDon't keep trades too long because his turrets will start to hurt.
Wind Wall his E and you win every time.
Be careful of his R turret because it does a lot of damage. Play inside the Wind Wall whenever he has R.â
Shinox says âGo DS+PTA and you should be fine honestly. Farm under tower or freeze until 6. At 6, bait his e, jump on him, and he's pretty much dead. You can go for Shojin first.â
liucan says âWE dont talk about him, hes ur paralysis demon, will look at u and u shit ur pants, roam and talk to ur jungler to never come top, or he will get a double kill.â
Coke Rat says âFlash + TP. Electrocute. Second Wind. Doran's Shield.
You have to be quick, abuse the fact that he's perma shoving waves and trade when he's setting new towers. To all-win, don't burn everything, go in, make him waste his R, go back, wait for his R to go CD and kill him.â
toddypopy says âpelo menos da pra farma
lvl 1: n farme, apenas c ele deixar
lvl 3: sobreviva nao chega perto das maquinas
lvl 6: sobrevive mais aindaâ
parker3n9 says âThis matchup can be annoying as Heimerdinger will constantly push you in with his turrets. However, itâs manageable if you focus on clearing his turrets efficiently. One trick is to leave a single turret up when he pushes you inâthis allows you to land your E, pull him under your turret, and punish him. His turret will automatically attack you, causing him to draw turret aggro, setting up a favorable trade or kill opportunity.
Recommended Runes: Unsealed Spellbook
Summoner Spells: Flash and Teleportâ
BigBallsLarry says ârarely played anymore but its a pretty easy. You can either play kill him or to ignore him completely and scale. Parry his E, as its very telegraphed, and try to dodge his W/evolved W with your Q. You can quickly destroy his turrets with Q>AA, and they go on a very long cooldown, giving you a chance to all in. Try to not get poked out by his comet and W poke.â
Skaarlschloch says âCant all in him even with ignite or at least its depending on his setup so i instead recommend TP Dring Conq with POM, Second Wind, Unflinching, Rush Catalyst -> Cull or Mercs + Tenacity + in runes focus on poking him from range and outscale
Rush ROA? or whatever fits bestâ
Spartaniko says âDon't get baited, E if you're gonna get hit by his stun, go Doran's shield, engage on him if he wastes his stun. Actually one of worse Panth's matchups if Heimer is skilled. However, you can kill him if you manage to ult on him or get a gank, he is very inmobile.â
Basilli says âFLEET RUNES
"Absolutely impossible, dodge 100% of the time. If you're forced to play it then try to kill his towers once you're level 3 with Q+auto and he'll lose some pressure. Realistically though you
have no chance unless he hard ints. Even the jungler cannot save you..." â
ABL Pantheon says âTOP/MID: Unplayable most of the times. You can't even poke him with Q he has greater range. His turrets are also annyoing and you can't really farm without losing a lot of HP. Can't do much unless he is really bad.â
Sekirooo says âit can be both tiny and extreme it depends on the player best thing is if you jump him and go all out on him since he is very easy to damage but not easy to kill if he slows you â
Frankoloko says âThe key to this win is Cosmic Insight, Magical Footwear, Exhaust, Flash. Then don't get poked so that you can basically use everything once you have lv6 to kill him. Using your shield for full value is important here. Go Rylai to make sure he doesn't get away from your full combo. Go Mercs after to get out of his stun faster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUZlw9xlg6kâ
Belle19 says âcurrently a level 1 or 2 threat if you actually see him purely because heimerdinger is complete ass right now. But assuming he is in a healthy state, you will never be able to break his turrets or walk up but he will auto push the wave. So just farm under tower, you completely outscale in a split where you can run up and kill his turrets and run away and regen Faster than his turret cd and you outtempo. A decent donger knows this and will try to punish lane. He will set up shop in front of your turret and try to get every plate. You still win 2v1, don't worry, so just spam ask for ganks. Generally heimer players chill out and put turrets farther back in lane after dying once. Keep in mind if you misstep heimer can 100-0 you when he has ult up. If he doesn't play aggro just farm under tower and outscale -- heimer is more a counter to lane bullies like renekton who need to push a lead in lane, you have no pressure to do thatâ
IngvarE says âThe nightmare matchup, you won't see him too much low elo but if he is picked before you consider swapping to a counter of his.
He can place a turret to block your E, he will prevent you from farming, he will bully you the moment you decide to W, he will clear all of your tentacles.
It's just not worth playing.
IF YOU DO:
Take second wind. Start dorans, rush spectres cowl and mercs ASAP and play as reserved as possible. Set up your tentacles within tower range, focus on wave and focus on hitting your E within tower range while considering his Q cooldown. You can get cull to aid in replacing your lost gold income.
Ask for jungler ganks (unlikely you will recieve them so don't expect one), if jgler isn't clearing your side then farm it if you can't contest wave.
If he is pushing for your tower, allow him to take it. It hurts but it will allow you to farm MUCH easier and puts him at a greater risk of ganks.
It will be incredibly tilting but if you play for farm, build MR and help your team in fights you'll be ok.â
Godzilla010 says âTake Ignite.
Play safe early, may have to give cs. Look for an over step by him post 6 and all in, you need high HP though or he will burst you down. â
step1v9 says âDo your best to kill his turrets when his Q and E are on CD. His passive gives him movespeed around towers so diving him can be hard, and all-ins can be hard without ghost and flash. When in doubt just outscale.â
TeiWasTaken says âHeimerdicker is a pretty hard matchup, because its very hard to get on top of him. Try to use your E to engage and dodge his E sweet spot. Getting stunned by it usually means death!â
procatking says âPTA, tp,D shield, take rune NO.4.
heimer is just farm bot that sits under his turrets, best u can do is ask your jg to gank u.
(without his turrets he's just a chubby hamster, no bit deal).
Roam the map for kills and help your team.â
MaesePerez says âAnnoying but not difficult, dont get hit by his e and you outscale extremely hard. Very boring lane, build some MR so you dont get shredded by turrets and his W, you should be fine. Worth telling your jungler to not gank, since you should be able to hold your own against him and a squishy jungler trying to help can get one shot if he hits his e. â
Belle19 says âALWAYS E MAX (poking heimer does nothing you can never kill him)
farm up. His turrets auto push the lane so you can safely farm under tower. You can also cleaver his turrets. Generally just an easy lane as long as you dont try to run him down and play under his turrets. I will say though, if you have a weak early jungle or a jungler who wont gank you out of ego, and the heimer realizes this, he will set up shop infront of your turret and just take your turret at minute 10. If he does this you need to beg your jungler or mid to gank you, the worst thing you can do is run into him to try to make him stop as he will just kill you. Luckily all it really takes is one death by a gank and heimer players will chill out and place turrets near their own tower. Phase rush + resolveâ
Belle19 says âif you just farm outside of his turret range you outscale him. You can periodically look to break his turrets with q auto or auto w. Dorans shield + second wind is a must. Good heimerdingers have weird play patterns that are hard to predict and will instantly kill you if you get caught off guard but its not really an issue since theres like 5 good heimerdinger mains on NAâ
Akuzai says âOnly call for help if you're sure you can 2v1 him. If not suck it up and try to scale. It's almost impossible to find all ins into him.â
hoflol says âSinged has no range or quick movement so will need to run in to Heimer turrets to engage. Hence taking a lot of damage and making dueling impossible.
Proxy this lane whenever possible as you will also be avoiding his turrets when doing so.
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ThelpixG says âThis matchup is super boring and noninteractive, he can just pressure you with his turrets and harass you under your turret preventing you from csing properly.
Although he is pretty squishy and not that mobile and since he will always pressure you he will most likely be vulnerable to ganks.
How to Beat?
- Buy an early cull and be ready for a boring lane where nothing happens;
- Try killing his turrets with your Q so you can gain extra gold and silver serpents;
- Call out your jungler for ganks once he shoves you in and starts trying to harass you under turret;
- Dodge his W poke and E;
- Never trade with him in the middle of his turrets;
- If you land a barrel on him and he has no ult or no turrets just run him down and kill him.â
X_TRM says â(start W/E) You can use his turrets to stun him. Second wind + Doran's Shield needed. It's also very hard to dodge his stun grenade. He has potential to burst you but not enough to kill you early. Later he becomes impossible to approach do to his insane damage and slow from Rylai's. FON + Mercs/Swiftness boots neededâ
BurritoTopKing says âUnplayable i would rather dodge than play it, but if you decide to play it just farm and try to wait for a gank or a missplay from him.â
Shazir says âHard matchup because his turrets deals massive damage. But you can go Doran shield and Second Wind and all-in in level 6. Or, you can try to kill him with level 2 e + flash + q combo .â
WarwicksSimp says âWinnable until he gets rylais then you cant play. If he has exhaust you lose automatically and this becomes a dodge or ff game as he will just be too impactful. â
Tronnes says âAnnoying champ, however he is pretty easy to gank so dodge his stun when your in his turrets. If possible don't fight him in his main dmg (his turrets) so try and space around them. â
King Turtle says âHe has the same problem as Akshan where he will spend the entire laning phase zoning you and throwing shit at you until he eventually pushes you past your tower. â
Chaddouk says âVs heimer it is very important that you go to lane level 1. The goal is to take out his turrets, that easy. If you manage to do that, you can get lane prio, you can go for long trades, etc. If you don't, he's gonna perma push you and be a menace during the whole laning phase. If you didn't manage to clear the turrets and get a lead early-on, just wait for your level 6 to look to all-in. If you start the all-in at full hp it should be winnable, depending on 2 things : his summs (they sometimes go exhaust) or the fact that he hits E or not. Even earlier you can actually look for big trades as long as he misses an E. Try not to E in until he uses it otherwise he can hit you pretty easily and kite and you will get damaged a lot. Be also always mindful of wether he has a stopwatch or not, it is core on heimer and counters trynd pretty hard so do not get baited because of it.â
nyfoye says âHeimer will constantly push your lane which causes you to cs under tower and miss all the while poking you. They will not let you get in range to Q without trading an E with their turret in which we lose the trades. Dodgeâ
Black Demon Ezel says âHeimerdinger is extremely broken and his turrets are worse. They can negate any healing you have by offsetting it with damage and then he deals more damage with W or E. He can annihilate you and pierce right through you like a stone to a pane of glass. Dangerous.â
Smudey says â[Starting Item: DShield/Cull if you are greedy]
[Build: Fleet with Second WInd + Liandry's]
Stay back and farm all lane. You can't kill him and he can't kill you under turret. Try to dodge his W and E. Don't challenge his turrets when Heimer is near them. You will outscale him eventually so just focus on farming and getting as much CS as possible.â
YepItsLap says âIf Heimer locks you with his grenade, it may as well be just over. His crushing control over territory takes your free mobility away.â
Antecc says âEven though heimer is oppressive and annoying, you virtually cannot lose after a magic mantle and sheen, even while tanking every ability in the book (though try not to get hit by his E, even if it doesn't matter in the long run). Give up the cs you cannot take and outscale him rapidly.â
RuchaczSzmat69 says âIf he doesnt play like an orangutan just dont even try to kill him. Grasp would be much better for trading but i like first strike more as you dont want to trade with him that much anyways. You cant kill him if he wont int and he cant kill you if you wont int so just sit there and farm. Its pretty a decent situation for you as gp really likes farmâ
lordimboutabust says âReally annoying lane. he will almost always have you shoved under tower and your goal is to survive. you out scale him after lane. Remember he can block your W with his turrets. If he wastes his E you can try and all in but you need to hit your crits and be careful of turrets | Second Wind | Dshield - mercs - evenshroudâ
Bernardian says âOne of if not Darius worst ranged matchups or matchups period. Stack as much anti-ranged shit as you possibly can(second wind, dorans, boots rush) you have ZERO priority in this lane, thank god hes not picked as much top anymore as he once was before.â
TheGBabaYaga says âYou really cant do much. Play defense and farm as much as you can, it will be hard. He is quite annoying cause of bots and he spams spells. Engage with jungler if you can or he is running out of mana, its the only way to kill him.â
TheGBabaYaga says âYou cant do anything basically,just wait under turret farm as much as you can, buy good mr items and wait for mistakes to go inâ
demirkaiser says âAnother creatura. Don't try until level 2. E + Q him and try to run him down. Don't fight until 6. After 6, let him place his tarrets and you can ult him. His tarrets stays out of the realm but dodge his W and E.â
Lukajs says âHeimerdinger likes to play around his turrets and stun you while you're in their radius, attempt to pick them off one by one. Turrets are their own entities, meaning Heimer doesn't need to be in your W for them to deal damage to you. Pick off his turrets one by one, and use your W when he tries to RW or RE.
Play around farm.â
kayle1v9 says âcull first recall and farm under tower, kinda free because u get to scale. just be careful to not get poked out of lane to fast. TP is must here.â
St0rmyss says âGo lethal tempo and teleport with dshield start. play safe and farm, if he wastes E then you can try to kill him or if he doesn't have mana. â
Twogrand says âThis is a tough match up but you have to mack sure you click on to see how many turrets he has it will show on his picture so what you try to do is clear them all out and all in him when you cant place any towers downs . hard to clear towers just farm get hexdrinker and start to land poke.
conq, tp eclipse.â
lolkayleee says â[Conqueror + Trinity Force]
[Flash + TP]
Start W. Start Doran's Shield. You're pretty much going to be sitting under tower farming and scaling up. Wait to go in when your jungler comes and try to dodge his stun.â
PH45 says âFarm to your best ability. You can engage on him by Q'ing next to him (minion etc) instead of onto him since he will usually react to your engage by throwing his stun on top of himself. Dshield and second wind recommended.â
Nurakami says âGood trades killing his turrets with q and you will win he works liek shaco don't let him bait you in all in bcs he will outdamage youâ
BezMemow says âHe pushes forever making him susceptible to ganks, your ult removes his bots so it's an easy kill post 6, but he has huge poke and without a jungler you can't ever kill him.
Start D Shieldâ
rilxy4u says âHard matchup both psychically and mentally. Turrets attack and activate boxes, you can't trade with E, he will 1 combo you or poke to death with no outplay against him, all the while saying that you are "smaller than the diagram". Keep your head up king, 2 inches is more than enough.
...............
Outplay: play passive, trade with your E, try to not feed by playing too aggro, engaging on him is pretty difficult but if you are able get him low enough there is kill potential from all in.â
Black Demon Ezel says âHeimerdinger is a nuisance to deal with. Not just because he's got way to much cc, but because his turrets will just chip away at your health bar endlessly and they don't have a time limit of activity like Shaco's boxes. Avoid this matchup if you see it. Just play someone elseâ
Mnem says âGo with Conqueror or Fleetwork, Second Wind Unflinching. Rush Mercury Treads and Hexdrinker if you are having trouble with it. Avoid being pokeed by him and focus on your CS and save HP, play on his mistakes and ganks from your jg. Bait your E and turn on Ghost and all in on him or when he gets close to your tower. Build Mercury Treads, StrideBreaker and Maw of Malmortius (if having problems with it in game).â
Vixylafoen says âOppressive laner, but he can't really kill you if you just be safe about it. Farm off of his turrets with Q for some extra, free goldâ
Reines Kokosfett says âYou have to dodge his E with your E. Then you should just be able to run him down and kill his turrets. You can also use your ult to block the e stun and your ult shield to tank some of his tuerrets damage.â
LeyzeHP says âFleet
Eclipse(Or Draktharr if you get fed)
He can't do nothing if not barricate. The only way he can be a menace is if you get caught by his E when sorrounded by his 3 tourrets, if he wastes it you can punish him really hard. Be careful later in the game if he has zhonia because he will actually be able to outplay you. Lane is free.â
stefanko says âUnplayable matchup, go second wind and d shield, play to farm up. Only window you have to kill him is when he is out of mana. (fleet with resolve or phase rush, teleport)â
Ulamog says âConqueror Build; Second Wind + D Shield.
Let him push, he will anyways. Once he oversteps too far you can jump onto him and parry his E. If you hit the stun correctly you will win the trade. You will have to go Hexdrinker first item + Goredrinker as mythic so you can outsustain his turret dmg in later game.â
Tonho says âYou burst him fast enough while being a hard target for his E. You can ignore his turrets if you land everything. After Zhonya's, you may be more careful. Overall simple matchup. Bring Conquer, run at least one tenacity on runes.â
lorensj81 says âThis is an annoying lane. He will push you in so a quick Ironspike whip to waveclear under tower. Try early to kill his towers and dodge his spells, especially his stun will deal massive damage if 3 towers attacks you. He gets move speed walking close to his turrets, so can be hard to catch. If you get onto him and have dodged his spells, he is just dead after level 6.â
GannicusTTV says âHe is annoying to deal with it, but not impossible. Kill his turrets when you can and dodge his stun. if you constantly kill his turrets, he will be vulnerable to some all ins. your W block his turrets damage. â
JustSad42 says âGet Dshield second wind. Be in lane insta, don't cover. Kill any turrets he spawns instantly with q + auto. Do not let him ever spawn a turret for free even if you lose some hp for it, it's worth. Once you try to trade with him post level 3, make sure after you Q in, to walk out and in, weaving, to make him unsure of where you're going. The further away you are from him, the easier it is to W his W. After 6, if he plants his big turret when you go in, instantly click/q out unless you have a confirmed kill. Lane is annoying, but playable, side lane is easier to get a kill if he's behind or even as long as you get a flank on him. Otherwise, just maintain high CS.â
Azekar says âConqueror+Second Wind.
Start Doran Shield.
Ignite+Teleport.
Another matchup that is not difficult despite the reviews. Avoid his stun and he won't cause any problems if you just start attacking him. With your W you can dodge his turrets as well as all his other abilities. If he gets too close, just kill him. Play defensively though, because Heimer will be pushing all the time, so you shouldn't have a problem farming.â
SrMolinv says âBreak his towers everytime you can. Doran shield is super useful. Hes super squishy, he only kills you if he hits E or has exhaust. Dont let this yordle bully you.â
AlyssaTennya says âIf he lanes against you, dodge. Don't ban him, heimer top is rare. But if you think he's top definitely dodge. If he's mid, it's whatever, because you can kill him if you didn't have to lane against him.â
V1kt0r555 says â[Summoner Spell: Teleport or Ghost]
[Starting Item: Doran's Shield]
[Don't stay near his turrets]
[Dodge his W and E]
[Ask for your jungler to help if he pushes hard]â
Antisocial_Renekton says âDont fight him, try to just farm.
You can try all in him, after hexdrinker mercs with r and ignite.
ALWAYS LOOK FOR HIS STOPWATCH BEFORE ALL INS.â
RandumPersin says â100% unwinnable matchup. Must take PTA, use E1 to dodge the grenade and all trades will go even at best. Heimerdinger perma shoves waves which is something that is very problematic for us since it will destabilize and completely destroy our fury management. He outscales us and is more valuable to his team at all points in the game (except for maybe levels 6-9), Heimerdinger is one of our worst matchups; the lane sucks since he's bursty and a ranged mage, making the game hard to play and he can abuse us forever. Rush merc treads and pray you can hold weaksideâ
Fizzy says âFleet Footwork it's very useful against him, poke him and the machines so removing them as fast as possible, always try to destroy them before moving forward to kill, if you hit the stun it's a guaranteed victoryâ
RuchaczSzmat69 says âDont trade with him early as his turrets are pretty sick, stay under the tower and take cs, if he ints and gets behind its free lane, if he doesnt wait for some items and lv7 and then you can fuck him. Dont underestimate him as he is pretty tricky and can turn tables around during the trade if you dont pay attention.â
Smudey says âRanged matchup. Don't fight him ever unless your jungler ganks. Take TP 100% of the time and play for Ults since Heimerdingers scaling sucks and he doesn't do tower damage. Buying Spectre's Cowl can diminish his poke.â
hamgi says âhis turrets are very annoying as it prevents u from cs'ing healthily and chasing him into bushes is dangerous. however, they are easy to take out with q3+aa and they give 5g. it doesnt seem much in the moment, but if u consistently take them out, the gold stacks up. his w and e empower his turrets's attacks on the enemy unit they hit, so try to avoid being hit by them. they're all skill shots but can go thru minions, so avoid standing too close to them and consistently move or bait with e. like karma, his ult empowers his spells, his q a large turret, his w a longer, stronger, and wider barrage, and his e a double bounce. early laning phase is annoying as the poke builds up, so a refillable and a mantle/spectral early will go a long way. he is hard to trade with as they mostly let their turrets do all the work, allowing them to play far back, but consistently destroy his turrets. when fighting, get on top of him, and keep him locked up so he cant place more down or stun u with eâ
StingingChicken says âYou can jump on him anytime he's in range without a huge wave, E'ing towards him blocks all damage from his turrets even if they're behind you. EIther juke or E his stun, getting hit is a death sentence. Ends up being a farm lane where he can't walk into your stun range. â
Dekar173 says âELO DEPENDENT FOR DIFFICULTY
P: -
Q: 20
W: 11 > 7
E: 11
R: 100 > 70
Runes vs Heimer: Grasp, Conq, Fleet
HIGH Econ: Conq + Bruiser
MID Econ: Grasp + Stasis
LOW Econ: Fleet + smite Lethality (you for 1 in late game, or split potential)
Strengths: VERY good turtling, great siege, insane Baron potential, super safe pick, magic damage, 'hyper carry' if fights go his way.
Weaknesses: Immobile, Heimer players are weak af, no sustain, glued to turrets, ult dependent for skirmishes
Notes: Figure out your 1 shot combos on his turrets, and play the mana game/charge game vs his turrets + W/E poke. Save 4 stack for his E or the charged turret shots, Ravenous Hydra is strong here for the AoE to kill his turrets.
It takes 2 smites to kill his big turret.
DONT let him cheese your jungle's Blue/Red (depending which team you are).â
TwTv EUWXYZ says âthis matchup is lowkey unplayable, u can only all in if he used his E before 6 when he uses his E and he is 6 there is most likely no all in potential possible since he can just kite arround his turretsâ
Elresser says âhe favours longer trades and you favour shorter ones. I still can't figure this one out so I'll put him on even for now. Note: don't fight him on his ultimate turret.â
kajinator says âUse the Q max ability order. Bring Phase Rush and Flash + TP or you have automatically lost. I'm not exaggerating teleport is mandatory into Heimerdinger. You will have no kill pressure on him ever and you will just have to sit under tower and farm until you can roam and make plays with your team as you are a better team fighter than him. â
BreadyToCrumble says âThis matchup is easy because Heimer has no choice but to permanently push the wave. This means you can farm up and burst him down in lategame. Be careful because he also has early kill pressure on you!â
Evandabank says âHeimerdinger is a champion that most bruisers cannot play the game against. The one saving grace in this matchup for Kled, is that he does way more damage than the other bruisers.
Heim is so lethal because it is almost impossible to take a positive trade into him with his turrets. Kled is no exception and short trades are always going to be a loss for you. Allow Heim to push you under your tower and wait for level 5 so that you have 3 points in your Q. At level 5, look to engage onto him, preferably if he only has two turrets active. It is also ideal if you can pickup a pickaxe before looking for your first all-in to ensure you have the damage to kill him. Flash in this lane is very very bad for you in my opinion. If you run TP and ignite, look to take an early reset after poking him down. You will lose the trade however, you can then TP back to lane and all-in him with an item advantage. If you are having problems engaging onto Heim, start hitting his turrets like an ape and then once he auto attacks you, E-Q combo on top of him.
Heimerdinger is always squishy into the mid/late game. Look to hide in bushes in sidelanes and try to kill him before he can get his turrets set up when he comes to clear waves.â
SrMolinv says âRomperle las torretas, escudo de doran y buscar tradeos cortos. Los all in son muy faciles, solo tienes que esquivar su stun. Es tan blandito que es facil de matar.â
Oogaboogaga says âIf top you can run past turrets and kill him quite easily. Play safe until he overextends. Give up farm if you need to. If mid it is somewhat harder as he has a turret to run to. With jungler you can easily kill as he has to overextend top to assert lane pressure.â
Duwiiton says âGet your jungler to the Toplane after baiting his stun, and it should be a pretty free kill. Heimer has no defense other than his stun and turrets. Don't bother fighting him in his turrets.â
CupcakeDinosaur says âHeimer poses an extreme threat after level 3 as your passive jump is quite predictable and he can stun you with his E inside of his turrets' range for tons of damage, so try and bait his E before engaging and trade for as little time as possibleâ
Irelius says âDont get poked too much early. Dodge his stun. Havent played this matchup in a while. Q+AA his turrets. I believe, at lvl 7 your Q starts to oneshot his turrets and that's why this matchup is this easy, â
lenithebot says âHeimerdinger has insane zoning with his turrets and makes it very hard for you to poke him without losing a lot of your own hp but with his low hp if you can land a few barrels and qs you can try to all in with flash passive and ignite to try and kill him but it is very risky since if he doesn't die you probably willâ
dracondas says âannoying matchup if you grab him just send him back to arcane and he dies avoid all his cc and rockets cuz it does a lot of damage and so does his turrets go for the force of nature approachâ
DixonTheGuideMaker says âOnce Heimerdinger reaches level 6, his kill pressure and strength increase dramatically. Keep this in mind and beware of his empowered abilities. Let him push the wave closer to your tower and destroy him together with your Jungler.â
Thrandor says âNot much to say, this is somewhat a natural counter. Keep track of his build to see if he has Stopwatch or Zhonyas. Before that you can try engaging him with R, afterwards, I don't recommend doing thatâ
CosmicTurtle88 says âAbsolutely impossible, dodge 100% of the time. If you're forced to play it then try to kill his towers once you're level 3 with Q+auto and he'll lose some pressure. Realistically though you
have no chance unless he hard ints. Even the jungler cannot save you.. â
Farmer Cleetus says âMajor threat, can phase you away if you are not able to use your W to save yourself, he'll also kite you so he cannot be damaged at all, be careful when facing him.â
Yiphen says âStart Doran's Shield and Win Lane. Rush Wit's End. He out-pokes with his turrets you but you can Q + E at him whenever he misses his W or E. He needs both to combo you. Hide behind your minions. You should be able to zone him enough to (relatively) safely auto his turrets down. It's worth using Ghost to chase him since his turrets push the wave to you. Back away when he Ults . It's unnecessary to freeze against him. Do not dance.â
Taiquyorah says âFarm lane. MU chiant car intuable et il peut vous poke mais vous devriez ĂȘtre capable de farmer surtout dĂšs que vous avez brillance.
Et vous gagner en late game avec un stuff critique !â
buuu1401 says â(TOP/MID) Have fun brother. IF you all in him well make it count bro if you don't hit your abilities well you are dead trust me. (he is a pain)â
wooverbo says âYou'll be sitting next to your tower all laning phase, there is no point to playing against him, just dodge. Keep in mind he can 1v2 you and your jungler and win if he positions well. The only good thing about this matchup is that there are no more than 2 Heimerdinger players in the world...â
HelloStranger says âPHASE | Flash + Ignite/Ghost
AFK under turret and farm for 30 minutes. You can try to proxy and it will probably be more effective than being an afk bug for heim to swat. I would consider dodging if you have the LP to spare this matchup is beyond ruined for Garen.â
WildSamu says âDShield + Red Pot.
His turrets can be very annoying, dont fight him if he has a lot of them out. It's crucial that you dont get hit by his E stun, use your E to dodge it and only engage on him if he doesnt have it.
His turrets will auto-push, just sit under tower and farm if necessary.
Pretty easy to gank if he overxtends and doesnt have ult.â
kurbart says âfree lane if your having trouble with big head here just poke him down and make sure every time he puts down a turret break it they go on a 20+ sec cool down then after that just run him down kind of sad killing him â
VituVonDoom says âBoooooriiiiiiing. Like, really, why play him? Just go FS and get rich poking him and just farming. DON'T EVER ENGAGE HIM, that's the only way he ever kills you. QE him to hell and just accept the fate of some of the most uninteractive 15 minutes of your lifeâ
KrazyKid1024 says âSame deal as hecarim. Our ulti as rengar is telegraphed so he can use E to stun you if he's good. Then you lose. But if he doesn't then it's usually free.â
Aberrant Demon says âHe'll push by default, chill and let it happen. Stay as healthy as you can and W either of his skillshots if they are going to land. Only kill his turrets if it won't put you in a vulnerable position. Post-6 you can brute force with Ghost all-in. Always check if he has Stopwatch/Zhonya's Hourglass before going in.â
TrinityForceYasuo says âPlay safe - Stay healthy first 3 levels -> When we get level 3 we can look for trades but you gotta be very careful with his E (nade). If he hits that you just lose the trade -> When you have Q3 you can poke down his towers and use W to absord any incoming damage -> Once E is dodged and you are fairly close to him you can run him down, especially the more items you get -> Can run him down as well with R if you have enough damage to follow up with your R. Then use Q3 or E to dodge his nade and kill himâ
JORGE OMAGO 74 says âđđđđ he's a genius and you're a psyco with a candle pole. Wait the lane walk far away from where he installed his machines. Then E earlier to fall stunning him. SPLIT DON'T TEAMFIGHT AGAINST THIS MAN.â
Potent213 says âRunes:
PTA
Goal in lane:
SURVIVE, matchup is not playable in early game, you need to scale a bit, get 2-3 items.
Wave 1-4:
You can poke him a bit here, priotize his turrets as a simple Q + auto kills his turrets in early game, do not contest prio too much.
Tips:
This matchup is unplayable, you can only kill them level 1 if you all in and ignore turret damage, you can also Q + AA turrets destroying them in early.
Even level 1 with turrets he completely melts you, although you can soak damage and destroy them, they have such low cost for him that it is possibly not even worth it.
He has too much damage and poke that it makes it not survivable, even under turret he places his turrets on the limit of turret range and pokes you down so hard you cannot farm mages.
Go Dshield + Second Wind to somehow survive.
Even if you parry his E you don't guarantee a kill as he can dodge it so easily with turret movespeed and even then he can just DPS you to death, despite the stun.
The main problem is that he can run away while damaging you, so you cannot get an easy vital proc as he just keeps kiting you.
If he uses E poorly, you can look to all in while trying to parry his W and try to kill him, still very hard, but possibly manageable.
Beg for jungler ganks and pray that you have a jungler that can gank Heimer otherwise just dodge it. DOOMED MATCHUP.
Build hexdrinker for a bit of survivability.â
Scallywag says âAnnoying matchup for all melee champions. A bit easier for Gangplank since he has his q and barrels.
Hard to kill him solo since he will zone you with his turrets.
He should not be able to kill you if you don't greed for farm, but one misstep may cost your life.â
ShacoMagicTrick says âThis is the most boring lane i have ever seen but still he outpokes you. In most cases you cannot kill him and he cannot kill you. Just wait for your jungler. â
SilverAvalanche says âBully: You turtle and then all in him level 6, you just ult onto him and E him then shroud to dodge his stuff and then Q him down until you can execute him. if he get crown then you are in big trouble so it is important that you smash him early. â
Trundledaddy says âI personally would dodge, lanes almost unplayable, only way you win is if heimer misplays a lot and/or gets an aneurism, and you get a 2 level lead and can just perma run him down, mercs rush is good hereâ
Kurose0027 says âThis matchup is unplayable, dodge it. Flash after parrying if you didn't parry his stun or else you will get one shotted in the all in.â
Federals1 says âHe is extremely difficult to deal with. At 6 he can match your burst, so if you jump in and he is ready with his big turret, you are doomed. You will explode instantly from his 3 turrets, his big turret, and the grenade stun. You need to bait out his ultimate before an actual all in, like charging at him, and once he drops his ultimate, back off and wait for your q to come back up again. After that it doesn't matter if he has the small turrets. Q max is needed.
Flash+Ignite are the preffered summoner spell choices. Doran's ring works better into him. Focus on building speed first, like Aether Wisp or tier 2 boots. Third rune page should be used.â
ProbablyPlatform says âI donât ban him because looking at his icon give me PTSD so I just uninstall whenever I see him. Same as Fiora, I just donât wanna see him and assume he is a big threat because he probably isâ
Nekoparry says â///////////////////////////ENGLISH//////////////////////////
This matchup is autododge, you either have a duo jgl that perma ganks you or you're fucked. If you decide to play It, take Dshield + Second wind and rush Hexdrinker. Try to parry his E and if you hit him you can try to all in, but he just counters you in all ways, pokes harder than you, with his MS he kites and dodges your W, and even if you stun him he will still dmg you with his turrets.â
alexionut05 says âVery difficult laning phase. His turrets will absolutely melt you if you misplay. You must exploit any mispositioning of his. When you all-in, try to push him out of his turrets, either with E or a short (not tap) R.â
MHLoppy says âHis high regen is a pain in the ass, since it makes it much harder to poke him out than is typical in ranged matchups. Turrets and grenade also make it riskier than usual to all-in. Just remember that despite his regen and damage, he is actually incredibly squishy if he hasn't built durability - if you can get onto him then he'll only take a couple of seconds to kill if you have ult on.â
Kocykek says âDon't try to come closer to him. He will push so your jungler can come and you can punish him. Go for Magic Resists or some Damage to one shot him.â
Helzky says âDepends on how hard he's pressuring you. But if we assume they know their champion, you have to play safe here. There's no realistic outcome where you solo kill him without help when he has knowledge of his champion. Prowlers with Maiden and you should be able to kill him.â
OliveeGarden says âtake fleet, ghost and first buy swiftness boots. donger is really only good in lane phase, don't give him an advantage and play for team fights.â
Ghidorah says âJust log off. Leave your lane after 6 and help others with your ult. You can't fight him alone or he will one shot you at any point.â
Anoying bro5 says âThis matchup isn't too hard, but it can be annoying if you don't know how to approach the fight. Whenever possible, try to take out his turrets. Early on in the game, they are on a fairly long cooldown so you can kill them pretty fast if the Heim isn't good. If the Heim is playing very defensive, just look to take extended trades, as if you land your E it is hard for him to escape. If he ever uses his stun aggressively and misses, uses this time to engage on to him. If he is holding it, just try to look for the animation to riposte the stun. If he has ult, he most likely will use it to enhance his turret, if that's the case, just bait out his ult and then disengage until the ult is gone, then reengage afterward.â
Your Desired Username says âHard match-up. Take absorb life and dshield. You can't really do much pre-6 besides from staying under turret and getting every minion possible, and Mordekaiser kinda sucks at farming under turret. Your ult removes his turrets, but in Brazil you have to hit everything to be able to kill him because he will stun you with his grenade. Additionally you will probably start the fight with about 1/2 of you HP thanks to his poke. Even if you manage to kill him, he will still have prio again until your ult comes back up, unless you are like 4 kills ahead at this point. He's a decent ult target later on, but note that he will probably have Zhonya's at that point.â
AlexFL7000 says âHeimerdinger is an extremely annoying matchup. You can't really do much against his turrets, and you will always be pushed into due to his turrets. Recommended Items: Banshee's Veil, Mercury's Treadsâ
Black Demon Ezel says âHeimerdinger's turrets can be a nuisance but coupled with your walkers which the turrets don't target it's side monster vs. side monster and honestly I don't know who'll win since I haven't done this matchup yet. Caution is key.â
BreadedBreadCrum says âHeim is just annoying. Build Force of Nature at least some point in the game. Run the Aery runes to poke him and his towers out. Frostfire to counter his turret MS.â
GastlyLoL says âThis matchup is generally going to leave you under your turret the entire time. Try to get your tiamat and farm up as much as possible, then it will be possible to engage on him after level 6 and your first back, especially if you can bait out his stun. Be careful when ganking him, because he can often turn around and kill you or your jungler, or both. Tank the turret during ganks with your ult, and once you get a small lead on him, you should be able to kill him. If he burns grenade, he has no way of stopping you from killing him. Try to make him burn it.â
LunaticDancer says âPain. I Am Bullied runes, D Shield. You'll most likely spend the first 6 levels farming under the turret. After you get ult, his turrets get relatively easy to manage.â
Captain Bane says âexcuse me, never think this is going to happen anytime soon, so while im at it im taking some physics notes here.
QUESTION: what would happen to the pressure and temperature of the air molecules when you create a closed environment and expand its volume?
ANSWER:
Since volume is reversely proportional to the pressure of the air molecules, expanding the volume will decrease the pressure, and since pressure is the distance of the molecules between one and another, there will be an increase in molecular work, which is defined as force times distance, and that work is equal to the inner energy, which translates to kinetic energy or simply said temperature. Therefore the expansion of the volume will decrease the pressure and in addition decrease the temperature in the given situation.
Oh yeah and you win against heimerdinger by argumenting: 1+1= 3â
N0kk__ says âPlayer based. Heim is squishy and can be easily destroyed, but his turrets deal massive dmg. Freezing lane is the best thing to do. You will fall back with CS ,but no a huge minus. Ask for ganks and buy MR.â
Black Demon Ezel says âHeimerdinger is lethal in his own right because of his being a ranged top laner and his turrets. Combine that with the fact that his turrets never go away except for inside your ult, you are pretty much gunned down before you have a chance of proccing passive on himâ
ToothlessKnight says âYou have very little kill pressure vs a good Hemier as they know how to kite around turrets and use their stun to counter you. Max Q in this lane, poke best you can and pray your jungler can help. You outscale in the sidelane but you have little kill pressure at all stages 1v1. â
_WhiteSnow_ says âAnnoying, but not a particularly strong threat. Take fleet footwork and second wind + dorans and kill his turrets while healing his damage in short trades until he's out of q charges. You can then look to all in. Always keep stacks up for his w when killing his turrets so you don't take a bad hit.â
SloppyWalrusX says âHis turrets block your E, he pushes every wave fast so u have to farm under turret. its very hard to poke him down due to his movement speed around his turrets.
You can somewhat win this matchup by rushing merc treads and stacking mr. but thats not very optimalâ
Stinkee says âOnly problem with Heimerdinger is the fact that he'll shove lanes to your tower nonstop. You need a mana item (Abyssal Mask) to keep up with him and shove your waves. You can actually throw his turrets with your E, allowing you to reposition them to better manage your waves. You can even throw his turrets towards your tower so your tower fires at it. He will not be much of a threat at all unless his jungler comes.â
Sovereign Kitten says âYou can (Q) his turrets and kill them with 2 (AA), so your objective is to focus on this and avoid using abilities, if you prefer to not max (Q). However, if you do max (Q) you can kill his turrets in one (Q) so long as you have the AP early game, which allows allowing you to press your advantage of shoving him back and not setting up a perma shove into your tower. Keep on your toes scout! You need to be vigilant and keep avoiding all of his skill shots. Once his towers are down for a tiny second you can get in and poke him a little or continue to simply take his turrets down until he's out of mana.â
BoilTheOil says âYou can cheese him level 1 by sitting in the third bush top lane and running at him once the minions come. You probably can't kill him in lane and he pokes you out. If their jungler or mid laner is also AP rush Merc treads against him. If your jungler ganks him you can probably kill him just by running into him and using E, just watch out for his insane burst. If they don't have any frontline for you to ult he outscales you. â
Phrxshn says âConsider being a full-time Proxy Singed because you will not out trade him. If you cannot push or set-up proxy consider skipping a wave just to proxy. Try to kill Heimerdinger if you chose to lane against him. Dodging his skillshots will determine if you can trade or not. (Recommended Items: Force of Nature or Abyssal Mask for laning; Rylai's Scepter, Mercury's Treads) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Heimerdinger, Singed without turrets) (Outscaling Edge: Even)â
LiL Bunnie FuFuu says âHis turrets block your hooks and Thresh's immobility and short range makes it difficult to avoid his stun. You also lack the damage to efficiently clear his turrets although you can pull them under turret with Q. Unplayable if he's good.â
quinn adc says âHeimerdinger turret range is 350, while your auto attack range is 525, so you can freely hit his turrets from afar.
His turrets requires 2 AAs to kill, OR 1 Q + 1 AA to kill them.
If you blind a turret, the turret is disabled for 1.5 seconds INCLUDING his ulted tower.
In lane, Heimerdinger wants to stack his towers and shove you in.
Ideally you DON'T want to leash if possible so that you can come to lane first.
Hard shove him early so whenever he puts down a tower, you can kill it with ease.
Without lane control, you will back Heim your BISH. Stand behind minions in lane because Heim W is easy to hit, the beams, and if he hits you with them, his towers get 20% increased range.
Now, the most important thing, DODGE HEIMERDINGER E STUN AT ALL COSTS! His E is 970 range, which means he can land it from far away.
To counter this, whenever Heim Es you, either vault a minion OR Heimerdinger himself, and by doing so, your vault will juke & dodge his E stun, which is important because if he lands his E on you, he can follow up with his W AND all turrets within 1000 range will gain 100% beam charge.
If his E is down, it is a 12 second CD, so you can retaliate with a combo and you will win.
Even if he has a few turrets up, I like to hard combo him and you will deal more damage, even if he has some turrets up.
Even better, if you let him W after he Es and both abilities don't hit you, now you HARD win the engage.
Post 6 be mindful of his R.
Ulted Turret only has 450 range and Heim usually uses it defensively if you try to all in him, so if he uses it, save blind for it to disable it.
His empowered W has immense range and damage, so if you are low, play far back because he can snipe you with it.
Finally, ulted grenade can bounce, so be careful not to be hit by it.
With this lane, DO NOT ROAM because heim can push so fast and take so many plates.
You can resort to a farm lane if you need to, but I find that Heim is easy to beat when you play around juking his E stun and punishing him when this ability is down :) Just remember, GET LANE PRIO and you will find the matchup to be easier than expected :Dâ
Veng Shotz says âRush mercs+ cowl/hexdrinker and pray you have enough damage to kill him before you die.
If you dont you wont be able to play the lane.
If you do you still wont be able to farm but you can try to kill him on repeat. Farm after he dies when turrets shut down, its all you'll get before he comes back and sets up turrets again. â
The_Unf0rgiv3n says âAvoid fighting him while he has 2-3 turretns around him. Blocking his stun doesnt mean winning the trade because his turrets deal A LOT of dmg early game. At level 6, dont fight him if he spawns the big turret! Wait for it to expire and go back in for the kill.
Always make sure to eliminate his turrets first before you trade him!â
At_Tar_Ras says âauto-Q all his turrets ASAP as they're being put down and he UNIRONICALLY has zero threat against you. this is an easy matchup and when you're fed his turrets simply mean more mobility for your dash reset.â
SunFalk says âHe can play safe. He has a stun. He has a lot of damage. He has a good wave clear. - Heimerdinger is very annoying, play safe under tower and CS their, let him push with his cannons and dodge his stun, wait this way for a gank to kill the Heimer. Possitive point about laning against Heimer is that you'll almost never get ganked.â
Dream Orbit says âMore info on the matchups section. Remember this is only an estimated threat, you can always win any matchup if you're good enough (or if they're bad enough).â
slogdog says âRanged annoying rat champ. Go doran's shield and try poking with E and ghouls. Build MR. build vamp scepter if you need to live. Outscale him. Dodge his E.â
Raen says âAnnyoing to play against, try to destory his mini turrets regulary and jump in when he uses his E. Early doran shield and Mercs will be helpful vs his poke and Sheen for kill potential. Use E for his turret dmg. â
Xerath gaming says âNever fought against this but in my opinion it should be free kill when you press R since all his turrets wont be in the realm of death. Till then try to farm and dodge his W + Eâ
Phrxshn says âConsider roaming across the map.Try to kill Heimerdinger if you chose to lane against him. Dodging his skillshots will determine if you can trade or not. (Recommended Items: Force of Nature for laning; Spirit Visage, Mercury's Treads) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Heimerdinger, Trundle without turrets) (Outscaling Edge: Trundle)
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LoLReal says âEnjoy farming under turret because that's all you'll be able to do in this lane. Ungankable champion too, obnoxious to play against. Build early cowl and focus on farming well for mid-game.â
Justkb says âMore annoying than effective! Make sure that you take Doranâs Shield and that you can get Q's off against him tower at level 2! Once you get Merc Treads you can safely Q his towers while trying to dodge his stun. If you can take out 2 towers without his response, make sure you try to run him down and finish him off. If you fall behind look to roam and play the rest of the Map more effectively as he canât match your roam timers once he has placed towers and is lacking mana. â
P1Legend says âStack ap early, every ap component you can find. this match becomes the easiest thing in the world when you can just double W his turrets and have all his damage potential disappear, while also hitting him for 60% of his hp. keep clearing his turrets this way once you stack enough Ap and the matchup is very easyâ
A_Drunk_Carry says âI would actually go Doran's Ring in this matchup and put 3 early points into E. Bait the heimer into putting up turrets. You'll inherently get pushed here, but at least you'll be able to stack. You are so much more useful in teamfights and late game too.â
Phrxshn says âConsider roaming across the map. Try to kill Heimerdinger if you chose to lane against him. Dodging his skillshots will determine if you can trade or not. (Recommended Items: Abyssal Mask, Mercury's Treads) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Heimerdinger) (Outscaling Edge: Malphite)â
Phrxshn says âConsider roaming across the map.Try to kill Heimerdinger if you chose to lane against him. Dodging his skillshots will determine if you can trade or not. (Recommended Items: Force of Nature for laning; Spirit Visage, Mercury's Treads) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Heimerdinger, Warwick without turrets) (Outscaling Edge: Warwick)â
Phrxshn says âConsider roaming across the map.Try to kill Heimerdinger if you chose to lane against him. Dodging his skillshots will determine if you can trade or not. (Recommended Items: Force of Nature for laning; Spirit Visage, Mercury's Treads) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Heimerdinger, Sett without turrets) (Outscaling Edge: Even)
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OTP Toxin says âKill his turrets and dodge his obvious E throws when you are going to hit his turrets, you will kill easily. Throw your mushrooms on his turrets, R turrets or waves, he will always run into them.â
SilverAvalanche says âFree farm lane, I recommend sprit visage first item or maw if you are really confident.
just ult when he ults if you decide to go in and save your E to run out of the turrets.
also be aware he goes stop watch so if he does not activate it instantly when you ult, just use your ult as soon as possible. Stop watch: 2.5s, your ult: 3.15s. else you won't hit him with the ult damage or get the healâ
Drake6401 says âOnly difficult if your jungler never ever ganks. If you have a jungler with brain cells, you'll be okay. A very annoying laner no matter where he goes. If he's feeling extra petty, he'll go top. This is just a farming lane for the most part as he will run from every fight. If he tries to poke with his stun grenade then you have an opening to engage. Make it a very very short fight. PTA rune is recommended and use bushes as a get out method to disengage his turrets. He's terrible at lane control and inevitably overextends which makes him vulnerable to ganks. â
Rhoku says âTL;DR - DIFFICULT MATCHUP. DONâT TAKE TOO MUCH POKE. START DSHIELD +SECOND WIND INTO MERC BOOTS IF YOU HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN FIGHTING BACK. IF YOU HAVE BEEN GETTING OBLITERATED, GO FOR NEGATRON CLOAK AND FARM UP. YOU OUT SCALE HIM IN 1V1. IF HE GETS COCKY AND STEPS TOO FAR UP, PULL HIM IN AND CHASE HIM DOWN WITH GHOST. ASK FOR JUNGLE HELP IF POSSIBLE. CONQUEROR WORKS SINCE WERE BUILDING DEFENSIVELY. FORCE FIGHTS WHEN HE DOESNâT HAVE TURRETS SET UP/IS NOT NEAR HIS TURRETS. FREE KILL WITH STRIDEBREAKER.
A Heimer lane is poke city. Take EVERY anti poke thing at your disposal. His rockets do so much damage if he lands all of them that you might need to start triple dshield in order to have enough health to actually survive in this lane. On the bright side, he will almost ALWAYS be pushed up so he is very gankable. Not to mention how if he is overconfident and steps too far up, you can run him down. He is low hp so you can kill him very quickly. The trick is not dying after. Even if he isnât there to attack you, his turrets will be. Unflinching in addition to Second Wind is great. Iâd recommend packing tenacity and Rushing Merc boots if you think you have kill pressure on him. If he completely destroys you, just give up and build Negatron Cloak. On the bright side, you outscale him in the 1v1 as you tend to be very tanky so as long as you dont die and get whatever farm you can get, you will get to a point where he is free food for you. Feel free to kill his turrets using your Q or W. But later on, they become so tanky that the damage you take while doing so is not even worth killing the turret, especially since Heimer will just put another one down.â
RivalOCE says âTry to focus on hitting his towers. If you can dodge his stun you should win trades and skirmishes. At level 6, try to juggle your Q's then all in when he mis-spaces. You win the scale too, just try to survive lane.â
The Rock Titan says â"[Comet, Corrupting Potion, Q > W] - You can try to kill him as best as you can after 6.
- Avoid/dodge his stun combo, and try to get a few Qs on him without taking too much of his turret damage.
- All in him if he's at around 70% or less health and when you have some MR items. Last thing you want to do is happen is die when you you all.
- People who play Heimer are usually very confident in their abilities. Becareful!
- A good jungler will gank your lane"â
Amvill says âHe is the ideal in-lane counter to Singed. He has the cc to lock you down and the turrets can completely push you away from your farm. â
Rhoku says âThis matchup is going to be HELL. For the first 5 levels, you just need to sit back and make sure not to take damage. Trust me when I tell you that 1 stun grenade, regardless whether he lands the slow or the stun, will lead to you getting chunked from full to half HP INSTANTLY. If you can land a pull, your combo will do a lot of damage to him, as he is innately a squishy champion but trying to do so will leave you vulnerable. Just make sure you SURVIVE until level 6. Give up CS, conserve HP and try to passively exist in your lane. On the bright side, your ultimate CHANGES the entire dynamic. His turrets and etc won't be around to help him in the Death Realm. So look to Ult him either AS he throws out his stun grenade, OR as he puts down his super turret with his ultimate. This way, you will cancel one of his major abilities which will allow you to just walk up and murder him with little resistance.â
YasTilt says âYou can dash on his Turrets so abuse of this. he is really Squichy and his R Enhanced Abilities can be blocked with your Wall. Laning Phase will be annoying because of his Poke. Try to pick fights when he don't have his Stun.â
FeedLaneGetCaryd says â(Second Wind+Magic Resist+DShield) Try your best to farm and scale. You can ask your jungler for a gank. Heimer will perma push because of his turrets. Buy MR. E+Flashing when your R is up and you are full HP usually means a kill.â
PK Noob says âYou can avoid his poke, but when you look to all-in him your still gonna close enough to be shot by his turrets and get stunned. Heimerdinger is extremely squishy, so wait for the perfect opportunity to one-shot him.â
lulw says âCancer champion but you can windwall basically anything he does. Dash to him windwall stun and then just kill him because of his squishiness. â
Psychopathic Top says âThis is a matchup where the Heimerdinger determines the difficulty of the lane. Bad Heimers drop turrets for no reason and gives you free stacks (while auto shoving the wave to your tower). Good Heimers would simply shove you out of lane and force early backs which is the biggest problem, as you lose econ in losing way too much cs and stacks. The best way to play this matchup is to survive as long as possible before backing, and rushing lucidity boots to juke his stun. HE WILL BE UP LEVELS AND GOLD through cs and plates there's nothing to do about that, just remember you are better at teamfighting so don't sweat if his up a lot of gold early, do NOT die no matter what. Look for flanks in mid game and try to avoid a head on fight vs Heimer's team.â
DippyDan says âPerma-pusher, impossible to get priority in lane, and has high DPS poke. Will be sitting under turret pretty much the entire game.
TIPS: [1] Lv. 1-3 your Q+AA kills the turret, but eventually won't. Make use of this. [2] Pick up Lifesteal early to sustain in the lane.
[3] Can easily kill with R and Parry.â
Hecki says âIf you know that the enemy Heimerdinger will be toplane you should take Magic Resist in your runes and Second Wind. Go with Dorans Shield to maximize your health regen since he will most definetly try to poke you down. Don't try to fight him in the midst of his turrets. If you are good at side stepping try after getting level 6 to bait out his E by you popping R and running towards him. Unless the Heimerdinger is a psychopath his defense mechanism should make him press E on you and so predict that and sidestep it. Without his E his only chance to survive is to burst you down with his W and turrets, which shouldn't be enough when your healthy.â
Yumi Project says âFight him only with your ult and W up.
Try to farm under tower and wait for gank if you dont have your ult up. Remember to place well you shield.â
IAmStryker says âStarting Items:
-Dorans Shield + Second Wind
Build
-Anti-Burst
Lane:
We will just demolish your health bar if you step up to close. Try dodging as much as you can to stay as healthy as possible. You cant do anything unless your jungler comes around. It's still a bit easy, because Heimers just push the wave 24/7 like bots. Kinda free farm, but not really.
-Wits end rush.â
SunOak says âAnnoying to deal with but after level 6 you can look for an all in with 4 ghouls because you will outdamage him dont forget to take MR defense runes instead of armor. Start Dorans shield to deal with his poke. If you run any resolve tree bring second wind.â
Alan234 says âGo Fleet Footwork to survive lane by auto attacking krug/gromp.
Dont waste too much time attacking the towers, but do attack them early game. The only time you have a realistic chance to kill them is lvl 1 turrets and MAYBe lvl 2 turrets. He can replenish them but its good to keep up pressure in lane. Its mostly a farm lane where it depends if he lands skillshots or if you dodge and q poke him down. Usually noone can kill anyone and you both just force each other to back and lose cs/platings. Heimer just wins by constantly pushing and the only way you win is by exploiting him when he is low on mana or needs a base, else there is little you can do.â
JaxIsAHobo says âThe literal definition of anti-interaction, this little cheeky piece of **** is quite annoying to lane against. A good heimerdinger will be able to zone you out, and in good circumstances, even 1v2 vs you and your jungler if you misplay. Try to kill his turrets with your E up, and use your leap to avoid getting hit by his grenade. â
Catlover765 says âHe outranges you so you can't kill his turrets without losing half of the health bar at the very least. His damage is pretty high even if you managed to dodge his Eâ
Vandenelis says âOne of the most boring champions to play against. You can't win trades against him if he knows what he is doing. But he can't do damage unless you walk into the range of his turrets. So you should be able to just farm up early. he gets increased movement speed near his turrets, so if your jungle is ganking and you miss your cc then just fall back and stop the gank, since a good Heimerdinger could kill you both when you don't have ccâ
DarkyTheReal says âEasy matchup, Heimerdinger is very weak this season, and you kill one turret with auto+Q, just go for all-ins against him, and you'll destroy him. At level 1 if you can try to cheese him on a bush or something.â
MikaeraKun says âHe will win trades most of the times because of how annoying his kit is. Ask for ganks and pray to god he doesn't get double kill.â
Rodos says âHeimer is known for his annoying turrets, that wont let you farm, or get close to him at all. Also you wont be able to land any E on him as he can get cover behind the minions and his little turrets. For this reason dont engage him for any reason at the very early game. At level 6 even tho his ult is very strong, remember that your ult deals huge damage and heals you enough. Anyways he wont be an easy enemy to deal with and there isnt much you can do. Just play safe, farm, and waith for your jungler to come and help you or try trading him at 6. But ofc buy mr before trading him.â
SKRELAX says âTake Dshield, play safe, and wait for outscale. Don't try to outtrade him, he can E Stun you, and it's easy outtrade or maybe a kill for him.â
Byku2506 says âThis is terrible matchup for you, he can easily beat you at 1v1, just wait for jungler and try to catch him if he plays agressivly against you. Just wait for his mistake and build strong mr against this fucker.â
RTO says âHis turrets are very annoying and hurt like hell, but if you can dodge or bait his stun then you can possibly burst him down in one trade. â
Fryx says âPre 6 he will be super annoying so just take the farm you can get. Stay as healthy as possible! Once you are 6 just straight up ult him even full hp and use your full combo on him. After that try to run since he will use his ult. Once he is 30% hp he can not really stay in lane. Trust me it works every time. Sometimes you can even kill him like that.â
wff010 says âEXTREMELY cringe lane. I developed a very specific playstyle for this lane. I run exhaust, nimbus cloak and transcendence. Why? He can burst you down 100-0 as soon as he stuns you or poke you to death under his tower. So, whenever you have exhaust, run at him with everything you've got, exhaust him when he throws out his stun, and then kill him ASAP. This will likely be happening under your tower a lot since heim permapushes. So, ask for plenty of ganks.â
LoLReal says âHeimer is hard for us. Punishes us hard early game and isn't very easy to kill. Also difficult to gank. Build an early spectre's cowl in this lane and farm. Mordekaiser can be more useful in team fights so be patient. Heimer builds early zhonya's so he can also be tricky to kill inside of our R. Punish him before he finishes zhonya's post 6.â
SanLourdes says âAnother poke machine. He will try and establish lane dominance early. This is perfect since you usually freeze your waves in front of tower anyway. Your Q can be used at a range to take out his turrets, and your E can launch them out of positioning. Once you get a stun on him, you can finish him off easily. Respect his burst, it is more powerful than you think.â
RainAndBow says âCan't win against this other yordle. Let his turrets station wherever he wants, just don't interfere. Try to take the turrets if you can, but if he is nearby it is not worth the risk. Allow his minions to shove into your tower and farm like that. Pray for jungler gank. â
calbino says âHeimer's poke is irritating, but if you hit first Q, he's basically dead unless he zhonyas/stopwatches. However, prioritize dodging his stun with E rather than positioning your Q with it.â
RareParrot says âDo not let him push you to turret you will get poked down under turret via rockets if you have bush prio you can win by assassinating him because hes squishy.â
ForgottenProject says âThis is not a lane this is just Torment. You'll be under your turret for the first 15 Minutes of the game making you Question why even bother with this Game?
[1]Take Teleport and Just Farm out the Lane, there's not much you can do here.
[2]Take Corrupting Pot in Lane and Pick up Mercs so you dont get overwhelmed by his damage.
[3]You can beat him if he doesn't have his turrets set-up or if you kill his turrets and still have Most of your Hp.
[4] Don't ask for ganks just focus on farming till the Laning Phase is over, you will out-scale Hard.â
epic blitz top says âVery annoying matchup. Gets to block your hooks with turrets (if he is skilled) Look to hit level 6 first and all in, or hit hooks and trade that way. NEVER trade inside his turrets.â
SavagePridestalker says âKinda weird matchup, you'll never be really able to kill him, since he'll just be pushing the lane against you permanently. I'd say DON'T play tank Rengar into him.â
Marwaii says âDude, nerf Heimerdinger. Take shield and play safe till mega Gnar. Mega Gnar will kill him at lvl 6 and you can kill his turrets with your Qs.
Take Stride + Mercs.â
a1a7s45 says âHeimerdinger is extremely oppressive. Now people are playing him because Beryl played him at Worlds. If you need to ban him, do so. Otherwise, pray you have a team that scales hard in teamfights. You need to play around them if you want to make Heim pay.â
MachDawn says âVery annoying DO NOT play aggro until you get 5 stacks, a stun or ULT off on him after you do that you can fight. MERC TREADS NEEDED.â
AlanVenator says âThere is not much you can do against Heimerdinger. Try to avoid poke and stay healthy. When asking for ganks, try to clear his turrets and minions as they will do a lot of damage.â
SethPRG says âYou win level 1, I'd try to bush cheese, but if he doesn't die you will have to play safe unless you can dodge everything and destroy his turrets quickly. Better to just let him push and wait for your JG or level 6 and Stridebraker. His missiles are relatively easy to dodge unless he aims the skill shot to be widespread. His turrets are annoying, but in all-ins, you can use that against him by stunning him into them. If he tries to throw a stun bomb at you use your ult to dodge the CC. Rush Mercury Treads into Stridebreaker, and then get Force of Nature second item, you will need the pasive. He won't be able to beat you after that till late game.â
DaSticks says âVery hard matchup if the heimer plays well. He can 1v2 you and your jungler if he has ult so ping your jungler away! You can kill his turrets with autos when safe to but he recharges them quickly so it's hard to get a good window to trade, just play defensively. When you want to all in him bait him into throwing E then flash on him.â
majororange77 says âFull info in Guide.
Great matchup. Just let him push and free farm under tower. If he gets too aggressive, let your jungle path bot and gank.â
Kaizin says âTake a few early points into your E so that you're able to farm and clear his cannons. He'll most likely keep you pushed into tower so just try to farm as best as you can and avoid walking up to the wave near his turrets as he deals a lot more damage than expected. Second wind, early boots and health are all very good into this matchup. At level 6 you can try to go for an all in, just make sure you've poke him down to at least 60% with your E. That way you can kill him in one rotation of abilities. If he flashes I'd take the flash, let your jungler know and don't be greedy.â
SirGRC says âWorth a Ban: No
If you can position your W well, then you should not be taking damage from all his turrets, or at least most of them, and your E makes it very easy to dodge his other abilities. He will most likely keep you pushed under your tower, ask for a gank or just play safe and cs as best as possible.â
deathwalker7119 says âAnother really hard matchup, if you see this guy in ranked you should probably just dodge or spam ping jungle help. You cannot fight him in his turrets as they fuck you, so always play back and wait for him to push past them. You need to parry his grenade + dash out of the missiles, or else you will get 1 shot. Again, his turrets will literally solo kill you as they give him movement speed and do incredible DPS, AVOID THEM AT ALL COSTS!!!!â
Humitaxx says âJust try to freeze the wave and trade every now and then, whenever all of your abilities are up you can chase with Q and stun him with E, he can melt you but you can abuse his turret damage to get a charged W at himâ
Darkduet says âHeimer is one of the most hated champions of mine, but thank god your passive makes it a lot easier to approach him. Be careful though, heimer is very trickyâ
Womsky says âlane survival, doran's sheild, He is known as the ultimate lane bully who shoves u under your turret and forces u to stay there all laning phase while poking you, but as a tryndamere, u have so much sustain and u can destroy his turrets while out sustaining his mana pool, he has alot of skill shots, so dodging is important in this matchup, he will try to throw stuff at u when u go for his turrets, but u can dodge it and destroy them, he is nothing without his turrets, when the game starts u can also head to the lane right away to prevent him from setting up turrets, if u let him set up too much he can poke u out, dives and kills on him is easy if u take out all turrets and stay high hp high fury, his base states are nothing compared for you.â
RealIreliaCarriesU says âCan be troubling if he lands his combo on you but it is fairly easy to avoid everything he throws at you. Start with Q and look to build your passive/be aggressive early on. If you land your E at level 2 it is a guaranteed flash or kill from him depending on how hard you chunk him. You can be extremely aggressive against him just make sure to be aware of ganks. Post 6 it is crucial to avoid his combo as he can easily do 80%+ of your hp in a second or two if you get hit by his combo. Avoid his combo and you are golden in all ins.â
tibs2 says âDepression aids cancer bad match up. You just sit under tower and hope you flip the better team. Don't really have any useful tips for this match up other than don't try to trade with him ever.â
Ratakor says âRanged, he hard push -> ez gank, his turrets hurt a lot, don't get poke and stay even in farm, you can kill him after first back by run on him and dodge his stun bombâ
svjade says âHis constant, mostly remote attacks are very hard for Akali to counter, so she will certainly need some help to deal with this champion.â
JeanMichelBambi says âEven if he isn't common, he's a pain to deal with, he deals lots of poke damage, and can hide behind his turrets to block any hooks you might be trying to throw at him.â
AmericanNut says âYour shield blocks his E, W, and turrets. Save your shield for when he ults as that is when he bursts his hardest. Do not walk into turret nest for any reason.â
Noodles912 says âCome on. Its Heimer. Spam pots and q lane and never engage. Keep your jungler away from your lane. You can freeze easily with how much damage his turrets do. Stay healthy, and recall if you are low. W can stop his stunning bomb and rocket barrage.â
PiscesPomf says âHARD LANE
Heimerdinger will easily poke you and if you go in, his nest of turrets will blow you up. Just stay safe, disguise yourself as a farmer, and wait until your jungle come to help you or wait until you can move out of your lane.â
Oskarl3 says âtough to fight early because he pushes you in non stop, but you can use your e to reposition his towers. goredrinker is good here to help you survive his prolonged damageâ
Draconic56 says âThis matchup is going to be hell for you. For the first 5 levels, you just need to sit back and make sure not to take damage. If you can land a pull, your combo will do a lot of damage to him, as he is innately a squishy champion but trying to do so will leave you vulnerable. Just make sure you survive until level 6. Give up CS, conserve HP, and try to passively exist in your lane. On the bright side, your ultimate changes the entire dynamic. His turrets and etc won't be around to help him in the Death Realm. So look to Ult him either AS he throws out his stun grenade, or as he puts down his super turret with his ultimate. This way, you will cancel one of his major abilities which will allow you to just walk up and murder him with little resistance.â
SanLourdes says âI hate this matchup more than anything in the world. He is a poke machine with tons of CC and burst potential. Stay out of his way pre-level 6. Freeze the wave in front of your tower and let him push. Safely CS and when you have your ultimate, use Ghost, E , ult him and make him pay for all the pain he has caused. His turrets won't be there in your Death Realm to save his mustache. Other than that, play it safe and do not feed him. Respect his burst potential. Build Doran's Shield. Keep the rest of your normal build and buy Sorcerer's Shoes.â
negoZoma69 says âAP Neeko can't do much against heimer in lane, he will just get free movespeed from his passive and kite you. Just try your best to kill his turrets and bait his abilities to make him run out of mana. AD Neeko on other hand has a small window to kill him if you dodge his E.â
SeptikYT says âReally annoying to lane against to the point it's near impossible to trade with him. To also mention he outscales you by a lot, so just dodge or ban this guy.â
SanLourdes says âHeimerdinger will out-trade you in every way possible. Play defensive and ask your jungler for ganks. Take down his turrets whenever you can as it will be near impossible to survive in places where he has many of them. Don't take too much poke! He has great burst potential when you least expect it and his playstyle will soon have you tilted if you aren't careful. Don't take Doran's Blade into this matchup unless you want to lose the lane. Freeze the minion wave just before your tower range and farm safely. Allow him to play aggressive and when he overcommits punish him for it. Heimerdinger has everything he needs to counter you; poke, a stun to stop your initiations, high burst damage, decent health and range. I would say to definitely ban him, but his play rate is so low that its not practical. If you are matched up against a Heimerdinger its best to dodge. A five minute wait is better than the worst 15 minute forfeit game in your life.â
nichovsky says âwhat can i say exept its heimer. if you engage with ult he can stun you and ult then W or Q he can just run if he gets you stuned as wellâ
TwistedDemon says âYou should beat him. Kill his turrets and don't let yourself be hit by his stun. Ask for ganks since he is very vulnerable, and easy to kill in a 2v1. After 6 it becomes a bit harder, just make him to waste his ult and you'll be fine.â
Runtley says âHeimerdinger is just annoying. You want to make sure you hit his turrets twice then the poison will take care of the rest. You can also throw your shrooms on your turrets if they are close enough to each other and get them all. I recommend you use aery so you can get a bunch of poke/ on hit damage.â
Rime101 says âIgnite + electrocute + dorans shield
Max Q
Look to safe farm until 6 where you have strong all-in potential
Kill turrets with Q if possible to attack his mana pool, also free gold
Ignite can be good for stronger all-inâ
Erenando says âUninstall.
No seriously you'll have a very hard time at stacking since he can kill you under your own tower. You must manage to survive the lane until you got spirit visage, mercury's and of course sheen to fight him of, but until then you're basically fucked without your jungler.â
GrGamingTeo says âAll you need to do against Heimerdinger is dodge his grenade and don't stand near him if your lane looks like a military base. You can rush Mercury's Treads if it makes sence for the enemy team or Hexdrinker.â
Gordusko says âHeimerdinger is a true lane bully. Laning against this fella is just a pain. You gotta keep destroying his turrets and try to stay healthy. Try to give him some damage if possible with your Q+E combo and wait for him to make mistake. And pray :) â
LunaticDancer says âI might be an idiot, but this guy always absolutely beats me in top lane (at least last season). You need MR. You need to never get hit by his stun grenade. You need to destroy his turrets immediately before he can create a formation with them. Be careful of him setting up his ult turret and then using Zhonya's.â
tasie456s says âTurrets are annoying, but if he groups them up too much, you can combo them all together. He helps you to waveclear, so look to constantly shove and roam with your jungler. â
SpyDaFX says âtry to kill at level 2/3. dont trade with him when his machines are nearby, ask for ganks, a skill matchup (he needs to land his stuff, if he doesn't it's a free lane for you after level 2/3 if you get a lead especially). go press the attack.â
Ravenborne says âMandatory to get 3 Rejuv Bead as Start. Simply can not touch him. If he gets close to Tower however you can run him down with Ghost because your Damage is far greater than his. Just be sure to not let his Stun Grenade hit you at his turrets because he will then be able to finish you off.â
mobsterplatypus says âThe poke is very annoying here, but once you reach level 6, go all in, wait for him to use his ultimate (usually on the turret) then use yours. His turrets can follow him to the realm of death, and if he already used his stun its pretty much over for him. Run riftmaker to help with the poke.â
Kil4fun says âPlay passive until you get 6. He hurts a lot but if you don't tank abilities you can just sit behind minions and wait out the rocket attacks. Besides that his turrets have more range/same range until level 16 where you can take them for free.â
Bear24 says âMake sure Heimerdinger doesn't have stop watch and go all in or you will be poke to your death. at lvl 6 or 4 flash(ult) and kill him â
Devilofthewest says âA good heimer dinger will wreck your shit . There are too many instances where you will need your E and it is very easy for them to force you to use it. Most likely you will get stuck trying to farm with your long range Q because if he stuns you when you try to last hit CS then his turrets will kill you ... and once he hits lvl 6 jumping on him will be suicide unless you have your E up and ready (this is a champ where EMPOWERED E actually is very useful so that you can block his whole ult or enough of it to get away ) This all being said IF you can burst him dead with your combo + ignite you can win but it is still HIGH risk . The only real thing you can do is take advantage of his lack of escapes , let him push up , try to get him to burn his ult and ping your jungler for assistence (also one final note for anyone unaware , his ult tower stays up if he dies , so if you burst him there is a high chance his ult will still kill you )â
ModelitoTime says âAlthough Heimer top is not too common it is still a thing. Take MR runes and take a Doran's Shield with you. Heimer is a lane bully and can push lanes really fast with his turrets. Although they look small they make this matchup dangerous. Never try to hit Heimer with your W unless you have already landed your Q or a E on him. I say this because your W will always try to hit his turrets rather than him because they are closer to you. I recommend trying to land a Q from far range then just E+Flash into him, he is really squishy so as soon as you land a E on him 9 times out of 10 he is dead. That is your best bet at securing a kill in this matchup. If you see that she rushes Zhonyas that will make this matchup really tough because he will just Zhonya and let his turrets do the work for him. If your E is up again time it right so that you can hit him with it as soon as his hourlglass is over. Other than that you scale over Heimer extremely. Turbo Chemtank later in the game could also help if he is being obnoxious.â
WookieChewbacca says âProxy when able. You can dive Heimerdinger only if you have a vast speed advantage at level 6. If the lane is pushed, you can fling him towards the enemy side of the map, away from his turrets.â
xxskipskipxx says âFarm Lane ~
Dodge his Abilities and dont force trades!
if he misses his Stun (E) you can look in to trade him, BUT make sure you dont stand in the range of ALL 3 Turrets of Heimer!!
Let him push and ask for Jungle helpâ
RedNBlue says âEasy kill, just make sure to shoot his turrets and dodge his stun with your e and double shot him. Hes too short range to fight you without his turrets.â
EU_Toxicity says âVery rough for most immoblie melees including Darius. I'd buy 3x Rejuv Beads as you can keep one and buy adaptive helm later. You do have a chance to all-in him before 6 by dodging/flashing his grenade and running him down with ghost . If the grenade hit you just back off as he will surely outdamage you.â
iZeal says âAnother difficult matchup as Heimer will permapush you into tower trying to harass you while you will have problems farming and destroying his turrets. If he catches you with a stun, you die after level 6. Try to kill his turrets while dodging his E and W before going in or bait out his ultimate for a gank so he can't 2v1 you and your jungler.
RejuBeads>DShield, Merc Treads, Specter's Cowl or Hexdrinker if strugglingâ
byThiagus says âUNA LINEA INFERNAL, Recomiendo segunda pagina de runas, escudo de doran y ghost. Farmear Hasta un gank de tu jungler O que utilize mal su e SINO NO PODES ENTRARLE.â
StrikeX114 says âHeimerdinger's turrets can often be one- or two-tapped by most champions. Yuumi is not in said majority. Build a Stinger early to destroy his turrets faster, because he can otherwise keep you at a distance for the entire game.â
Saarlichenbog says âHeimerdinger loves to bait you into his turret setup which is his primary form of DPS. There are several phases to the lane to ensure he doesn't take over which can be done pretty easily if managed correctly. Removing his turrets upon placement is crucial as he has a small delay between placing each new turret this being your time to full combo him. Once he hits level 6, there's always the threat of him double-casting which is why at this point you should start playing more defensively for items. Finally, when he hits Zhonyas it becomes incredibly dangerous to try and solo kill him but he will more often then not be pinned to one lane which means you can then translate your lead into more map impact.â
hiugnadie says âHe is a complete lane bully, luckily he doesn't top very much. If you do go against him, though, the rule is you win fights outside of turret range, he wins them inside. try to freeze early and just farm, you outscale him. also if your jungler ganks early and you kill him, then try to shove as hard as you can and kill all of his turrets, and then you have a chance of winning lane against him.â
Captain Dantems says âTome cuidado com as torrezinhas dele, pokea ele com seu Q e barril, uma hora da para matar ele. Grasp. DĂĄ para usar poção corrupta, anel de Doran e Cristal de safira com 3 poçÔes.â
ItsPaulygon says âDon't even try to trade with him. He can just stun you and let his turrets do all the work for him. Play safe, take Doran's shield and take all the cs you can. Only engage if you have your jungler with you. But be careful, as he can still deal with both of you.â
TheMightyNinja says âHe will push you constantly wich makes him vulnerable to ganks.
Your W can block his turrets shots.
Try to stay healthy, dodge his skills and farm as much as you can safely, you become more impacful than him later in the game with your ultimate. I would recommend the Fleet Footwork build in this matchupâ
MrGasYourGirl says âHe's the 11/10. You gotta deep proxy behind the second tower and prepare to get blasted in the ass if he catches you. He's a very naughty yordle.â
Frostyfps says âCan be troubling if he lands his combo on you but it is fairly easy to avoid everything he throws at you. Start with Q and look to build your passive/be aggressive early on. If you land your E at level 2 it is a guaranteed flash or kill from him depending on how hard you chunk him. You can be extremely aggressive against him just make sure to be aware of ganks. Post 6 it is crucial to avoid his combo as he can easily do 80%+ of your hp in a second or two if you get hit by his combo. Avoid his combo and you are golden in all ins.
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TangoVallhala says âtry killing him early on when he is no escape or damage, later on wait for 6, watch out for his E Cooldown. Also go hex drinker rush.â
qasddsa says âBe careful of his rockets and stun grenade. He'll be constantly pushing the wave, so ask your jungler for a gank. Try your best to not fight in his turrets, as their damage starts to ramp up as you get closer to level 6. In teamfights, do not fight in his cannons; make sure to clear them. You do not want to get caught by his stun grenade.â
ERNESTSAURUS says âFLEET FOOTWORK / SPELLBOOK SETUP - DORANS SHIELD / 3 REJUVENATION BEADS + POT =
Heimer is a really inmobile champion but he can use that to his advantages with his torrets. In this lane he will always permapush since his torrets will automatically autoattack you, but you have to play it safe enough to not get poked, once the wave starts pushing back you can kill the torrets with your minion wave and then look to waste his mana like that. Fleet in this lane is really good but if you feel confident you can try to go for Spellbook. if he can't get an advantage in this lane, later on you will beat him 1v1. Look to setup a splitpush situation where he has to match you and look to all in him when he hasn't placed his torrets yet, the torrets are his main source of damage, without them he is super squishy. Remember you can stack his torrets with Q.â
SubHuman Filth says âGo for aery and 3 points in q from early game.
Shroom his turrets. and only poke with q.
Dont get hit by his E, then you will die very quickly.â
Grayified says âFleet Footwork Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash. Dorans shield start. Head to lane at the very start of the game and make sure heimer doesnt set up his turrets in lane, and also make sure he doesnt cheese your jungle buff level 1 either. Merc treads can help in this matchup or you can take tenacity on your runes If you are able to consistently take out heimer's turrets in the early game and not allow him to have 3 up at one time you can outsustain heimer's auto's and get very good early pressure on him. If you let him get his turrets down then he will be able to pressure you and shove you under turret and deny you CS. Post 6 you can look for allins on heimer however you need full fury and close to full hp to look for it, also you need to take out heimer's turrets before going after him or else he will burst you very quickly and kite around his turrets while you are ulting. Once you get about 2-3 items you can start beating heimer even when he has full turrets and cooldowns ready, still a good idea to take out his turrets early though so he doesnt have the burst of damage for after your ulti is over. In the mid-late game split push, if you don't think you can dive heimer then look to push him in and use your superior mobility to outrotate him on the map and potentially flank his team while he is holding the wave.â
Nabura says âTake fleet. Put on your dancing shoes and bait his abilities for the entire laning phase, some people hate this matchup but I personally find it fun as they usually constantly miss their abilities and slowly lose control of the lane. Just be careful of TPing back to lane, going for greedy last hits and bushes, as these moments CAN GET YOU KILLED.â
EntxRecoil says âFleet Footwork Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash. Dorans shield start. Head to lane at the very start of the game and make sure heimer doesnt set up his turrets in lane, and also make sure he doesnt cheese your jungle buff level 1 either. Merc treads can help in this matchup or you can take tenacity on your runes If you are able to consistently take out heimer's turrets in the early game and not allow him to have 3 up at one time you can outsustain heimer's auto's and get very good early pressure on him. If you let him get his turrets down then he will be able to pressure you and shove you under turret and deny you CS. Post 6 you can look for allins on heimer however you need full fury and close to full hp to look for it, also you need to take out heimer's turrets before going after him or else he will burst you very quickly and kite around his turrets while you are ulting. Once you get about 2-3 items you can start beating heimer even when he has full turrets and cooldowns ready, still a good idea to take out his turrets early though so he doesnt have the burst of damage for after your ulti is over. In the mid-late game split push, if you don't think you can dive heimer then look to push him in and use your superior mobility to outrotate him on the map and potentially flank his team while he is holding the wave.â
ZergDood says âHe needs one stun to win the trade (and he'll manage to do so!). He'll push the lane, focus on farming and punish positioning. Be careful when he isn't around, push your wave. You won't enjoy this matchup.â
Ayanleh says âHe's pretty stronger than you early on but hes pretty squishy so get lv6 and take him to the shadow realm and kill him there as it removes his turrets.â
HIGH TEST TOP88 says âHaven't played this matchup that much, but heimers damage and waveclear is strong, you should be able to kill him if you get in however and you want to ult away from turrets during an allin if possible.
Take MR.â
wallobear53 says âHeimerdinger will attempt to shove you in while simultaneously trying to poke you. Destroy his Q with your AOE abilities while simultaneously clearing the wave. This will help you match his pushing power and will keep you even in the lane.
Avoiding Heimerdingerâs E should be your top priority, no matter which lane you belong to. That ability when paired with his Q turrets can destroy your health bar and kill you immediately if you donât have resistances.
While CSâing, make sure you donât get hit by his W as it will give him a push as well as a trade advantage. Make sure you donât let him shove you into your tower, or else he will just siege you under his tower or roam around the map and get leads elsewhere.
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laoshin3v3 says âYou can clear his towers with your E, and they take damage if they stay near enough to minions. Just Farm up no reason to fight him without jungler.â
9690 says âD-Blade. Use his turrets as mobility against him. He will poke you a bit but it won't be enough to force you out of lane, especially if you can keep the pressure up on him. You should always have lane priority in this matchup. Outscales you. Take Fleet or Conq (Depends on team comp).â
Kingarthur720 says âFleet Footwork Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash. Dorans shield start. Head to lane at the very start of the game and make sure heimer doesnt set up his turrets in lane, and also make sure he doesnt cheese your jungle buff level 1 either. Merc treads can help in this matchup or you can take tenacity on your runes If you are able to consistently take out heimer's turrets in the early game and not allow him to have 3 up at one time you can outsustain heimer's auto's and get very good early pressure on him. If you let him get his turrets down then he will be able to pressure you and shove you under turret and deny you CS. Post 6 you can look for allins on heimer however you need full fury and close to full hp to look for it, also you need to take out heimer's turrets before going after him or else he will burst you very quickly and kite around his turrets while you are ulting. Once you get about 2-3 items you can start beating heimer even when he has full turrets and cooldowns ready, still a good idea to take out his turrets early though so he doesnt have the burst of damage for after your ulti is over. In the mid-late game split push, if you don't think you can dive heimer then look to push him in and use your superior mobility to outrotate him on the map and potentially flank his team while he is holding the waveâ
Dantheman81 says âHeimer isn't really played very much but if he is all you have to do is q the turrets and they die. Without his turrets he lacks any damage to kill you throughout the game.â
Xplor says âHeimerdinger is not a threat unless you go all-in when he has his turrets down.
He will control the wave, you will do the same. Farm out of his range and poke with your Mists and "E" as much as possible. Do not engage on him unless you are confident you can take him down.â
TentiTiger11 says âBy far the biggest problem to garen. This matchup is just straight up horrible. Heimer has great poke, high damage, and lane control with his turrets. Even with this build, he will still deny you so much gold and exp. If he poke you down, he can tower dive with his jungler. Avoid at ALL COSTS. Maybe ask your mid to lane swap at the beginning if they are ok with it.â
DirtyDishSoap says âHis turrets don't outright kill your Ghouls, and he'll likely die by them if you land an E. Every Heim will push but it's incredibly important to bear in mind that 1. He'll be fast, 2. He can stun and kill you if you're not careful, and 3. Your jungler will almost always F it up and feed him.
Tell your jungler to not gank. Seriously. I call it "The Curse of the Donger". where your jungler suffers a seizure and they just fly in half health and die to this midget.
With that being said, Heim takes practice to beat, but once you nail it down, he's super easy.â
report singed ty says âYou lose this lane and there's nothing you can do. Luckily for you, it's likely you'll never even have to fight this matchup. If you ever see him just dodge. He's probably the one matchup I always recommend dodging on. Your winrate vs him is something like only a 30% chance last I checked, it's crazy bad and it's not a matchup you can try and outskill your opponent in either.â
Sq_09 says âYou can't engage him but if he doesn't place offensive turrets you can try and poke him a bit. Just don't walk into his stuff and he's a chill lane, that you just need to counterpush. If you take some damage he can W you but you can take the damage. â
Beatport Expo says âHaven't fought him yet but based on experience, you're gonna have either swallow one of his turrets and throw it away from you and NOT directly onto Heimerdinger If your W doesn't kill the turret. This of course, cost you some damage and you won't be able to bring him away from his Tower since you used your W on his turret. â
SirDrPotato says âA very very hard lane. The only reason why I do not put heimerdinger up in "Extreme" is because you are way better than him later in the game. However, laning phase is a nightmare. Buy doran's shield or corrupting potion and stay under turret, farm the best you can and do not try anything risky. Sometimes it might sound like you have a nice opening to engange him but trust me: You don't. Also, there are very few junglers that can help you, most often than not heimer will just kill you and your jungler, however, there are a few mid laners that might: If your mid laner is ahead and has burst - talon, fizz, diana - you can ask them for some help, be aware that heimer might kill both of you and if your mid laner denies to help you that's a very wise choice. Stay calm, you scale better.â
Subject3 says âstay under tower, stay under tower... stay under tower, look your skills can only target one thing, if he hides behind his turrets your q does nothing, if you try and swallow his turrets you will get nothing out of it, he has more.
if you try and swallow him! look at him go at mach speed around his turrets and you barely able to stack at him, and then die.â
Discord Rengar Mains says âFrustrating, like most yordle matchups. He will basically try to either turtle with his turrets or push like a maniac and keep you under your own turret, which is bad because you need bushes to have any pressure on him, and if he gets to scale he can be terrifying. Lane is fairly even otherwise, he is very squishy early and if you get a lead on him he either rushes Zhonyas or keeps dying without jungler assistance, both of which will set him back significantly. Try killing his turrets as soon as they spawn with a Leap + Q, they will reduce his pressure significantly and give you an opening, but respect his E+W damage or you might find yourself losing the trade if you don't have Emp W at the ready. At level 6 his ult will make directly jumping into him a really bad idea unless you are already ahead, so try playing carefully around it and don't be afraid to ask for jungle assistance to secure the lead. All in all, manageable lane where you can just crush the game if you get ahead and just farm if you are behind.
Ignite is good for early game pressure, specially since he is squishy. Fleet and HoB both work well enough, conqueror is an option too but he is very squishy and you don't really want / need long trades on him.â
Itreallyhim says âAnnoying, But grab him with E, Q and then back off, use your W after his E or his W hits you.
Just a patience matchup. Stay strong in your mental and wreck his buildings.â
Rivenetto says âHe isnt doing great in meta so hes not playable at top(thanks god) but hes an extreme threat to Riven.Try to fight him only if his E is on cooldown and if he dont have stopwatch/zhonyas.â
hephephepeEPEPE says âi awlays dodge this matchup because its impossibile to be on lane rush mercs and proxy if you want to beat him later on in game make sure to buy adaptive helm and hextech protobelt to kil his turrets
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Thr3shPrinc3 says âNeither one of you will really "win" this lane. Heimer doesn't have kill pressure on you unless you engage him in his turrets and you can sustain through his poke using Fleet Footwork. Try and shove your minion wave and roam into the enemy jungle or down to midlane. If you get a lead you can kill him in about 4 charged auto's once you have Stormrazor and Rapid Firecannon so if you do get a lead make sure you push it. Late game you can 1v1 him and most likely kill him before he really gets chance to do anything else.â
Blakespeare says âthe poke is hard practice wave control and before engages you want to focus down the turrets taking his damage source away, This is a cull match up unless you are not confident in your side step ability then you want to take dorans shield.â
Braddik says âThere's a small window lvl 2-3 where you can all in him if you set your wave up properly. Kill him twice and you'll kill him forever. Rushing mercs can be good here. If he gets to level 6 uncontested you lose.â
spaceriftmaster says âHeimer is actually pretty easy. Pre six he's very difficult to fight. But when you use death realm his turrets don't follow him into the death realm giving you a free kill even if he stopwatch's or uses hourglass.â
Trial_By_Barrel says âBasically an annoying match up. He makes his lane a military base and presses one button while his army of turrets melts your health bar. You also can't engage him since his turrets take zero damage and he can just stopwatch or hourglass and lets his turrets do all the work.â
The Lost Drawing says âEs otro counter.
Especialista en bajar tanques con un solo objeto. Solo juega pasivo y armate 'Yelmo adaptable' despues tiene mejores TF fuera de sus torretitasâ
Pedrokis says âBonecĂŁo esse hein. / Poke ridĂculo com todas as skills e muito dano por segundo caso vocĂȘ vĂĄ pra cima e ele tiver torres, stun, Q e muitos minions perto dele. / Espera ele ficar mal posicionado e tiver sem Zhonya's ou cronĂŽmetro, daĂ vocĂȘ ganha facilmente.â
TheRevenantsHand says âIf this guy is patient, he can be quite a bump in the road. Just like other "spawnable" ults, wait for him to use his first. But beware, good players will wait for your ult first.â
Split King says âThere is not much counter play for Shen in this lane. Do not fight him unless he is really bad. Focus on farming and staying alive. Rush Spectre's Cowl and Merc treads.â
JPlayah16 says âHe isn't a huge threat to your existence, but you'll never get a kill on him unless you get seriously fed elsewhere first. Don't engage him during the laning phase and play defensively. Watch out for his stun grenade when you run up to last hit minions.â
Valorkyrie Quinn says âHe has strong waveclear and poke. He is annoying especially after he builds Rylai's.
Tip: Beat him before 6. Destroy his turrets first. You can dodge his E with your E dash.
Bring Phase Rush and Nullifying Orb against him to avoid slow by Rylai's and his AP damage. If you are still struggling, you can consider buying Boots of Swiftness to negate slow.â
BeautifulWinter says âYou will lose this lane. If you play other champions do not play illaoi into Heimerdinger.
Post 6 only play agro if you land E and can flash ult on top of him.
If the heimerdinger is bad you might be able to kill him with Youmuu's however I recommend building whatever will help your team more in team fights.â
Big Belly Bop says âHe will be constantly pushing and ganks will be nearly impossible unless you have a jungler that can follow up and do damage. Ask for ganks and TRY to stay even in farm. Look for good ults across the map and roam mid if possible to gain a gold lead. You will out-scale him with items. Flash + TP, Corrupting Potion, Burst rune page.â
9690 says âHeimer is hard for us. Punishes us hard early game and isn't very easy to kill. Also difficult to gank. Build an early spectre's cowl in this lane and farm. Mordekaiser can be more useful in team fights so be patient. Heimer builds early zhonya's so he can also be tricky to kill inside of our R. Punish him before he finishes zhonya's post 6.â
3rr0rL says âHis spam of Q is very annoying. To win lane you need to wait the perfect moment to flash into him and kill him. If you lost a lot of farm and gave him couple kills, ask your jungler to help you.â
Loevely says âHe's somewhere between even and major in terms of threat. It can be an annoying ranged matchup, but you can play around it with Fleet.â
Defensivity1 says âBe carefull to not get poked down too much by heimerdinger, if at level 4 or 5 you have 30% health or lower just teleport back to lane afther basing and buy yourselve a null magic mantle, against heimerdinger the conqueror page is recommanded.â
mightydylan101 says âHeimer is a counter as hes ranged and his turrets do a lot of damage to you even early. His turrets can also CS for him and he scales bad.â
ThisIsJustSad says â1, Heimer is only annoying if he manages to setup his turrets. You need to always be ready to trade your hp bar to make sure he never gets a single turret up. Use auto-q on each turret and the E auto reset + crit to get rid of the turrets.
2. If Heimer doesn't have turrets, he auto loses.
3. Heimer will naturally push the wave due to the turrets he places down. Kill them, then freeze the wave, then run heimer down.
4. You don't need to w Heimer Stun, you just need to W Heimer to slow him down. You can use your q at max range to give you more wiggle room to dodge Heimer stun.â
NasusIsMyBoy says âHis little robot things are great at denying farm and poking whenever you get close, however you can stack them but you should watch out for the orb thing he throws as all of the others will target youâ
Nightblue33 says âTry To Damage his cannons because if he out of it he will be easier to kill him and also he is a bad counter just go E and the Q and E again â
Hamstertamer says âBoring. Just farm under tower for 10 minutes, and rush adaptive helm + merc treads so you can kick his ass later. Punish him with E if he tries to slowly chip at your tower.â
SummonedLight says âGood heimerdinger will just set up in lane and push slowly to your tower and tower dive with his turrets to out proxy you. Just go double proxy if that happens.â
HKRV says âDodge. Seriously you can't do much in his early game. Even bigger bully than Teemo. Ask the jungler to babysit. Be on the move always, as staying still here is more of a death sentence. â
Poppu says âBuild MR, Adaptive Helm, play with your team and snowball them instead. Heim will just hard push and deny CS, really annoying lane to deal with.â
Shady Zane says âHeimer ze crazy yordle.. Great, here we go again with this.
Anyways, playing against heimer can get quite difficult cause of his turrets. SO you have to think before you strike and try to avoid his E. (Can't give much advice even tho I've played as/vs him in top)â
Petethebossch says âJust farm under tower until Heimerdinger makes a mistake or gets ganked. If not you will be able to kill him level 11ish if you haven't fallen behind.â
Jnewbringspain says âOne of the hardest matchups. Don't try to solo fight him until late game. Ask for ganks in pregame as you will need them. His turrets make trading with him at close range impossible.â
Zestysquid says âDinger is bad news. He will not engage on you and will kick you under your turret. His turrets have more health than your boxes and don't expire, but they don't do as much damage. Try to get your protobelt fast to keep up with his pushing. Roam as much as you can afford to in order to get ahead.â
M2 Jizu says âJuega pasivo y espera al gank del jungla, necesitas saber jugar muy bien para que no se te complique este Matchup, si eres Platino 4+ me imagino que tienes una idea de como jugarle a Heimer y como matarlo siendo Shen, si eres Platino 4- juega pasivo y espera el gank de tu jungla. necesitarĂĄs sustain.â
Onwego317 says âAs a too hit Teemo Heimer can be a pain early. Make sure to get his turrets down as fast as you can. Knowing he will out cs you early lane phase is fine. BePatient and you will come out of the lane ahead on cs and the tower take down. Hurricane will change the lane once acquired for sure. Place plenty of wards around tribush and in the river. When Heimer backs to upgrade is when you take your stabs at the tower. It will be a slow lane as your jungler may be hesitant to gank due to his abilities and turrets. LVL 6 also changes the lane significantly in your favor.â
RainbowNova says âI literally haven't seen this guy all year besides in ARAM. I have no clue how he would fare against Tankmo, but I'd imagine that Tankmo could tank most damage with Adaptive Helm. â
DrMoneybags says âThis matchup is very annoying for any melee toplaner. Heimer is a burst mage that excels against low-range champs. His turrets cost very little mana and he can constantly shove you in if you don't have tiamat, which will let him poke you a ton.
Be careful when you engage on him with E, he can retaliate with his stun and that'll blast you with his turrets. Wait until he throws his stun grenade and then dive onto him. He gets enhanced movement speed around turrets, so landing your Q can be a bit tricky as well. Once he has Zhonyas it's pretty hard to beat him without a lot of MR since he can use his enlarged turret while he's in stasis to chunk you out. â
Qubert64 says âNot very common matchup. Haven't played him enough to really give any tips on fighting him. Probably just sit under turret with an adaptive helm.â
Zdenster says âYou don't get poked out. Take Arcane Comet. Don't fight him when all of his turrets are up. Use W to destroy them. Rush Sheen or Merc's Treads.â
Carlosm04 says âRei mendigo e suas torres, krai esse bixo me dar uma raiva, tenta pedir ajudar do jg ou bate algumas torrinhas pra ele ficar desvantagem , n seja atingido pelo E dele, se nao as torres vao dar o dano do caceteâ
nuken507 says âthis little dude can do a lot of damage at range, vi has a very short range meaning that he can eat half your health before you even touch himâ
SynergyXO says âYOu should never even try to kill him, if you do, you are playing it wrong. just dodge his stuns and rockets, and farm what you can.â
E61K says âStart Doran's Shield and take Second wind + Conqueror. Heimerdinger has always been frustrating to play against as an immobile melee champion. The best approach to this would be rushing Specter's Cowl and then destroying his Turrets with Q's or a quick AA+W and then all-inning him when he has little to no turrets placed. Stacked turrets into a grenade can easily chunk you so hard that you need to cower behind your turret or need to recall. Other than that if you can't cope with him his pushing nature opens him up for a nice gank. Just play it smart so you and your jungler don't get double killed.â
SwiftOblivion says âStrengths: Consistent damage from turrets, Hard to Dive, AP, CC. Weaknesses: Low Mobility, Squishy. He'll be trying to poke you down heavily early game so build a hexdrinker against this guy and after you gain a few levels start trying to remove his turrets to mitigate his potential damage output. You will eventually outscale him and deal enough damage to kill him in a 1v1 so play the waiting game and don't give him a huge lead. Once you have hexdrinker, you should be able to all in him once he is either low on mana or is on cooldowns. That is your chance to punish him and gain the lead that you need in the lane. Donât be surprised if you have to give up your tower early, thatâs just how the matchup can turn out a lot of the time.â
Sion says âPost level 6 you win any and all trades as long as you E his ulted turret away and/or dodge his stun. Play around E max 2nd cause it's mandatory in this matchup. You will outpush and outroam him post 6.â
shlemvem says âPlaying against a good heimerdinger with singed is one of the hardest things in matchups with singed. You can't engage, you can't farm, proxying is hard, etc.â
POTATOBEAVER says âYour kit cant really do much as Heimerdinger uses turrets mainly and not auto attacks, not much u can do before 6, try and get youur jg to early gankâ
Zahkar00 says âTake Glacial.
Honestly this is just a cancer lane. But he isnt hard to kill. Once you get negtron and sheen you can just run up and kill him if his minion wave isnt to big. But realistically he will be outpoking you so you may have to rely on your jng'erâ
Bakiraka says âReally not bad. Let him push you in and you'll outscale him pretty handily. Your barrels can also make short work of his turrets. Just forget about poking him.â
Trixelkour says âAlmost a tier 5 threat, but winnable if you can stay safe and juke his stuns in lane. Take exhaust and ignite if you want an easy early game kill. Runes are pretty wide for Heimer since a lot of them can be useful against him. Get plenty of MR and you can win anytime anywhere. â
E61K says âYasuo is probably Heimerdinger's greatest counter. Heimer is basically like Orianna except that it's mostly the turrets which make Heimer the champion he is. The thing is that you are resourceless and can one-shot his turrets with EQ at level 2 or just use them to gapclose. After you are on top of him you can either windwall his stun or dodge it with your E and then he will be helpless. â
undeadsoldiers says âLane Aproach: Farm safely, you can all in when he has no turrets.
Key CDs:R
Notes: You can easily 100-0 him with triforce, Q reset on turrets.â
Mouadyam says âboring lane, you will die if you try to kill him inside of his towers so just farm boringly and abide by this veery fun champion's rules, kill the little furry if he gets too close though, an early spectre's cowbl can help with his poke.â
Demon Lord AC0 says âTrying my best not to insult this guy... You can move around him and dodge or windwall his abilities pretty easily. But he still does a lot of damage when you least expect it. Against him you start Doran's Shield and rush Merc and PDâ
iam colorblind says âVery hard to play against.
You can't farm in early game and he poke's u very fast down.
Buy Hextrinker and try to cheese him!
Don't go on him in early game or you will be dead.â
FIux says âHeimerdinger makes using your E hard since he would have turrets awaiting you. In this case, you would want to use Q to destroy his turrets. Only use E to engage when he has his skills on cooldown and you are out of range from his turrets.â
CaioOP1985 says âHis turrets are annoying and hurt a lot earlier into the game, but they are also a juicy source of stacks for your Q, so enjoy it while watching out for missiles and grenades.â
Ashnard says âHeimer has a lot of damage and lane control due to his turrets, but you can easily kill them with 1q + auto when u get the chance. Be careful of his stun grenade, it will chunk you pretty hard if it hits in middle of his turrets.â
DERPFISHrejects says âYour Q can quite reliably kill turrets in the later stages of the game. He's still going to bully you early, but you can win trades if you can bait the grenade out or have taken down some of his turrets.â
Dacnomaniak says âThis lane is not gonna be fun. The Constant turret pressure means you cant really go in early. But an Adaptive Helmet and it will make your life a lot easier.â
IllIlllIIlI says âThis little fucking yordle manages to piss me off everytime, but still not an extremely difficult lane. You can often come out on top if you manage to out manouver his stun.â
Nechu2448 says âHe is annoying so much. Heimer can build sentries you can go past them or anything . you can try destroy but aslo heimer is danger , he throw at you grande and turrets start attacking you. To defet him you need jungler help
â
DuhBrandon says âI know this a top guide but you have no idea how many people I've seen go heimerdinger top lane and crush me. Trust me its not fun. There is a high chance you will be behind on farm. if the heimerdinger gets ahead it will be near impossible to catch up so your best bet is to all in when you can and abuse your shroud.â
galvapheonix says â Heimer isn't really played very much but if he is all you have to do is q the turrets and they die. Without his turrets he lacks any damage to kill you throughout the game.â
thedunkening111 says âThe 'you're not going to do anything' lane. What can I say. The good thing is you got tons of lock down, so ganking the guy isn't totally out of the question.
Take Aftershockâ
kagaroo says âđŽCOUNTER MATCHUPđŽ
Threat Scale: 9.5/10
âĄïž This matchup is extremely hard for Trundle, however it can become incredibly easy if the opponent makes mistakes of if your jungler comes to punish him. In isolation, it is one of the HARDEST matchups but because of jungle influence and the rarity of Heimerdinger, this matchup is fine in my humble opinion.
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âĄïžRule of thumb:âââ
Bad Heimer vs Bad Trundle âĄïž Heimer favouredâââââ
Average Heimer vs Average Trundle âĄïžHeimer favouredââ
Good heimer vs Good Trundle âĄïž Heimer stomps Trundle.â
AdeptDrax says âyeah this one's kinda hard, let your jg be the bait so he gets locked-on instead, heimer on his own is kinda weak, turrets are really busted thoâ
Bourne212 says âDon't jump on him unless his E is down or you dodge it, otherwise if he hits you with any part of his E with turrets around him;
He could burst you down and potentially kill you before you can fight back or even after your combo if you don't burst him.
Otherwise farm and wait for a jungle gank, he will almost certainly die as long as your Jungler has some cc and damage and he doesn't hit you both with E.â
CactEyez says âCompletely disgusting borderline unplayable but not many people play Heimer. Farm with Q or under tower. Only ever W onto him after landing Q for the almost guaranteed hit. Take phase rush and eat him away from his turrets. Cleanse instead of ghost is an option (untested)
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Start Items:
- D.Shield -> Dark Seal
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Tank Items:
- Force of Nature
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AP Items:
- Swifties -> Rocketbeltâ
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