Aphelios vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Aphelios
based on 1,285 Aphelios vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Heimerdinger
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Aphelios vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some significant Aphelios against Heimerdinger counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger..
Aphelios often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually loses when facing off against Heimerdinger, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Aphelios makes a poor counter to Heimerdinger.
While Aphelios does have a lower winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Aphelios into Heimerdingeras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Aphelios also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter for Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to counter Heimerdinger during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Heimerdinger. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Aphelios versus Heimerdinger build consist of Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Aphelios included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Heimerdinger than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Aphelios had an average winrate of 48.7% when countering Heimerdinger with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Heimerdinger as Aphelios, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Aphelios vs Heimerdinger LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.7% winrate overall.
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