Caitlyn vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Caitlyn
based on 6,030 Caitlyn vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Heimerdinger
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some valuable Caitlyn vs. Heimerdinger counter stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger..
Caitlyn normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when playing against Heimerdinger, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Heimerdinger.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate than Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Heimerdinger.
Additionally, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter for Heimerdinger. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Heimerdinger. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Caitlyn versus Heimerdinger build include Infinity Edge, Stormrazor, and The Collector. When Caitlyn incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better versus Heimerdinger than with most other common item sets. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when countering Heimerdinger with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Heimerdinger as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Caitlyn vs Heimerdinger counters, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.2% win rate overall.
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