Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
Ashe has very few defensive options, and she's a good target to gank.
Be wary of moving around the map alone if Ashe has not recently cast her Enchanted Crystal Arrow.
The stats provided here emphasize several important Heimerdinger against Ashe matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between the two. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ashe’s ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ashe..
Heimerdinger usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Ashe. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when facing off against Ashe, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes a good counter for Ashe.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate than Ashe, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Asheas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ashe. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Ashe matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter to Ashe. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Ashe.
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Ashe during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Ashe. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Ashe build include Banshee's Veil, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Ashe than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when playing against Ashe with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Ashe as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Heimerdinger vs Ashe matchups, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.
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