Heimerdinger vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Heimerdinger
based on 2,403 Heimerdinger vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Blitzcrank
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.
Advice to Win Against Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Heimerdinger vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some valuable Heimerdinger vs. Blitzcrank matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Blitzcrank..
Heimerdinger often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Blitzcrank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Blitzcrank?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when playing against Blitzcrank, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter to Blitzcrank.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate than Blitzcrank, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Blitzcrankas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Blitzcrank matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a similar 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 Blitzcrank. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger to counter Blitzcrank during both the lane 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 mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger most often picks up much more CS as Blitzcrank. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Blitzcrank build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Blitzcrank than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when playing against Blitzcrank with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Blitzcrank 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 sets we have analyed for Heimerdinger vs Blitzcrank counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
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