Heimerdinger vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Heimerdinger
based on 646 Heimerdinger vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Braum as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Braum
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 Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Heimerdinger vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several significant Heimerdinger against Braum matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Braum’s ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Braum. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Heimerdinger usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Braum. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Braum
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Braum?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when facing off against Braum, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a good counter to Braum.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher winrate compared to Braum, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Braumas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Braum. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Braum matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter for Braum. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Braum.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger to counter Braum during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger usually picks up much more CS compared to Braum. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Braum build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Braum than with many other common item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 51.5% battling Braum with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Braum as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Heimerdinger vs Braum counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.5% win rate overall.
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