Heimerdinger vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Heimerdinger
based on 6,030 Heimerdinger vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Caitlyn Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Heimerdinger Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Heimerdinger vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some strategic Heimerdinger vs. Caitlyn matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Caitlyn..
Heimerdinger typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Caitlyn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Caitlyn
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Caitlyn?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Caitlyn, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter for Caitlyn.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate than Caitlyn, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Caitlynas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Caitlyn matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter to Caitlyn. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Caitlyn.
Other Champion Matchups Against Heimerdinger
Additional Information for Heimerdinger Players
How We Calculated Our Heimerdinger vs Caitlyn Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Caitlyn. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Caitlyn build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Caitlyn than with most other common item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 50.8% when countering Caitlyn with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Caitlyn as Heimerdinger, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Caitlyn face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.8% winrate overall.
If you want to view Heimerdinger versus Caitlyn tips and counter builds for a a particular skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and strategies given are computed using every game played with both champions.