Heimerdinger vs Elise
How to Beat Elise as Heimerdinger
based on 354 Heimerdinger vs Elise matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Elise Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Elise Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Elise as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Elise
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 Elise
Rappel has a long cooldown. Elise is vulnerable after she has used it.
Elise's Spider Form is more dangerous when you are at low health, and her Human Form more potent when you are at high health.
Rappel will only move Elise straight up and down unless she can descend upon an enemy unit.
Heimerdinger vs Elise Counter Stats
How to Counter Elise with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several vital Heimerdinger against Elise matchup statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Elise’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Elise..
Heimerdinger normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Elise. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Elise
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Elise?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when trying to fight Elise, with a 53.4% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes a great counter for Elise.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher winrate than Elise, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Heimerdinger into Eliseas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Elise. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Elise matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a great counter to Elise. Make sure you focus your actions 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 Elise.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger to counter Elise during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger typically picks up much more CS compared to Elise. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Elise build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Elise than with many other common item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 53.4% battling Elise with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Elise 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 runes that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Elise LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.4% winrate overall.
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