Heimerdinger vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Heimerdinger
based on 2,159 Heimerdinger vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Graves
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 Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Heimerdinger vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several significant Heimerdinger against Graves matchup stats that can help you understand the differences between the two. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Graves..
Heimerdinger often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Graves. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Graves?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when taking on Graves, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter for Graves.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower win rate compared to Graves, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Heimerdinger into Gravesas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Graves. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter for Graves. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger to counter Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger typically picks up more CS relative to Graves. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Graves build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Graves than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 49.0% battling Graves with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Graves as Heimerdinger, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Graves matchups, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.
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