Heimerdinger vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Heimerdinger
based on 1,131 Heimerdinger vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Heimerdinger vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown here show several critical Heimerdinger vs. Gwen counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gwen..
Heimerdinger normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Gwen. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Gwen
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Gwen?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when taking on Gwen, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes a good counter for Gwen.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher winrate than Gwen, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Gwenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Gwen matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter to Gwen. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger to counter Gwen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Gwen. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Gwen build include 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 Gwen than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 51.7% battling Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Gwen as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should equip 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 sets players used for Heimerdinger vs Gwen counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.
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