Heimerdinger vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Heimerdinger
based on 6,188 Heimerdinger vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Heimerdinger vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several critical Heimerdinger against Jhin matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jhin..
Heimerdinger usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jhin. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Jhin
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Jhin?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when taking on Jhin, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a bad counter for Jhin.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate compared to Jhin, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Heimerdinger into Jhinas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a garbage counter for Jhin. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Jhin during both the lane 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 presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Jhin. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Jhin 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 significantly better when fighting Jhin than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 47.8% when playing against Jhin with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Jhin as Heimerdinger, you should use 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 sets players used for Heimerdinger vs Jhin counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.8% winrate overall.
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