Heimerdinger vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Heimerdinger
based on 1,464 Heimerdinger vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Heimerdinger vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several critical Heimerdinger vs. Nami matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nami..
Heimerdinger usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Nami. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Nami
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Nami?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when playing against Nami, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter to Nami.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower win rate than Nami, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Namias his relative depth means that 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 Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champ 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 Nami. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger on average picks up much more CS as Nami. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Nami build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Nami than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 49.4% when countering Nami with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Nami as Heimerdinger, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Nami battles, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.4% winrate overall.
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