Heimerdinger vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Heimerdinger
based on 3,345 Heimerdinger vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Nocturne
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 Nocturne
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
Heimerdinger vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some influential Heimerdinger versus Nocturne matchup stats that may help us explain the differences between the two. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nocturne..
Heimerdinger normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Nocturne. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Nocturne?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when playing against Nocturne, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a bad counter to Nocturne.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower win rate than Nocturne, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Heimerdinger into Nocturneas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a garbage counter for Nocturne. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Nocturne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger often picks up much more CS relative to Nocturne. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Nocturne build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Nocturne than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 47.2% when countering Nocturne with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Nocturne as Heimerdinger, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Heimerdinger vs Nocturne counters, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nocturne as Heimerdinger are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.