Heimerdinger vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Heimerdinger
based on 2,084 Heimerdinger vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Heimerdinger vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some important Heimerdinger against Shaco matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shaco’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Shaco..
Heimerdinger normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Shaco. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Shaco
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Shaco?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when facing off against Shaco, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter to Shaco.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate than Shaco, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Shacoas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shaco. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Shaco matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter to Shaco. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger in order to counter Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger often accumulates much more CS as Shaco. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Shaco build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Shaco than with most other typical builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 50.3% when playing against Shaco with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Shaco as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Heimerdinger vs Shaco battles, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.
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