Heimerdinger vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Heimerdinger
based on 888 Heimerdinger vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Sivir
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 Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Heimerdinger vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several strategic Heimerdinger vs. Sivir matchup stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sivir’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sivir..
Heimerdinger often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Sivir. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Sivir
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Sivir?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when trying to fight Sivir, with a 54.7% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes a great counter for Sivir.
While Heimerdinger does have a much higher winrate compared to Sivir, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Heimerdinger into Siviras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sivir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Sivir matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a great counter for Sivir. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Sivir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger to counter Sivir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Sivir. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Sivir build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Sivir than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 54.7% battling Sivir with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Sivir as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should use 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 picked for Heimerdinger vs Sivir battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.7% win rate overall.
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