Heimerdinger vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Heimerdinger
based on 579 Heimerdinger vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Heimerdinger vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some critical Heimerdinger vs. Taliyah matchup statistics that can help you explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Taliyah..
Heimerdinger usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Taliyah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Taliyah?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when playing against Taliyah, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter for Taliyah.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower win rate compared to Taliyah, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Heimerdinger into Taliyahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter for Taliyah. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger to counter Taliyah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Taliyah. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Taliyah build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Taliyah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 49.9% when countering Taliyah with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Taliyah as Heimerdinger, you 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 builds that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Taliyah counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.9% winrate overall.
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