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How to Win Heimerdinger vs Warwick Counter MatchupHeimerdinger is in the b tier of champions

Heimerdinger vs Warwick

How to Beat Warwick as Heimerdinger in LoLHeimerdinger is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Warwick as Heimerdinger

based on 2,763 Heimerdinger vs Warwick matchups
Win Rate
52.9 %
K/D/A
1.98
Pick Rate
4.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League matches each week. In our data, Heimerdinger battled Warwick in 2763 matches. Using so many games with Heimerdinger vs Warwick provides us a lot of faith in our ability to produce enlightening data and a recommended build to shatter your enemy. This champion pairing is relatively uncommon. Heimerdinger is forced to battle against Warwick in only 4.8% of his games.

Heimerdinger vs Warwick Matchup Summary

Heimerdinger has done a good job of countering Warwick. Normally, he wins a whopping 52.9% of matches the champions oppose one another in. In Heimerdinger against Warwick rounds, Heimerdinger’s team is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Warwick.

Best Heimerdinger vs Warwick Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Heimerdinger Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterVoid StaffLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameMorellonomiconZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Heimerdinger to level upq
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Second ability for Heimerdinger to level upw
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Last skill for Heimerdinger to max oute

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandAbsolute FocusScorch
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Heimerdinger's passive ability p
Heimerdinger's q ability q
Heimerdinger's w ability w
Heimerdinger's e ability e
Heimerdinger's ultimate ability r
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E
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Guide to Countering Warwick as Heimerdinger

Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Warwick

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 Warwick

Warwick's attacks heal him at low health. Save your disables to finish him off.

Warwick's ultimate cast range scales with his Move Speed.

Warwick is empowered versus low health enemies. Manage your health to keep him at bay.

Heimerdinger vs Warwick Counter Stats

Heimerdinger Image
Win Rate
52.9 %
VS
Win Rate
47.1 %
Warwick Image
5.1
< Kills >
7.2
6.3
< Deaths >
7.2
7.4
< Assists >
6.6
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.68
132
< Minions Killed >
49
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
1.26
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.34
868
< Physical Damage >
7,154
24,552
< Magic Damage >
8,763
702
< True Damage >
792
26,123
< Damage Dealt >
16,709
19,915
< Damage Taken >
41,246
10,928
< Gold Earned >
11,530
2.08
< Towers >
1.19
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.26
2,023
< Total Healing >
22,247
13,611
< Experience >
13,263
26
< Vision Score >
19
12
< Wards Placed >
6
267
< Time Dealing CC >
336

How to Counter Warwick with Heimerdinger in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several important Heimerdinger vs. Warwick matchup statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Warwick’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Warwick..

Heimerdinger often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Warwick. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Heimerdinger and Warwick

Damage Types Compared

Heimerdinger
Warwick
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Heimerdinger
Warwick

Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Warwick?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when taking on Warwick, with a 52.9% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes a good counter for Warwick.

While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate compared to Warwick, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Heimerdinger into Warwickas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Heimerdinger has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Warwick. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Warwick matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Heimerdinger is an above average counter for Warwick. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Warwick.

Additional Information for Heimerdinger Players

How We Calculated Our Heimerdinger vs Warwick Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Warwick as Heimerdinger, we analyzed 2,763 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Warwick as Heimerdinger comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger in order to counter Warwick during both the lane 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 should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Heimerdinger most often racks up more CS as Warwick. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Warwick build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Void Staff, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Warwick than with most other common builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 52.9% when playing against Warwick with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Warwick as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Heimerdinger vs Warwick LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.9% win rate overall.

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