Heimerdinger vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Heimerdinger
based on 865 Heimerdinger vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Heimerdinger vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some important Heimerdinger against Xayah matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xayah..
Heimerdinger usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Xayah
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Xayah?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when trying to fight Xayah, with a 53.9% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a great counter for Xayah.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher winrate than Xayah, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Heimerdinger into Xayahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Xayah 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 teammates during team fights.
Heimerdinger is a great counter for Xayah. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger to counter Xayah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Xayah. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Xayah build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Xayah than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 53.9% battling Xayah with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Xayah as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should take 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 runes players picked for Heimerdinger vs Xayah counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.9% winrate overall.
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