Heimerdinger vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Heimerdinger
based on 2,404 Heimerdinger vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Heimerdinger vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown here show several important Heimerdinger against Xerath matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xerath..
Heimerdinger normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Xerath. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Xerath
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Xerath?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when trying to fight Xerath, with a 46.8% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes a poor counter for Xerath.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate compared to Xerath, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Heimerdinger into Xerathas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Heimerdinger is a garbage counter to Xerath. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger to counter Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Xerath. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Xerath build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Heimerdinger combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Xerath than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 46.8% when playing against Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Xerath as Heimerdinger, you should take 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 runes players picked for Heimerdinger vs Xerath face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.8% winrate overall.
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