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.
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some strategic Heimerdinger versus Yone matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yone’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Yone..
Heimerdinger normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Yone. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when facing off against Yone, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter for Yone.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate than Yone, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Yoneas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yone. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Yone matchups, Yone is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter to Yone. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Yone.
To truly master Heimerdinger to counter Yone during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Yone. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Yone build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Yone than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 49.4% when countering Yone with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Yone as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players 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 rune builds that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Yone face-offs, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
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