Heimerdinger vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Heimerdinger
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Heimerdinger vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Heimerdinger vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some vital Heimerdinger against Zilean matchup stats that can help you explain the differences between these two champions. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zilean..
Heimerdinger usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Zilean
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Zilean?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when playing against Zilean, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter to Zilean.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher winrate compared to Zilean, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Zileanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Zilean matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter to Zilean. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger usually racks up more CS as Zilean. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Zilean build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Zilean than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 50.9% when countering Zilean with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Zilean as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Heimerdinger vs Zilean LoL games, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.9% winrate overall.
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