Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!
Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!
Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
The stats shown here show several valuable Ivern against Heimerdinger counter statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Ivern’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ivern may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Ivern usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ivern usually loses when taking on Heimerdinger, with a 47.1% win rate. Therefore, Ivern makes a bad counter to Heimerdinger.
While Ivern does have a lower winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Ivern also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ivern into Heimerdingeras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ivern has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Ivern vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Ivern is a trash counter for Heimerdinger. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ivern against Heimerdinger.
To truly master Ivern to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ivern on average gets a lot less CS as Heimerdinger. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Ivern versus Heimerdinger build include Redemption, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Ivern bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Heimerdinger than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ivern had an average win rate of 47.1% when playing against Heimerdinger with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Heimerdinger as Ivern, Ivern players should use the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Ivern vs Heimerdinger counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Heimerdinger as Ivern are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.