Naafiri vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Naafiri
based on 804 Naafiri vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Heimerdinger
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Advice to Win Against Heimerdinger
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.
Naafiri vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some influential Naafiri versus Heimerdinger matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the pair. Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Heimerdinger. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Naafiri typically has a much larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Heimerdinger. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Naafiri and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Heimerdinger?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually loses when facing off against Heimerdinger, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes a poor counter to Heimerdinger.
While Naafiri does have a lower winrate than Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Heimerdinger.
Moreover, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Naafiri is a somewhat poor counter for Heimerdinger. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Naafiri 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 mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Heimerdinger. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Naafiri versus Heimerdinger build include Edge of Night, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Naafiri used at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better against Heimerdinger than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average winrate of 48.5% when countering Heimerdinger with these items in their kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Heimerdinger as Naafiri, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Naafiri vs Heimerdinger face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.
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