Orianna vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Orianna
based on 821 Orianna vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Heimerdinger
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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.
Orianna vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Orianna in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several influential Orianna vs. Heimerdinger counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger..
Orianna normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Orianna and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Orianna or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Orianna usually fairs equally well when playing against Heimerdinger, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Orianna makes an ok counter to Heimerdinger.
While Orianna does have a higher winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Orianna also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Orianna into Heimerdingeras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Orianna has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Heimerdinger matchups, Orianna is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Orianna is a decent counter to Heimerdinger. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Orianna against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Orianna in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Orianna versus Heimerdinger build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs. Heimerdinger than with many other common builds. In fact, Orianna had an average winrate of 50.5% when countering Heimerdinger with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Heimerdinger as Orianna, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Orianna vs Heimerdinger clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.
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