Rek'Sai vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Rek'Sai
based on 270 Rek'Sai vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Heimerdinger
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some strategic Rek'Sai versus Heimerdinger matchup stats that may help you understand the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Heimerdinger..
Rek'Sai normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Heimerdinger. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Heimerdinger?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when taking on Heimerdinger, with a 43.3% win rate. Thus, Rek'Sai makes a poor counter to Heimerdinger.
While Rek'Sai does have a much lower win rate compared to Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Rek'Sai into Heimerdinger.
Moreover, Rek'Sai also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Rek'Sai is a trash counter to Heimerdinger. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Rek'Sai against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Rek'Sai to counter Heimerdinger during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai most often gets a lot less CS as Heimerdinger. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, 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 require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Rek'Sai versus Heimerdinger build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Heimerdinger than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average winrate of 43.3% when countering Heimerdinger with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Heimerdinger as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Rek'Sai vs Heimerdinger LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 43.3% winrate overall.
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