Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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 stat comparisons shown here feature some important Warwick against Heimerdinger counter stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between this set of champions. Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Heimerdinger..
Warwick usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Warwick usually loses when trying to fight Heimerdinger, with a 47.1% win rate. Thus, Warwick makes a bad counter to Heimerdinger.
While Warwick does have a lower win rate compared to Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Warwick also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Warwick into Heimerdinger.
Furthermore, Warwick also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Warwick 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 teammates during teamfights.
Warwick is a trash counter to Heimerdinger. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Warwick against Heimerdinger.
To truly master Warwick in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick typically racks up less CS as Heimerdinger. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Warwick versus Heimerdinger build include Blade of The Ruined King, Titanic Hydra, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Warwick bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Heimerdinger than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Warwick had an average winrate of 47.1% battling Heimerdinger with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Heimerdinger as Warwick, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Warwick vs Heimerdinger battles, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Heimerdinger as Warwick are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.