Ziggs vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Ziggs
based on 1,017 Ziggs vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Ziggs Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Heimerdinger
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
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.
Ziggs vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Ziggs in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some significant Ziggs against Heimerdinger matchup statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. As an example, Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger..
Ziggs often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Heimerdinger. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ziggs and Heimerdinger
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Ziggs or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ziggs usually wins when trying to fight Heimerdinger, with a 51.1% win rate. As a result, Ziggs makes a good counter to Heimerdinger.
While Ziggs does have a higher winrate than Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Ziggs also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Ziggs into Heimerdinger.
Additionally, Ziggs has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Heimerdinger matchups, Ziggs is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Ziggs is a decent counter for Heimerdinger. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Ziggs against Heimerdinger.
Other Champion Matchups Against Ziggs
Additional Information for Ziggs Players
How We Calculated Our Ziggs vs Heimerdinger Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ziggs to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Ziggs versus Heimerdinger build include Void Staff, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Heimerdinger than with most other common builds. In fact, Ziggs had an average winrate of 51.1% when countering Heimerdinger with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Heimerdinger as Ziggs, Ziggs players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Ziggs vs Heimerdinger battles, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Heimerdinger as Ziggs are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.