Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
The Corki Heimerdinger synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Heimerdinger, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Corki sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Heimerdinger. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Heimerdinger helps Corki perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Corki is paired with Heimerdinger, he observes a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Heimerdinger does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Corki is played together with Heimerdinger on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Heimerdinger.
Additionally, when Corki plays with Heimerdinger on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Heimerdinger does a poor job of covering Corki in teamfights.
There is no one best companion for Corki that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, Heimerdinger is a below average ally for Corki. By locking into the same team as Corki, he drops their win rate by -2.2% to 45.9%. This proves that there is a harmful synergy between Corki and Heimerdinger that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Heimerdinger has a greater difficulty than Corki. That means you should be cautious when enlisting Heimerdinger teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.
When playing alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by pairing Corki and Heimerdinger together, you will not be giving your other teammates a great deal of utility. Plan to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Heimerdinger teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
To truly master Corki in order to synergize with Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to include in your Corki and Heimerdinger synergy build include Muramana, Malignance, and Eclipse. When Corki incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Heimerdinger than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Corki had an average win rate of 45.9% when playing alongside Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, Corki players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.9% win rate overall.
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