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.
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
The Heimerdinger Aatrox synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aatrox, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Heimerdinger sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aatrox. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Aatrox helps Heimerdinger perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Heimerdinger is paired with Aatrox, he observes a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This change could indicate that Aatrox does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Heimerdinger is played with Aatrox on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Aatrox.
Additionally, when Heimerdinger plays with Aatrox on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Aatrox does a decent job of covering Heimerdinger during team fights.
There is no ideal ally for Heimerdinger that will always be his best teammate. However, Aatrox is a very typical companion for Heimerdinger. By being on the same side as Heimerdinger, he raises their win rate by 0.9% to 50.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Heimerdinger and Aatrox that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Aatrox has a much lower diffuclty than Heimerdinger. That means Heimerdinger players don't need to be careful when arranging Aatrox teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Combined, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by pairing Heimerdinger and Aatrox together, you may not be granting your team much utility. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Aatrox ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to work well with Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to build first in your Heimerdinger and Aatrox synergy build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Aatrox than with most other typical builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Aatrox with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Heimerdinger players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Heimerdinger and Aatrox pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Aatrox with Heimerdinger are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.