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.
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.
The Heimerdinger Corki synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Corki, 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 Corki. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Corki helps Heimerdinger perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Heimerdinger is paired with Corki, he sees a small increase in his complete damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Corki provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Heimerdinger is played together with Corki on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Corki.
Moreover, when Heimerdinger plays with Corki on the same side, he on average receives more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Corki does a poor job of covering Heimerdinger in team fights.
There is no top champion pairing for Heimerdinger that will no matter what be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Corki is a very bad ally for Heimerdinger. By playing on the same side as Heimerdinger, he drops their win rate by -3.7% to 45.9%. This proves that there is a terrible strategic relationship between Heimerdinger and Corki that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Corki has a lower difficulty than Heimerdinger. That means Heimerdinger players don't need to be cautious when finding Corki comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by grouping Heimerdinger and Corki together, you probably will not be granting your side much utility. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Corki ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
To truly master Heimerdinger to pair well with Corki during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to include in your Heimerdinger and Corki synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Corki than with most other common item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 45.9% when playing alongside Corki with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should use 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 combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.9% win rate overall.
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