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.
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
The Heimerdinger Vi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vi, 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 Vi. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Vi helps Heimerdinger perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Heimerdinger is an ally to Vi, he gets a small increase in his full damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Vi provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Heimerdinger is played alongside Vi 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 synergisticly with Vi.
Additionally, when Heimerdinger plays with Vi on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Vi does a poor job of covering Heimerdinger in team fights.
There is no perfect synergy for Heimerdinger that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, Vi is a fantastic companion for Heimerdinger. By playing on the same team as Heimerdinger, she raises their win rate by 4.8% to 54.4%. This proves that there is an important strategic relationship between Heimerdinger and Vi that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Vi has a much lower diffuclty than Heimerdinger. That means Heimerdinger players don't need to be very careful when finding Vi allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Working alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by grouping Heimerdinger and Vi together, you may not be granting your other teammates a lot of utility. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Vi ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to pair well with Vi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to include in your Heimerdinger and Vi synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger included at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Vi than with most other common item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 54.4% helping carry Vi with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, Heimerdinger players should take 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 this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.4% winrate overall.
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