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 Heimerdinger Volibear synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Volibear, 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 Volibear. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Volibear helps Heimerdinger perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Heimerdinger tries to synergize with Volibear, he observes a small increase in his complete damage output. This difference could signal that Volibear helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Heimerdinger is played together with Volibear on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Volibear.
Moreover, when Heimerdinger plays with Volibear on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Volibear does a poor job of covering Heimerdinger in team fights.
There is no one best ally for Heimerdinger that will 100% of the time be his best ally. However, Volibear is a not very good companion for Heimerdinger. By being on the same side as Heimerdinger, he decreases their win rate by -2.1% to 47.5%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Heimerdinger and Volibear that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Volibear has a much lower diffuclty than Heimerdinger. That means Heimerdinger players don't need to be careful when arranging Volibear teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. When paired, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by pairing Heimerdinger and Volibear together, you probably will not be giving your side enough AD. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that fills this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Volibear ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
To learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger in order to pair well with Volibear during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to build first in your Heimerdinger and Volibear synergy build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger included at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Volibear than with most other common builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 47.5% helping carry Volibear with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.5% win rate overall.
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