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.
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
The Heimerdinger Yasuo synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yasuo, 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 Yasuo. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Yasuo helps Heimerdinger perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Heimerdinger tries to synergize with Yasuo, he observes a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This difference could indicate that Yasuo supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Heimerdinger is played alongside Yasuo 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 with Yasuo.
Additionally, when Heimerdinger plays with Yasuo on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Yasuo does a decent job of covering Heimerdinger in team fights.
There is no one best champion pairing for Heimerdinger that will always be his best synergy. However, Yasuo is a pretty good teammate for Heimerdinger. By playing on the same team as Heimerdinger, he increases their win rate by 1.9% to 51.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Heimerdinger and Yasuo that results in them performing better together than alone.
Yasuo has a greater difficulty than Heimerdinger. That means you need to be cautious when finding Yasuo allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Working cooperatively, Heimerdinger players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by aligning Heimerdinger and Yasuo together, you will not be providing your team a lot of crowd control. Plan to include other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Yasuo teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to pair well with Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to use in your Heimerdinger and Yasuo synergy build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger used at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Yasuo than with most other common item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 51.5% when playing alongside Yasuo with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest 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. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Heimerdinger and Yasuo pairings, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.5% win rate overall.
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