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.
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
The Heimerdinger Ziggs synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ziggs, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ziggs. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Ziggs helps Heimerdinger perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Heimerdinger is an ally to Ziggs, he observes a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Ziggs doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Heimerdinger is played alongside Ziggs on the same side, 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 alongside Ziggs.
Moreover, when Heimerdinger plays with Ziggs on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Ziggs does a poor job of protecting Heimerdinger during teamfights.
There is no one best ally for Heimerdinger that will always be his ideal synergy. However, Ziggs is a not very good companion for Heimerdinger. By locking into the same side as Heimerdinger, he decreases their win rate by -3.0% to 46.6%. This signals that there is a negative bond between Heimerdinger and Ziggs that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Ziggs has a much lower diffuclty than Heimerdinger. That means Heimerdinger players don't need to be very careful when arranging Ziggs teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by aligning Heimerdinger and Ziggs together, you will not be giving your side a lot of AD. Plan to have other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Ziggs teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger in order to work well with Ziggs during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger and Ziggs synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Heimerdinger used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Ziggs than with most other common item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 46.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Ziggs with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, you 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 builds players used for Heimerdinger and Ziggs pairings, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.6% winrate overall.
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