Xerath with Heimerdinger
How to Synergize Xerath and Heimerdinger
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Xerath Heimerdinger Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Heimerdinger
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Advice to Understand How Heimerdinger Will Play
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.
Xerath Heimerdinger Synergy Stats
How to Play with Heimerdinger as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Heimerdinger synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Heimerdinger, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Heimerdinger. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Heimerdinger helps Xerath perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath is an ally to Heimerdinger, he observes a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Heimerdinger does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Heimerdinger on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Heimerdinger.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Heimerdinger on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Heimerdinger does a poor job of covering Xerath in team fights.
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Heimerdinger?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Xerath that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, overall, Heimerdinger is a good teammate for Xerath. By being on the same team as Xerath, he raises their win rate by 1.6% to 52.2%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Xerath and Heimerdinger that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Heimerdinger has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be very careful when arranging Heimerdinger allies to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Xerath players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by aligning Xerath and Heimerdinger together, you will not be giving your side enough attack damage. Make sure to include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Heimerdinger ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Xerath to pair well with Heimerdinger during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to focus on in your Xerath and Heimerdinger synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Heimerdinger than with many other common item sets. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 52.2% helping carry Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.2% winrate overall.
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