Ahri vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Ahri
based on 1,806 Ahri vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ahri vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Ahri vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Ahri
Tips for Playing as Ahri against Heimerdinger
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
Advice to Win Against Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Ahri vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Ahri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some significant Ahri vs. Heimerdinger matchup statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger..
Ahri normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ahri and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Ahri or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ahri usually loses when facing off against Heimerdinger, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Ahri makes a bad counter for Heimerdinger.
While Ahri does have a lower win rate compared to Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Ahri also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ahri into Heimerdinger.
Moreover, Ahri has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Ahri is a somewhat poor counter for Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ahri against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ahri to counter Heimerdinger during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ahri usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Ahri versus Heimerdinger build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ahri bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs Heimerdinger than with most other common builds. In fact, Ahri had an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Heimerdinger with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Heimerdinger as Ahri, Ahri players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Ahri vs Heimerdinger counters, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.4% winrate overall.
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