Akali vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Akali
based on 3,568 Akali vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Heimerdinger
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
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.
Akali vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several strategic Akali vs. Heimerdinger counter statistics that can help us realize the differences between this set of champions. Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Heimerdinger. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Akali normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Akali or Heimerdinger?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akali usually loses when trying to fight Heimerdinger, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Akali makes a bad counter for Heimerdinger.
While Akali does have a lower winrate than Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Akali into Heimerdingeras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Akali is a somewhat poor counter for Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Akali against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Heimerdinger. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Akali versus Heimerdinger build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Akali used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Heimerdinger than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when countering Heimerdinger with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Heimerdinger as Akali, Akali players should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Akali vs Heimerdinger counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.9% winrate overall.
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