Blitzcrank vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Blitzcrank
based on 1,695 Blitzcrank vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Heimerdinger
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
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.
Blitzcrank vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some important Blitzcrank against Heimerdinger matchup stats that can help you understand the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, showing that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Heimerdinger. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually loses when taking on Heimerdinger, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Blitzcrank makes a bad counter to Heimerdinger.
While Blitzcrank does have a lower winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Blitzcrank also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Blitzcrank into Heimerdinger.
Additionally, Blitzcrank also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.
Blitzcrank is a garbage counter for Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Blitzcrank against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank on average gets a lot less CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Blitzcrank versus Heimerdinger build include Locket of the Iron Solari, Zeke's Convergence, and Bulwark of the Mountain. When Blitzcrank used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Heimerdinger than with most other typical builds. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average win rate of 47.8% battling Heimerdinger with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Heimerdinger as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Blitzcrank vs Heimerdinger LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.8% winrate overall.
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