Hecarim vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Hecarim
based on 1,360 Hecarim vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Heimerdinger
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
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.
Hecarim vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Hecarim in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several vital Hecarim versus Heimerdinger counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the pair. Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, showing that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger..
Hecarim often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Heimerdinger. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Hecarim and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Heimerdinger?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Hecarim usually wins when trying to fight Heimerdinger, with a 53.2% win rate. As a result, Hecarim makes a great counter for Heimerdinger.
While Hecarim does have a higher winrate than Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Hecarim also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Hecarim into Heimerdinger.
Furthermore, Hecarim has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Heimerdinger matchups, Hecarim is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Hecarim is a great counter to Heimerdinger. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Hecarim against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim to counter Heimerdinger during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim typically racks up a lot less CS as Heimerdinger. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Hecarim versus Heimerdinger build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Spear of Shojin. When Hecarim combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Heimerdinger than with many other common item sets. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average winrate of 53.2% battling Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Heimerdinger as Hecarim, Hecarim players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Hecarim vs Heimerdinger matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.2% win rate overall.
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