Heimerdinger vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Heimerdinger
based on 3,568 Heimerdinger vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Akali
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.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Heimerdinger vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several strategic Heimerdinger vs. Akali matchup stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Akali..
Heimerdinger usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Akali. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Akali
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Akali?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when trying to fight Akali, with a 51.1% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a good counter for Akali.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher winrate than Akali, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Heimerdinger into Akalias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Akali matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter to Akali. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into 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.
Heimerdinger usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Akali. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Akali build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Akali than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 51.1% when playing against Akali with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Akali as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Heimerdinger vs Akali battles, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.
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