Heimerdinger vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Heimerdinger
based on 1,871 Heimerdinger vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Darius
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 Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Heimerdinger vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some significant Heimerdinger against Darius matchup stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champs. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Darius’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Darius..
Heimerdinger usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Darius. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Darius
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Darius?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when trying to fight Darius, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes a good counter for Darius.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher winrate than Darius, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Dariusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Darius. 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 one best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Darius matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter for Darius. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger to counter Darius during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Darius. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Darius build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Morellonomicon, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Darius than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 51.3% battling Darius with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Darius as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Darius counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.3% winrate overall.
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