Heimerdinger vs Draven
How to Beat Draven as Heimerdinger
based on 1,696 Heimerdinger vs Draven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Draven Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Draven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Draven as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Draven
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 Draven
Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.
Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.
Heimerdinger vs Draven Counter Stats
How to Counter Draven with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some strategic Heimerdinger vs. Draven matchup statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Draven’s ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Draven..
Heimerdinger usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Draven. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Draven
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Draven?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when playing against Draven, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes a bad counter for Draven.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate than Draven, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Dravenas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Draven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Draven matchups, Draven is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter for Draven. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Draven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Draven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Draven. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Draven build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Draven than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 48.8% battling Draven with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Draven 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. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Draven fights, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.
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