Heimerdinger vs Fiddlesticks
How to Beat Fiddlesticks as Heimerdinger
based on 969 Heimerdinger vs Fiddlesticks matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Fiddlesticks Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Fiddlesticks Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Fiddlesticks as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Fiddlesticks
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.
Heimerdinger vs Fiddlesticks Counter Stats
How to Counter Fiddlesticks with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some important Heimerdinger versus Fiddlesticks counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Fiddlesticks’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Fiddlesticks..
Heimerdinger typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Fiddlesticks. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Fiddlesticks?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when playing against Fiddlesticks, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes a poor counter to Fiddlesticks.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower win rate compared to Fiddlesticks, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Fiddlesticksas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Fiddlesticks. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Fiddlesticks matchups, Fiddlesticks is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter for Fiddlesticks. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Fiddlesticks.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger to counter Fiddlesticks during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger usually gets much more CS as Fiddlesticks. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Fiddlesticks build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Fiddlesticks than with many other common item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when countering Fiddlesticks with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Fiddlesticks as Heimerdinger, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Heimerdinger vs Fiddlesticks clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.
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