Heimerdinger vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Heimerdinger
based on 1,479 Heimerdinger vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Galio as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Galio
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 Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Heimerdinger vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats provided here show some critical Heimerdinger vs. Galio counter stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Galio’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Galio..
Heimerdinger normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Galio. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Galio
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Galio?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when trying to fight Galio, with a 46.7% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a poor counter to Galio.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower win rate compared to Galio, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Heimerdinger into Galioas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Galio. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a bad counter to Galio. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Galio.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Galio during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Galio. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Galio build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Galio than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 46.7% when playing against Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Galio as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should take 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 runes players chose for Heimerdinger vs Galio counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.7% win rate overall.
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