Heimerdinger vs Gragas
How to Beat Gragas as Heimerdinger
based on 855 Heimerdinger vs Gragas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Gragas Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Gragas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Gragas
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 Gragas
Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.
Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.
Heimerdinger vs Gragas Counter Stats
How to Counter Gragas with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several valuable Heimerdinger against Gragas counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gragas..
Heimerdinger normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Gragas. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Gragas
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Gragas?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when facing off against Gragas, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes a good counter for Gragas.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher winrate compared to Gragas, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Gragasas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gragas. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Gragas matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter to Gragas. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Gragas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Gragas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Gragas. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Gragas build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Gragas than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 51.3% when countering Gragas with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Gragas 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 sets we have analyed for Heimerdinger vs Gragas counters, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.3% winrate overall.
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