Heimerdinger vs Hecarim
How to Beat Hecarim as Heimerdinger
based on 1,360 Heimerdinger vs Hecarim matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Hecarim Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Hecarim
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 Hecarim
Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.
Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.
Heimerdinger vs Hecarim Counter Stats
How to Counter Hecarim with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several important Heimerdinger versus Hecarim counter stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hecarim’s ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Hecarim..
Heimerdinger normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Hecarim. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Hecarim
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Hecarim?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when trying to fight Hecarim, with a 46.8% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes a poor counter for Hecarim.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate than Hecarim, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Heimerdinger into Hecarimas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hecarim. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Hecarim matchups, Hecarim is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Heimerdinger is a trash counter to Hecarim. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Hecarim.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Hecarim during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger most often accumulates much more CS relative to Hecarim. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Hecarim build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Hecarim than with many other typical builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 46.8% when playing against Hecarim with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Hecarim as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should equip 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 combinations players used for Heimerdinger vs Hecarim LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.8% winrate overall.
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