Heimerdinger vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Heimerdinger
based on 2,732 Heimerdinger vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Hwei
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 Hwei
After Hwei paints a Torment spell he is vulnerable to being rushed down.
Hwei needs to predict your positioning and take time to cast, catch him by surprise.
Hwei's lightning is deadly but slow; it deals more damage when you are alone or unable to move.
Heimerdinger vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats provided here feature some vital Heimerdinger vs. Hwei counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hwei’s ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Hwei..
Heimerdinger normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Hwei. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Hwei
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Hwei?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when playing against Hwei, with a 54.0% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes a great counter to Hwei.
While Heimerdinger does have a much higher win rate than Hwei, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Heimerdinger into Hweias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hwei. This 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 Hwei matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a great counter for Hwei. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Hwei.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger to counter Hwei during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Hwei. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Hwei build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Hwei than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 54.0% when countering Hwei with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Hwei as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should equip 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 runes we have analyed for Heimerdinger vs Hwei battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.0% winrate overall.
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