Heimerdinger vs Kai'Sa
How to Beat Kai'Sa as Heimerdinger
based on 2,327 Heimerdinger vs Kai'Sa matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Kai'Sa Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Kai'Sa
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 Kai'Sa
Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.
Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.
Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.
Heimerdinger vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats
How to Counter Kai'Sa with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Heimerdinger against Kai'Sa counter stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kai'Sa’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kai'Sa..
Heimerdinger often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kai'Sa. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Kai'Sa
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Kai'Sa?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when taking on Kai'Sa, with a 53.7% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a great counter to Kai'Sa.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate than Kai'Sa, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Heimerdinger into Kai'Saas his relative depth means that 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 Kai'Sa. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Kai'Sa matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a great counter for Kai'Sa. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Kai'Sa.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Kai'Sa during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Kai'Sa. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Kai'Sa build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Kai'Sa than with many other typical builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 53.7% when playing against Kai'Sa with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Kai'Sa as Heimerdinger, you 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 runes that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Kai'Sa counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.7% win rate overall.
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