Heimerdinger vs Wukong
How to Beat Wukong as Heimerdinger
based on 628 Heimerdinger vs Wukong matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Wukong Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Wukong Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Wukong as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Wukong
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 Wukong
Wukong becomes tougher to kill when surrounded by his enemies. Try to isolate him to gain an advantage.
Wukong will often use Decoy after Nimbus Strike. Try delaying your abilities by a short amount of time to ensure that you're hitting the real Wukong.
Heimerdinger vs Wukong Counter Stats
How to Counter Wukong with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown here feature some significant Heimerdinger vs. Wukong matchup statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Wukong’s ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Wukong..
Heimerdinger typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Wukong. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Wukong
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Wukong?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when taking on Wukong, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter for Wukong.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower win rate compared to Wukong, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Heimerdinger into Wukongas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Wukong. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Wukong matchups, Wukong is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter to Wukong. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Wukong.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Wukong during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger often picks up more CS relative to Wukong. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Wukong build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Wukong than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Wukong with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Wukong 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 rune builds we have analyed for Heimerdinger vs Wukong counters, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.
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