Heimerdinger vs Nilah
How to Beat Nilah as Heimerdinger
based on 864 Heimerdinger vs Nilah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Nilah Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Nilah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Nilah
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.
Heimerdinger vs Nilah Counter Stats
How to Counter Nilah with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several influential Heimerdinger against Nilah counter stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nilah..
Heimerdinger usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Nilah. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Nilah
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Nilah?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when playing against Nilah, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a bad counter to Nilah.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate than Nilah, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Heimerdinger into Nilahas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash 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 Nilah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a terribly counter to Nilah. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Nilah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger to counter Nilah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Nilah. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Nilah build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Nilah than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 47.9% when countering Nilah with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Nilah as Heimerdinger, you 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 players used for Heimerdinger vs Nilah counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.
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