Heimerdinger vs Qiyana
How to Beat Qiyana as Heimerdinger
based on 669 Heimerdinger vs Qiyana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Qiyana Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Qiyana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Qiyana as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Qiyana
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 Qiyana Counter Stats
How to Counter Qiyana with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several vital Heimerdinger against Qiyana counter stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Qiyana’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Qiyana..
Heimerdinger often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Qiyana. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Qiyana
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Qiyana?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when playing against Qiyana, with a 51.1% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a good counter to Qiyana.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate compared to Qiyana, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Heimerdinger into Qiyanaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Qiyana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Qiyana matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter to Qiyana. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Qiyana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger in order to counter Qiyana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Qiyana. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Qiyana build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Qiyana than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 51.1% when countering Qiyana with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Qiyana as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should take 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 sets players picked for Heimerdinger vs Qiyana face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.
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