Heimerdinger vs Ryze
How to Beat Ryze as Heimerdinger
based on 500 Heimerdinger vs Ryze matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Ryze Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Ryze Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ryze as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Ryze
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 Ryze
Ryze is especially dangerous to opponents that are marked with Flux.
Crowd controlling Ryze during Realm Warp's windup will cancel the portal.
Use Realm Warp's windup time to figure out how to deal with what may be coming out of the portal.
Heimerdinger vs Ryze Counter Stats
How to Counter Ryze with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some strategic Heimerdinger against Ryze counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ryze’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ryze..
Heimerdinger typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Ryze. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Ryze
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Ryze?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when taking on Ryze, with a 52.6% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes a good counter to Ryze.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate than Ryze, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Heimerdinger into Ryzeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ryze. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Ryze matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is an above average counter for Ryze. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Ryze.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Ryze during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger on average gets less CS relative to Ryze. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well 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 surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Ryze build consist of Liandry's Anguish, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Ryze than with most other common builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 52.6% when playing against Ryze with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Ryze 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 rune builds that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Ryze matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.6% win rate overall.
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