Heimerdinger vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Heimerdinger
based on 2,665 Heimerdinger vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Samira Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Samira Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Samira as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Samira
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 Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some influential Heimerdinger vs. Samira matchup stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Samira’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Samira..
Heimerdinger often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Samira. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Samira
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Samira?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when facing off against Samira, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter to Samira.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate compared to Samira, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to learn. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Samiraas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Samira. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Samira matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter to Samira. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Samira.
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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 Samira during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Samira. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Samira build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Samira than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Samira with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Samira as Heimerdinger, you 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 builds we have analyed for Heimerdinger vs Samira counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.
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