Heimerdinger vs Sylas
How to Beat Sylas as Heimerdinger
based on 1,738 Heimerdinger vs Sylas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Sylas Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Sylas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Sylas
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 Sylas
Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.
Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!
Heimerdinger vs Sylas Counter Stats
How to Counter Sylas with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some significant Heimerdinger versus Sylas matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences between these two champs. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sylas..
Heimerdinger typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Sylas. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Sylas
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Sylas?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when playing against Sylas, with a 52.0% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a good counter to Sylas.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate compared to Sylas, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Heimerdinger into Sylasas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Sylas matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter for Sylas. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Sylas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger to counter Sylas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Sylas. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Sylas build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Void Staff, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Sylas than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 52.0% battling Sylas with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Sylas 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 sets we have analyed for Heimerdinger vs Sylas face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.0% win rate overall.
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