Heimerdinger vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Heimerdinger
based on 2,255 Heimerdinger vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Heimerdinger vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some strategic Heimerdinger vs. Varus matchup stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Varus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Varus..
Heimerdinger usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Varus
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Varus?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when facing off against Varus, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes a good counter for Varus.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher winrate compared to Varus, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Heimerdinger into Varusas 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Varus matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger to counter Varus 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 mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Varus. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Varus build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Morellonomicon, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Varus than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 51.2% when playing against Varus with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Varus as Heimerdinger, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Heimerdinger vs Varus face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.2% win rate overall.
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