Heimerdinger vs Vayne
How to Beat Vayne as Heimerdinger
based on 3,010 Heimerdinger vs Vayne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Vayne Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Vayne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vayne as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Vayne
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 Vayne
Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.
Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Heimerdinger vs Vayne Counter Stats
How to Counter Vayne with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several strategic Heimerdinger versus Vayne counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vayne’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vayne..
Heimerdinger usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Vayne. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Vayne
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Vayne?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vayne, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter to Vayne.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower win rate compared to Vayne, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Vayneas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vayne. 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 Vayne matchups, Vayne is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter to Vayne. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Vayne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger to counter Vayne during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Vayne. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Vayne build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Vayne than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 49.4% battling Vayne with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Vayne 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 combinations we have analyed for Heimerdinger vs Vayne face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.4% win rate overall.
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