Heimerdinger vs Viego
How to Beat Viego as Heimerdinger
based on 2,128 Heimerdinger vs Viego matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Viego Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Viego Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viego as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Viego
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 Viego Counter Stats
How to Counter Viego with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some strategic Heimerdinger against Viego matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Viego’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Viego..
Heimerdinger usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Viego. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Viego
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Viego?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when facing off against Viego, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter to Viego.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower win rate compared to Viego, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Heimerdinger into Viegoas 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 Viego. 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 in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Viego matchups, Viego is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter to Viego. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Viego.
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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 Viego during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger on average gets much more CS relative to Viego. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Viego build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Viego than with many other common builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 49.9% when countering Viego with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Viego 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 builds players used for Heimerdinger vs Viego matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.9% win rate overall.
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