Heimerdinger vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Heimerdinger
based on 709 Heimerdinger vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Heimerdinger vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some influential Heimerdinger against Viktor counter statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Viktor..
Heimerdinger normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Viktor. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Viktor
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Viktor?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when trying to fight Viktor, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a bad counter to Viktor.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate compared to Viktor, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Heimerdinger into Viktoras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Heimerdinger is a terribly counter to Viktor. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger to counter Viktor during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Viktor. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Viktor build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Viktor than with most other common builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 47.8% battling Viktor with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Viktor as Heimerdinger, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Heimerdinger vs Viktor matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.8% win rate overall.
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