Heimerdinger vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Heimerdinger
based on 1,505 Heimerdinger vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Heimerdinger vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats provided here feature several strategic Heimerdinger against Vladimir counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vladimir..
Heimerdinger usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Vladimir. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Vladimir?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when playing against Vladimir, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter to Vladimir.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower win rate compared to Vladimir, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Vladimiras 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 CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Vladimir matchups, Vladimir is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter for Vladimir. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Vladimir during both the early game 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 mind the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Vladimir. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Vladimir build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Vladimir than with most other common item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Vladimir with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Vladimir 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 runes that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Vladimir fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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