Heimerdinger vs Volibear
How to Beat Volibear as Heimerdinger
based on 1,247 Heimerdinger vs Volibear matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Volibear Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Volibear Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Volibear as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Volibear
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 Volibear Counter Stats
How to Counter Volibear with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several significant Heimerdinger against Volibear counter stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Volibear’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Volibear..
Heimerdinger normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Volibear. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Volibear
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Volibear?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when facing off against Volibear, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes a good counter to Volibear.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate than Volibear, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Volibearas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Volibear. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Volibear matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion 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 to Volibear. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Volibear.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger to counter Volibear during both the laning 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 listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Volibear. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Volibear build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Volibear than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 51.7% when countering Volibear with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Volibear as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should use 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 builds that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Volibear LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.7% win rate overall.
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