Heimerdinger vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Heimerdinger
based on 4,063 Heimerdinger vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Heimerdinger vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some strategic Heimerdinger against Yasuo matchup stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Yasuo..
Heimerdinger usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Yasuo. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Yasuo?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when taking on Yasuo, with a 46.7% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a poor counter for Yasuo.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate compared to Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Heimerdinger into Yasuoas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash 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 Yasuo. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a terribly counter to Yasuo. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Yasuo during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Yasuo. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Yasuo build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Yasuo than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 46.7% battling Yasuo with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Yasuo as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Yasuo LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.7% winrate overall.
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