Heimerdinger vs Zoe
How to Beat Zoe as Heimerdinger
based on 713 Heimerdinger vs Zoe matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Zoe Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Zoe Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zoe as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Zoe
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 Zoe
Zoe's Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown.
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Stop Zoe from hiding in fog of war to prevent her from setting the spell up.
Zoe must return to her starting point after casting Portal Jump, making her vulnerable to a counterattack.
Heimerdinger vs Zoe Counter Stats
How to Counter Zoe with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats provided here show some important Heimerdinger versus Zoe matchup stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zoe’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zoe..
Heimerdinger often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zoe. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Zoe
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Zoe?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when facing off against Zoe, with a 53.2% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes a great counter for Zoe.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher win rate compared to Zoe, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Heimerdinger into Zoeas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zoe. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter 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 Zoe matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a great counter to Zoe. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Zoe.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger to counter Zoe during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Zoe. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling 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 values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Zoe build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Zoe than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 53.2% when countering Zoe with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Zoe as Heimerdinger, you should take 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 players chose for Heimerdinger vs Zoe counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.2% win rate overall.
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