Lee Sin vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Lee Sin
based on 1,489 Lee Sin vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Heimerdinger
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Advice to Win Against Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Lee Sin vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some important Lee Sin versus Heimerdinger counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Heimerdinger..
Lee Sin typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lee Sin and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when playing against Heimerdinger, with a 45.9% win rate. As a result, Lee Sin makes a bad counter for Heimerdinger.
While Lee Sin does have a much lower win rate compared to Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Lee Sin also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Lee Sin into Heimerdinger.
Moreover, Lee Sin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Lee Sin is a terribly counter for Heimerdinger. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lee Sin against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane 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 mind the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin most often gets a lot less CS as Heimerdinger. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Lee Sin versus Heimerdinger build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Heimerdinger than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average winrate of 45.9% when countering Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Heimerdinger as Lee Sin, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Lee Sin vs Heimerdinger face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.9% winrate overall.
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