Nilah vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Nilah
based on 864 Nilah vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Nilah
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.
Nilah vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Nilah in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several important Nilah vs. Heimerdinger counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Nilah usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their enemy does. Typically, they receives more damage than Heimerdinger. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nilah and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Nilah or Heimerdinger?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when trying to fight Heimerdinger, with a 52.1% win rate. As a result, Nilah makes a good counter for Heimerdinger.
While Nilah does have a higher winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Nilah also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Nilah into Heimerdingeras their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Nilah has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Heimerdinger matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Nilah is an above average counter for Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nilah against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nilah to counter Heimerdinger during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Nilah versus Heimerdinger build include Bloodthirster, Navori Quickblades, and The Collector. When Nilah included at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better when fighting Heimerdinger than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average win rate of 52.1% battling Heimerdinger with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Heimerdinger as Nilah, Nilah players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Nilah vs Heimerdinger counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.1% win rate overall.
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