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How to Win Orianna vs Heimerdinger Counter MatchupOrianna is in the b tier of champions

Orianna vs Heimerdinger

How to Beat Heimerdinger as Orianna in LoLOrianna is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Heimerdinger as Orianna

based on 821 Orianna vs Heimerdinger matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.84
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL games every week. Within our dataset, Orianna did battle with Heimerdinger in 821 games. Including so many games with Orianna versus Heimerdinger provides us confidence in our capacity to produce useful stats and a recommended build to smash your opponent. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Orianna has to counter Heimerdinger in only 1.6% of her matches.

Orianna vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary

Orianna has done a ok job of beating Heimerdinger. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.5% of matches the champs clash against each other in. In Orianna against Heimerdinger games, Orianna’s side is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Heimerdinger.

Best Orianna vs Heimerdinger Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Orianna Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapSeraph's EmbraceZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Orianna to level upq
>
Second ability for Orianna to level upw
>
Last skill for Orianna to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Orianna's passive ability p
Orianna's q ability q
Orianna's w ability w
Orianna's e ability e
Orianna's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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W
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Orianna

Tips for Playing as Orianna against Heimerdinger

Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.

Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.

Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.

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.

Orianna vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats

Orianna Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
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5.5
< Kills >
4.2
5
< Deaths >
6
8.7
< Assists >
6.5
1.24
< Killing Sprees >
0.93
167
< Minions Killed >
137
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.14
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.51
854
< Physical Damage >
712
18,879
< Magic Damage >
21,761
307
< True Damage >
618
20,040
< Damage Dealt >
23,093
19,073
< Damage Taken >
19,362
11,149
< Gold Earned >
10,625
2.12
< Towers >
2.02
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
2,171
< Total Healing >
1,917
14,478
< Experience >
13,361
19
< Vision Score >
27
9
< Wards Placed >
12
374
< Time Dealing CC >
255

How to Counter Heimerdinger with Orianna in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several influential Orianna vs. Heimerdinger counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger..

Orianna normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Orianna and Heimerdinger

Damage Types Compared

Orianna
Heimerdinger
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Orianna
Heimerdinger

Who is Better, Orianna or Heimerdinger?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Orianna usually fairs equally well when playing against Heimerdinger, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Orianna makes an ok counter to Heimerdinger.

While Orianna does have a higher winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Orianna also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Orianna into Heimerdingeras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Orianna has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Heimerdinger matchups, Orianna is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Orianna is a decent counter to Heimerdinger. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Orianna against Heimerdinger.

Additional Information for Orianna Players

How We Calculated Our Orianna vs Heimerdinger Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Heimerdinger as Orianna, we analyzed 821 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Heimerdinger as Orianna comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Orianna in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Orianna typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Orianna versus Heimerdinger build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs. Heimerdinger than with many other common builds. In fact, Orianna had an average winrate of 50.5% when countering Heimerdinger with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of beating Heimerdinger as Orianna, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Orianna vs Heimerdinger clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.

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