Rakan vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Rakan
based on 1,502 Rakan vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rakan vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Rakan vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Rakan
Tips for Playing as Rakan against Heimerdinger
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
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.
Rakan vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Rakan in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some important Rakan vs. Heimerdinger counter statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Rakan usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rakan and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Rakan or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually fairs equally well when playing against Heimerdinger, with a 50.1% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes an ok counter for Heimerdinger.
While Rakan does have a higher win rate compared to Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Rakan also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rakan into Heimerdinger.
Additionally, Rakan has a very large 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Heimerdinger matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Rakan is a decent counter to Heimerdinger. Focus your strategy 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 Rakan against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rakan usually gets a lot less CS as Heimerdinger. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Rakan versus Heimerdinger build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Heimerdinger than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 50.1% when playing against Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Heimerdinger as Rakan, Rakan players should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Rakan vs Heimerdinger battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Heimerdinger as Rakan are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.