Syndra vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Syndra
based on 1,456 Syndra vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Heimerdinger
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Syndra in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some strategic Syndra vs. Heimerdinger matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger..
Syndra typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Syndra and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Syndra or Heimerdinger?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Syndra usually wins when trying to fight Heimerdinger, with a 51.0% win rate. Thus, Syndra makes a good counter for Heimerdinger.
While Syndra does have a higher winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Syndra also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Syndra into Heimerdingeras her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Syndra also has a good 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Heimerdinger matchups, Syndra is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Syndra is a decent counter to Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Syndra against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Syndra in order to counter Heimerdinger during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Syndra versus Heimerdinger build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Syndra incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Heimerdinger than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Syndra boasted an average winrate of 51.0% battling Heimerdinger with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Heimerdinger as Syndra, Syndra players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Syndra vs Heimerdinger LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.
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