Taric vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Taric
based on 530 Taric vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Heimerdinger
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Taric in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several valuable Taric vs. Heimerdinger matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Taric normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Taric or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Taric usually fairs equally well when playing against Heimerdinger, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Taric makes an ok counter to Heimerdinger.
While Taric does have a higher winrate than Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Taric also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Taric into Heimerdinger.
Additionally, Taric has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric vs Heimerdinger matchups, Taric is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Taric is a decent counter to Heimerdinger. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Taric against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Taric 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric on average gets a lot less CS as Heimerdinger. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Taric versus Heimerdinger build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Heimerdinger than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Taric boasted an average winrate of 50.6% when countering Heimerdinger with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Heimerdinger as Taric, Taric players should take the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Taric vs Heimerdinger matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.6% win rate overall.
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