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How to Win Viego vs Heimerdinger Counter MatchupViego is in the a tier of champions

Viego vs Heimerdinger

How to Beat Heimerdinger as Viego in LoLViego is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Heimerdinger as Viego

based on 2,128 Viego vs Heimerdinger matchups
Win Rate
50.1 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends games that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Heimerdinger as Viego resulted from an evaluation of 2128 ranked matches where both champs faced each other. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Viego has to counter Heimerdinger in only 1.4% of their games.

Viego vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary

Viego does a average job of countering Heimerdinger. Typically, they wins a acceptable 50.1% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Viego against Heimerdinger rounds, Viego’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that they probably will be able to get first blood against Heimerdinger.

Best Viego vs Heimerdinger Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Viego Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceSundered SkyKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Titanic HydraWit's EndDeath's DanceEclipse

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Viego to level upq
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Second ability for Viego to level upe
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Last skill for Viego to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Viego's passive ability p
Viego's q ability q
Viego's w ability w
Viego's e ability e
Viego's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Viego

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.

Viego vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats

Viego Image
Win Rate
50.1 %
VS
Win Rate
49.9 %
Heimerdinger Image
7.5
< Kills >
4.7
6.4
< Deaths >
6.2
6.3
< Assists >
7.1
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
1.07
36
< Minions Killed >
133
1.6
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.49
14,920
< Physical Damage >
795
2,178
< Magic Damage >
23,344
851
< True Damage >
705
17,949
< Damage Dealt >
24,846
33,755
< Damage Taken >
19,820
12,135
< Gold Earned >
10,837
1.31
< Towers >
1.99
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
16,619
< Total Healing >
2,004
13,843
< Experience >
13,594
21
< Vision Score >
28
6
< Wards Placed >
13
258
< Time Dealing CC >
259

How to Counter Heimerdinger with Viego in LoL

The stats shown here feature several critical Viego vs. Heimerdinger matchup stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champs. Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger..

Viego often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their counter does. Typically, they takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Viego and Heimerdinger

Damage Types Compared

Viego
Heimerdinger
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Viego
Heimerdinger

Who is Better, Viego or Heimerdinger?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viego usually fairs equally well when facing off against Heimerdinger, with a 50.1% win rate. Therefore, Viego makes an ok counter to Heimerdinger.

While Viego does have a higher win rate compared to Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Viego also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Viego into Heimerdinger.

Additionally, Viego also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Viego vs Heimerdinger matchups, Viego is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Viego is a decent counter to Heimerdinger. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Viego against Heimerdinger.

Other Champion Matchups Against Viego

Viego Loses Against

NilahNilah45.5% winrateLeonaLeona46.3% winrateLilliaLillia47.1% winrateRammusRammus47.3% winrate

Viego Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.6% winrateZeriZeri55% winrateSejuaniSejuani54.9% winrateHweiHwei54.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Viego Players

How We Calculated Our Viego vs Heimerdinger Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Heimerdinger as Viego, we analyzed 2,128 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 Viego 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.

Other Useful Resources

Viego Build Heimerdinger Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Viego 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Viego on average gets a lot less CS relative to Heimerdinger. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Viego versus Heimerdinger build include Trinity Force, Sundered Sky, and Kraken Slayer. When Viego incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better when facing Heimerdinger than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Viego boasted an average winrate of 50.1% battling Heimerdinger with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of beating Heimerdinger as Viego, Viego players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Viego vs Heimerdinger matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.

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