Viktor vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Viktor
based on 709 Viktor vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Heimerdinger
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Viktor in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some influential Viktor versus Heimerdinger counter statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Heimerdinger..
Viktor usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Viktor or Heimerdinger?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually wins when taking on Heimerdinger, with a 52.2% win rate. Therefore, Viktor makes a good counter for Heimerdinger.
While Viktor does have a higher win rate than Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Viktor into Heimerdingeras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Viktor has almost no amount of CC and other utility, 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 Viktor vs Heimerdinger matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Viktor is a good counter to Heimerdinger. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Viktor against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viktor to counter Heimerdinger during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Viktor versus Heimerdinger build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Heimerdinger than with most other typical builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average winrate of 52.2% battling Heimerdinger with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Heimerdinger as Viktor, Viktor players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Viktor vs Heimerdinger fights, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Heimerdinger as Viktor are displayed for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.