Xerath vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Xerath
based on 2,404 Xerath vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Xerath Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Heimerdinger
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several vital Xerath vs. Heimerdinger matchup stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger..
Xerath usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Heimerdinger. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Heimerdinger
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Xerath or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when playing against Heimerdinger, with a 53.2% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes a great counter to Heimerdinger.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate than Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Xerath also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Xerath into Heimerdingeras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Heimerdinger matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Xerath is a great counter for Heimerdinger. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Heimerdinger.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xerath
Additional Information for Xerath Players
How We Calculated Our Xerath vs Heimerdinger Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xerath 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Xerath versus Heimerdinger build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Heimerdinger than with most other typical builds. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 53.2% battling Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Heimerdinger as Xerath, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Xerath vs Heimerdinger LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Heimerdinger as Xerath are displayed for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.