Yasuo vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Yasuo
based on 4,063 Yasuo vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Heimerdinger
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Yasuo in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several influential Yasuo vs. Heimerdinger matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Heimerdinger..
Yasuo normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Heimerdinger. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Heimerdinger?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when playing against Heimerdinger, with a 53.3% win rate. Therefore, Yasuo makes a great counter to Heimerdinger.
While Yasuo does have a higher winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Yasuo into Heimerdingeras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yasuo has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Heimerdinger matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Yasuo is a great counter to Heimerdinger. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yasuo against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo typically gets a similar amount of CS as Heimerdinger. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Yasuo versus Heimerdinger build consist of Guardian Angel, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Heimerdinger than with many other typical builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 53.3% battling Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Heimerdinger as Yasuo, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Yasuo vs Heimerdinger matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.3% win rate overall.
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