Heimerdinger with Viktor
How to Synergize Heimerdinger and Viktor
based on 485 Heimerdinger with Viktor pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Heimerdinger Viktor Synergy Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Heimerdinger and Viktor
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger with Viktor
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
Advice to Understand How Viktor Will Play
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.
Heimerdinger Viktor Synergy Stats
How to Play with Viktor as Heimerdinger in LoL
The Heimerdinger Viktor synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Viktor, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Heimerdinger sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Viktor. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Viktor helps Heimerdinger perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Heimerdinger is paired with Viktor, he observes a moderate decrease in his total damage output. This difference could signal that Viktor does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Heimerdinger is played together with Viktor on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Viktor.
Additionally, when Heimerdinger plays with Viktor on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Viktor does a decent job of protecting Heimerdinger during teamfights.
Synergies between Heimerdinger and Viktor
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Is Heimerdinger better when played alongside Viktor?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Heimerdinger that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. Yet, Viktor is a pretty good ally for Heimerdinger. By locking into the same side as Heimerdinger, he improves their win rate by 1.5% to 51.1%. This proves that there is a good synergy between Heimerdinger and Viktor that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Viktor has a greater difficulty than Heimerdinger. That means you need to be very careful when arranging Viktor teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by bringing Heimerdinger and Viktor together, you probably will not be giving your other allies very much sustained damage output. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Viktor ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger to pair well with Viktor during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger and Viktor synergy build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Viktor than with most other common builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 51.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Viktor with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.
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