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Heimerdinger Guide

the Revered Inventor

Mage

Support

Heimerdinger, the Revered Inventor, is a mage and support champion that is demanding to master. Across our 152 analysed ranked games, Heimerdinger is mostly played in Top (100% of its games), with a 52.0% win rate in that role. Heimerdinger's damage is mostly magic (93%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (53.4% to 54.0%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.

Averages measured over 152 Top games played with Heimerdinger, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Heimerdinger is a turret mage: his passive gives him speed near allied or deployed turrets. H-28G Evolution Turret places a turret with a piercing laser, Hextech Micro-Rockets converge toward his cursor, CH-2 Electron Storm Grenade stuns and slows, and UPGRADE!!! boosts the effects of his next spell.

Role in team fights

Heimerdinger turns a corridor or an objective into a defended zone: turrets placed in advance, the Electron Storm Grenade to stun, Micro-Rockets for range. UPGRADE!!! on the right ability often decides the fight.

The siege

Q › Q › W

When: You want to push or defend.

H-28G Evolution Turret deploys a turret with a piercing laser; the Micro-Rockets converge toward your cursor at long range.

The stun

Q › E › W

When: An enemy approaches your turrets.

CH-2 Electron Storm Grenade stuns the units hit directly and slows nearby ones; your turrets deal damage.

The upgraded ability

R › E

When: A decisive fight begins.

UPGRADE!!! gives boosted effects on your next spell: choose it according to the situation.

Objective defense

Q › Q › R › E › W

When: Your team is defending a point.

Deploy two turrets, UPGRADE!!! empowers your next ability, the Electron Storm Grenade stuns and slows, the Micro-Rockets converge toward your cursor.

Laning phase

Deploy turrets to control the lane. The turret deals 50% damage to enemy turrets.

Common mistakes

• Fighting far from your turrets.
• Casting the upgrade with no clear spell to boost.
• Placing turrets with no protection.

Riot's official tips for playing Heimerdinger

• 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.
• 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.
• Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Blackfire Torch, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment (20 games, 55.0% win rate).

Blackfire Torch+Zhonya's Hourglass+Liandry's Torment

20 games · 55.0%

Blackfire Torch+Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Liandry's Torment

14 games · 57.1%

Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Zhonya's Hourglass+Liandry's Torment

13 games · 46.2%

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite52.8% · 53 games

Flash + Teleport47.6% · 42 games

Exhaust + Flash47.4% · 38 games

Most-played runes

Conqueror + Sorcery

52.8% · 91 games

Primary tree · Precision

Presence of Mind97%

Legend: Haste100%

Cut Down80%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Absolute Focus86%

Gathering Storm74%

Shards

Adaptive force99%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling86%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Heimerdinger's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team53.5% · 43 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Blackfire Torch 57.1% ▲

Liandry's Torment 61.1%

Zhonya's Hourglass 47.1%

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 42.9%

Rabadon's Deathcap 60.0%

The item that stands out most is Blackfire Torch: 57.1% win rate, +6 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team45.7% · 70 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Blackfire Torch 50.0%

Rabadon's Deathcap 45.5% ▼

Liandry's Torment 46.7% ▼

Zhonya's Hourglass 47.8%

Shadowflame 45.0%

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 47.1%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

How to play against Heimerdinger

• 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.
• 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!

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed.

Abilities

PassiveHextech Affinity

Gain Move Speed while near allied towers and turrets deployed by Heimerdinger.

QH-28 G Evolution Turret

Heimerdinger lays down a rapid-fire cannon turret equipped with a secondary pass-through beam attack (turrets deal half damage to towers).

WHextech Micro-Rockets

Heimerdinger fires long-range rockets that converge on his cursor.

ECH-2 Electron Storm Grenade

Heimerdinger lobs a grenade at a location, dealing damage to enemy units, as well as stunning anyone directly hit and slowing surrounding units.

RUPGRADE!!!

Heimerdinger invents an upgrade, causing his next spell to have increased effects.

Frequently asked questions

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