Heimerdinger vs Ahri
How to Beat Ahri as Heimerdinger
based on 1,806 Heimerdinger vs Ahri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Ahri Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Ahri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Ahri
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 Win Against Ahri
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.
Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Heimerdinger vs Ahri Counter Stats
How to Counter Ahri with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some significant Heimerdinger versus Ahri matchup statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ahri’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ahri..
Heimerdinger often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ahri. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Ahri
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Ahri?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when taking on Ahri, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes a good counter to Ahri.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher winrate compared to Ahri, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Ahrias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ahri. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Ahri matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter for Ahri. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Ahri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Ahri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Ahri. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Heimerdinger versus Ahri build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Heimerdinger bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Ahri than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 51.6% when playing against Ahri with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Ahri as Heimerdinger, you should use 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 Heimerdinger vs Ahri face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.6% win rate overall.
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