Ryze vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Ryze
based on 511 Ryze vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ryze vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Ryze vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Ryze
Tips for Playing as Ryze against Heimerdinger
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
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.
Ryze vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Ryze in LoL
The stats provided here show some vital Ryze versus Heimerdinger matchup statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger..
Ryze often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ryze and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Ryze or Heimerdinger?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Heimerdinger, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Ryze makes an ok counter to Heimerdinger.
While Ryze does have a higher winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Ryze also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ryze into Heimerdingeras his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ryze has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Heimerdinger matchups, Ryze is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Ryze is a decent counter to Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ryze against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ryze to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Heimerdinger. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Ryze versus Heimerdinger build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Heimerdinger than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Ryze boasted an average win rate of 50.1% battling Heimerdinger with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Heimerdinger as Ryze, you should equip the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Ryze vs Heimerdinger LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.
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