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.
Across the sands of Shurima, a chorus of howls rings out. It is the call of the dune hounds, voracious predators who form packs and compete for the right to hunt in these barren lands. Among them, one pack stands above all, for they are driven not only by canine instincts, but by the ancient power of the Darkin.
The Heimerdinger Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, 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 Naafiri. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Naafiri helps Heimerdinger perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Heimerdinger is an ally to Naafiri, he gets a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Naafiri does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that their allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Heimerdinger is played with Naafiri on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Naafiri. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Naafiri.
Moreover, when Heimerdinger plays with Naafiri on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Naafiri does a decent job of covering Heimerdinger in teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best ally for Heimerdinger that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. However, Naafiri is a decent companion for Heimerdinger. By locking into the same side as Heimerdinger, they raises their win rate by 1.5% to 51.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a good synergy between Heimerdinger and Naafiri that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Heimerdinger. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Naafiri comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Working together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by bringing Heimerdinger and Naafiri together, you will not be granting your other teammates much AP. Make sure to have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Naafiri ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger to synergize with Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Heimerdinger and Naafiri synergy build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Naafiri than with most other common builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 51.1% when playing alongside Naafiri with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.1% win rate overall.
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