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Heimerdinger Build 26.22

Heimerdinger does not fight for ground so much as fortify it: his turrets wall off whole sections of the map, and walking through them just feeds his poke. The real skill test is his grenade, land it dead center for the stun and the fight is yours, clip the edge and the whole combo is wasted. He is a siege and control specialist who turtles up, out-pokes, and punishes anyone who overextends. Top-shelf at 52.8% and on the way up, patience is the price of admission.

#17 of 106 top this patch · 489 games

Win rate52.8%+3.2Games489Pick rate1.2%Ban rate2.5%Last 8 patches+2.2 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 93%AD 5%True 2%DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays

The 10-second answer standard · 52.8% WR

Spells

Flash + Teleport Start

Sorcerer's Shoes SkillsQ›W›E Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopA51.0%AhriMidA51.4%AkaliMidB49.8%AkshanMidC47.9%AlistarSupportS53.0%AmbessaTopD47.0%AmumuJungleB50.6%AniviaMidB50.3%AnnieMidA52.1%ApheliosAD CarryC48.6%AsheAD CarryC48.8%Aurelion SolMidS52.9%AuroraMidA51.2%AzirMidC49.3%BardSupportD47.6%Bel'VethJungleS53.5%BlitzcrankSupportS52.4%BrandSupportB49.7%BraumSupportA51.7%BriarJungleA51.3%CaitlynAD CarryC47.8%CamilleTopA52.3%CassiopeiaMidD47.5%Cho'GathJungleA50.8%CorkiAD CarryB50.5%DariusTopA51.1%DianaJungleC49.1%Dr. MundoTopA52.4%DravenAD CarryA51.5%EkkoMidA51.7%EliseJungleB50.1%EvelynnJungleA51.2%EzrealAD CarryD45.9%FiddlesticksJungleB49.9%FioraTopB49.7%FizzMidC49.0%GalioMidA51.3%GangplankTopA51.2%GarenTopB50.7%GnarTopC49.0%GragasTopB50.6%GravesJungleC48.9%GwenTopA51.8%HecarimJungleA50.9%HeimerdingerTopS52.8%HweiMidA52.0%IllaoiTopB49.9%IreliaTopC49.0%IvernJungleA51.8%JannaSupportA51.5%Jarvan IVJungleC48.0%JaxTopB49.3%JayceTopC48.0%JhinAD CarryA50.8%JinxAD CarryB50.1%K'SanteTopD47.1%Kai'SaAD CarryB49.9%KalistaAD CarryB49.5%KarmaSupportD47.2%KarthusJungleC48.3%KassadinMidS53.4%KatarinaMidA51.1%KayleTopA51.5%KaynJungleB49.7%KennenTopS52.8%Kha'ZixJungleB50.4%KindredJungleS52.5%KledTopS54.2%Kog'MawAD CarryA51.7%LeBlancMidA51.8%Lee SinJungleC48.3%LeonaSupportA51.3%LilliaJungleA50.9%LissandraMidB49.9%LockeMidC47.8%LucianAD CarryC48.9%LuluSupportB49.2%LuxSupportC48.6%MalphiteTopA52.1%MalzaharMidC48.9%MaokaiSupportA52.0%Master YiJungleC48.8%MelMidD45.6%MilioSupportD47.6%Miss FortuneAD CarryB49.6%MordekaiserTopB50.4%MorganaSupportB50.7%NaafiriJungleA51.5%NamiSupportB50.7%NasusTopB50.1%NautilusSupportB49.7%NeekoSupportC48.0%NidaleeJungleA51.6%NilahAD CarryS+58.5%NocturneJungleB49.3%Nunu & WillumpJungleC48.1%OlafTopB50.2%OriannaMidC47.9%OrnnTopA51.4%PantheonTopA51.3%PoppySupportS53.6%PykeSupportB49.6%QiyanaJungleC48.5%QuinnTopD45.0%RakanSupportS53.4%RammusJungleS+56.2%Rek'SaiJungleS53.5%RellSupportS53.3%Renata GlascSupportA51.3%RenektonTopC49.0%RengarJungleB49.5%RivenTopC49.3%RumbleTopA50.9%RyzeMidD46.7%SamiraAD CarryB49.3%SejuaniJungleA51.9%SennaSupportB50.8%SeraphineSupportB49.9%SettTopA52.0%ShacoJungleB49.9%ShenTopS53.1%ShyvanaJungleS52.5%SingedTopB49.8%SionTopA51.5%SivirAD CarryA51.7%SkarnerJungleS+54.5%SmolderAD CarryB50.0%SonaSupportA51.4%SorakaSupportA51.1%SwainSupportA51.7%SylasMidC48.0%SyndraMidB49.7%Tahm KenchSupportB49.6%TaliyahJungleB50.7%TalonJungleA51.0%TaricSupportB49.8%TeemoTopA51.1%ThreshSupportB49.8%TristanaAD CarryA51.2%TrundleTopC48.0%TryndamereTopA50.9%Twisted FateMidB49.6%TwitchAD CarryB50.7%UdyrJungleB49.4%UrgotTopB50.2%VarusAD CarryC49.0%VayneAD CarryA50.9%VeigarMidC48.2%Vel'KozSupportS+55.1%VexMidS53.9%ViJungleB50.0%ViegoJungleC48.3%ViktorMidC49.0%VladimirMidB50.2%VolibearTopA51.0%WarwickJungleA52.4%WukongJungleA52.0%XayahAD CarryS52.4%XerathMidA51.7%Xin ZhaoJungleA52.4%YasuoMidC48.0%YoneMidC48.5%YorickTopC48.0%YunaraAD CarryC48.6%YuumiSupportC48.3%ZaahenTopC49.2%ZacJungleS52.8%ZedMidC48.6%ZeriAD CarryA51.8%ZiggsAD CarryA52.2%ZileanSupportA51.1%ZoeMidS53.6%ZyraSupportA51.4%

LoL ClassicSee how Heimerdinger was built in the classic eraHeimerdinger Classic Build

When Is Heimerdinger Strongest?

The win rate tops out around the two-item spike, then levels off, and games at this rank average around 28 minutes. Heimerdinger wins by turning a defended position into a no-go zone, so use the power window to lock down an objective or choke point and make the enemy fight through his turrets on his terms.

Game timeline · Heimerdinger drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end28:17

Ambush zone7:54–9:24 Power spike 18:29

16:07

11:44

16:07

18:29

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 63/100 · Even

Core 1/3 items

Gold ~4.9k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Sorcerer's Shoes · 16:07

Heimerdinger Item Build

Heimerdinger is a zone-control specialist who fights from behind a wall of turrets rather than trading in the open. The build leans on ability power, mana, and haste so his cannons hit hard, his grenade lands the pick, and he keeps the whole kit online in extended sieges.

Standard loadout · Heimerdinger The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Ring×1

Health Potion×2 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes87% · 55.3%

Boots13% · 47.1%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.B

Banshee's Veil1163.6%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.Z

Zhonya's Hourglass19854.0%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.S

Shadowflame9060.0%V

Void Staff6450.0%S

Stormsurge2343.5%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.F

Farsight Alteration16257.4%S

Stealth Ward25650.4%O

Oracle Lens7050.0%

Best Heimerdinger Runes

Conqueror leads the runes here, and it plays into his constant chip damage. Between turret beams, rockets, and grenades, Heimerdinger is always dealing a little damage to something, so a keystone that rewards steady output beats one built for a single burst. Fill out the rest for the mana and survivability a poke-and-zone style needs to keep casting.

The pre-game page Conqueror · Precision + Sorcery · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Precision Primary

ConquerorGain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Presence of Mind61% · 52.5%

Legend: Haste61% · 52.7%

Cut Down48% · 51.5%

Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Sorcery, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Sorcery Secondary

Absolute Focus65% · 54.1%

Gathering Storm44% · 53.5%

Stat shards Offense

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Build toward Blackfire Torch into Liandry's Torment and let the zoning turn into real damage. Stalling out hurts, so press any early edge you get. Once Liandry's Torment comes online at about the 18-minute mark, his turrets and rockets chunk anyone who steps in, turning a defensive setup into a wall nobody wants to push. Farm safe, stack the items, and let the poke pile up.

Heimerdinger Skill Order

By 16 the last UPGRADE!!! rank arrives into a kit that is already settled: the H-28 G Evolution Turret finished at 9 and Hextech Micro-Rockets at 13, leaving CH-2 Electron Storm Grenade to soak up 14, 15, 17 and 18.

Skill order · Heimerdinger R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›W

W›E

EMax Q first; W at level 3.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W38101213max 13

E214151718max 18

R61116max 16

Heimerdinger Abilities

UPGRADE!!! is the piece the turret talk skips, readying an enhancement for his next spell that turns a grenade or a volley of Hextech Micro-Rockets into something far bigger. His passive, Hextech Affinity, grants move speed near allied towers and his own turrets.

Abilities · Heimerdingerpatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Hextech AffinityPassiveP

H-28 G Evolution TurretMax 1stQ

Hextech Micro-RocketsMax 2ndW

CH-2 Electron Storm GrenadeMax lastE

UPGRADE!!!UltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

H-28 G Evolution TurretMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXCannon Damage+4 per rank+35% APlv 17lv 411lv 515lv 719lv 923Constant at every rankCost20same at all ranksCooldown1ssame at all ranks

Heimerdinger Base Stats

Base stats · HeimerdingerPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD56+2.7AS0.658+1.36%MS340Range550HP558+105HP57+0.55Armor19+4.2MR30+1.3MP385+20MP58+0.8

Heimerdinger Matchups

Heimerdinger walls out short-range attackers and dive threats who cannot break his turret line without eating a full stun rotation. He has a harder time against long-range pokers and roaming assassins who ignore his setup and force him off the turrets he depends on.

Lane matchups · Heimerdinger click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs tanks 01Poke the tank down slowly with rockets and turret beams.02Never let them engage; hold E to interrupt their initiation.03Kite their frontline with turrets and focus the carries behind. Win rate by game lengthHeimerdinger overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min54.8%20–28 min54.9%28–35 min52.7%Over 35 min46.8%

Watch for Malphite, Nasus, and Riven, the divers and mobile assassins who can jump past his turrets and blow him up before the grenade lands. Save the stun for their engage, keep turrets between you and them, and never get caught out of position. He walls out Illaoi, Olaf, and Fiora completely, so in those matchups just set up shop, out-poke them, and deny any objective they try to contest.

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