Heimerdinger Build Guide by JunSupport

I was morally opposed to this guide when I first read it a couple months ago, but my Heim play is so inconsistent that I was desperate enough to jump off the turret bandwagon.

Results after 3 games:

3/1/13
8/4/18
6/2/10

The build works flawlessly! You bring joy back to my green testicle head. Great work!

Some things to consider:

I followed everything to the T but I substituted flat hp runes with movement speed runes and they worked surprisingly well; so well in fact that I was able to comfortably get rab's over hourglass.

I also substituted the second summoner spell with cleanse. Makes me super slippery, especially since you can't cast flash through silence/stuns, which makes the cleanse-flash combo amazing.

Anyway, keep up the good work :)

nice guide i got 7/2/10

This build has sent me past difficult times. I love it!

I may only be at Summoner Lv23, but by just following the item build and overall play strategy for this guy... well I'm more than impressed. I didn't really follow your Mastery and Rune set ups because for one, I'm not at Lv 30, and two I don't have the IP. I went with a 0/21/2 setup for masteries as I felt that because I was lacking in many places I needed a tad bit more survivability. As for Skills, I started raising Concussion Grenade a bit earlier (put 1 into it at 5). It seemed to be more useful earlier (a mana drainer yes) than later because I often ended up in a lane alone more often than not. In team fights, I found having Concussion maxed, or leveled, before Evo Turret was also more viable. I was able to save teammates for death, pick up several assists, and just be an overall force on the battle field with my bursts doing 50%-75% damage. My turrets, if anything, were more for ensuring that enemies didn't get away if they decided to flee or to add as some extra slow + damage while W and E were on CD.

I'm averaging around 10/6/18 per game with around 250+ minion kills and 4 structure take downs. Is my thinking flawed somewhere?

@Xanryuu:

Sorry for the late reply, haven't really been keeping up with guide comments lately. >.<

You seem to be doing fine to me.
If you're below level30, there's a good chance you're not in a very strong ELO level. So, taking Grenade earlier will not have any significantly negative impacts on your game.

It really depends on the opponents and your own play style. If you feel you need more survival, that's fine. Heimerdinger has excellent base-damage that makes it easy for him to forsake a bit of damage for utility or defense.

Just note that you'll have to be ready to adapt. As you win more, you'll plateau into a new ELO bracket where enemies will be different from the previous bracket. You'll have to be ready to change your own play style in response.

just done a normal game 9/2/15 was side lane at top lane partner is skarner my item were
Archangel's Staff
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Sorcerer's Shoes
Rabadon's Deathcap
Guardian Angel
Zhonya's Hourglass

Largest Killing Spree 4
Largest Multi Kill 2
Kill 255 minions
got 2 towers
Runes red and yellow I use the same one as guide blue one I use cd per lvl quit I use flat AP
Mastery for offence I do the same as your's
utility I do a bit different one I don't take good hands
put 3 in perseverence 2 in utility mastery the rest is same
item order I follow til Rylai's Crystal Scepter
after that I finish Archangel's Staff then Rabadon's Deathcap
because I don't die that much only 2 times lol
because they start to know that MY W IS WAY TOO CRAZY AND HURT THEIR SQUISHY A LOT
then some1 starts to focus me when team fight start
so I get Guardian Angel then Zhonya's Hourglass
so what do you think JunSupport is this ok or I need to change my style a bit

nice build +1

what do you think about ignite?

Love this build. I was rushing boots firts but if I play safe, I can get them after.Really like the build , I tested it plenty of game. Average of wining 75% and + . Sure it depends on your teamamtes but still. Very good guide!

I came to check back on this guide after a few months,and i find it funny that youve put Catalyst and RoA under consideration here,because thats what i do!
I replaced Rylai's with RoA because i find the bonus HP useful for a bit more survivabillity and the good part is that it gives the same amount of AP when fully charged and also gives a lot of mana,which in the end compliments Archangel's passive,which only compliments your strength in teamfights... yeah,im kinda of an offensive supporter style of Heimer...

@th3c00p3rd1t:

Catalyst and Rod of Ages are still inferior items on Heimerdinger, right now.

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And for anyone wondering, it will be even worse for Dominion, because you start out at level 3. That results in two catalyst procs you will not receive.