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Runes: High Burst / Squishy Team

1 2

Domination

Electrocute

Taste of Blood

Deep Ward

Ultimate Hunter

Sorcery

Manaflow Band

Scorch

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health

Spells:

1 2

Standard Summoner Set up for Electrocute

Flash

Ignite

Items

First Buy

Mid Game Core

Season 14 FULL BUILD (END SEASON CORE)

Ability Order

Heimerdinger Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Talon

Extreme

Build Zhonya early. Punish for CSing in melee range! Tabis if a full AD team. Care for early roams.

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

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Table of Contents

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> About Me
> Summoner Spells
> Runes
> Items
> Abilities
> Pros and Cons
> Tips and Tricks

About Me

How is it going guys! My name is Rezone and I'm a Master Tier Midlane main. I peaked at 270 LP Master Tier in Season 9 and have 7.5 Million Mastery Points on ! I upload gameplays, guides, tips and pretty much any other League of Legends related content you could ever ask for!

I was the BEST HEIMERDINGER EUW in Season 7 & 8 and I'm best known for inventing the Holy Trinity of Tilt build on a couple of seasons ago (Banner of Command, ZZ'Rot Portal and Rylai's)! I've also recently competed in TWITCH RIVALS where I played ADC and came joint first against other streamers such as TFBlade.

I peaked 270 LP Master tier in Season 9 and this was due to my aggressive play style! I like to think that I bring my own unique playstyle to ! He's a very fun champion to play, and brings adaptability to his builds - and potentially changing every time you use his ultimate.

Summoner Spells

Flash

Ignite

Teleport

Exhaust

You will always want to take when playing as . Without , you are highly immobile and most likely going to get camped. and are my preferred Summoners because they allow me to get early kills pre-6. This in turn gives me an early power spike, which can lead to first blood and a potential snowball. also increases your kill pressure in the worse of matchups.

Flash is taken as your primary escape summoner and is especially valuable on an immobile champion like . allows you to make clutch escapes, or to get in range for that last auto or ability of a dying enemy.

Ignite suits my playstyle. It offers additional kill pressure, turn around potential and will help me win lane.

Teleport in my opinion is only beneficial for pushing sidelines and generally splitting, lacks severe gank potential due to him needing to set down his turrets in order to do any significant damage.

Exhaust is beneficial to negate burst, eg versus champions like and - but you can always buy an early to protect you versus their burst. will offer you turnaround potential and additional kill pressure. Plus, in these particular matchups, you can always throw your E to CC them and reposition.

Items

Luden's Companion

Shadowflame

Pen Boots

Deathcap

Zhonya

Blackfire Torch

Void

Rylais

’s build depends on multiple variables. I’ll break down what I build on Heimer, but let it be known that he is really versatile so you can build a lot of different items on him. There are few different approaches to builds for especially in Season 14: Ludens will usually be your main go to starter item followed by different iterations of AP orientated burst items!

is a great option for. It offers great wave clear, extra trading potential in lane and tons of other useful stats including a great amount of AP and Mana. If you’re ahead early, you could go for an early for extra damage and to further your lead, and then build straight after.

is slowly becoming a strong go to as a new addition to builds, many teamcomps consist of high end barrier casters or users so this choice helps mitigate their impact and increase your penetration. This works very well when purchased alongside Void Staff allowing you to melt enemies late game. Ludens is a fantastic choice as a to compliment this, having the combination of Ludens burst and the NEW Shadowflame spell crit will allow you to nuke down any enemy FAST!

are the stable choice on Heimerdinger, these are rarely deviated from. They offer you extra pen and movement speed. Penetration is so important on Mages including . It is also very good versus tanky team comps.

If you’re ahead, a is a great suggestion because of the damage it provides. It also synergizes incredibly well with an aggressive playstyle with and compliments your AP with every significant buy after it. When you’re against assassins like or , going for a here is a great option because it prevents them from killing you.

is usually a core build on Heimerdinger with him being relatively squishy and easy to lock down if he misses his grenade - if building Ludens as your first item then this should be potentially prioritised as a 3rd buy. It offers you extra protection and will help save your life throughout the remaining of the laning phase and in team fights. is an unforgiving champion when being played into an Assassin matchup. Zhonya can be delayed depending on team comp, if you feel confident that you won't get bursted down or if you are playing barrier, then you can prioritise a high burst build instead.

SITUATIONAL in Season 14 is completely taken based on teamcomp alone, don't force this too early or get used to rushing it as it not longer gives you mana - old habits from Season 13 need to be overcome. You should go when the enemy has a lot of tank champions on their team such as , , or any significant high health champions. If the enemy doesn’t have much sustain, you can go instead.

A great item that works well with Season 14s new AP additions is . The extra pen will come in handy versus teams and champions that are very tanky. It will ensure that your turrets deal tons of damage to the enemy in late game team fights. There are some very strong MR items this Season and late game Void will be a fantastic addition!

is an AMAZING item in Season 14, one of the best additions for Mage orientated champions. The item itself has a great amount of base AP but shines when used on , the extra ability power damage and burn works ridiculously well! This combined with Liandries turns turret auto attacks into hellfire!

is an unbelievable item that works insanely well on Heimerdinger, even in Season 14. As most tanky teams consist of melee champions, this item allows you to kite around these melee champions and allow you to create a gap between you and them. Furthermore, this item synergizes incredibly well with your kit and the other items you'll buy.

When you’re up against teams that have multiple tanks (tank top/jungle and support), you should go for a build instead. It is good versus champions such as or . has become situational, it's very low risk and works tremendously well into Heimerdingers kit. Having the ability to proc with turret auto attacks makes laning and trading very easy at any point in the game.

Runes

Electrocute

Taste of Blood

Deep Ward

Treasure Hunter

is a viable rune for toplane or support. This is due to the nature of the champions you will be against - , , , , etc...These champions are mostly melee and having allows you to consistently punish them for trying to get into range! With having a high range auto-attack, there is no reason for you to not have a crazy early game lead/early kills! The only downside is that is that it falls off drastically in team fights/late game. This is one of the main reasons I prefer to play midlane, it's a high risk high reward playstyle but it allows to thrive and scale into the late game.

is a great keystone on in the early game. Your turrets count towards the 3 hits needed, so you can proc it quite easily with an auto or two. offers a lot of additional burst damage, while or only offer poke. is great throughout the game.

is a standard rune for . It offers him extra sustain in lane which increases his survivability. Out of this line of runes, there are not many options that would highly benefit .

is a good rune for if you are constantly playing aggressive and invading the enemy jungle, this is great for aggressive bush plays.

The final rune to take on is . This works tremendously well with Heimerdinger when playing super aggressive with constant pressure, you get rewarded early for gaining kills therefore allowing you to snowball. Heimerdinger is a strange champion where he falls behind quite fast when losing lane but can gain a huge lead with a small amount of gold. He thrives on itemization and power spikes.

For your secondary rune tree, go with and . helps with early game trading, while offers you more mana which helps you throughout the game.

Abilities

Hextech Affinity is Heimerdinger’s Passive

gains bonus movement speed when he is near an allied tower, or near one of his pre-placed Turrets. This extra speed can be especially helpful when combined with the movement speed buff of Ludens or movement speed reduction of Rylai's! Dodging skillshots can be extremely easy when utilising this correctly! Some people think that this is a lack lustre passive but its most definitely not, this is one of Heimerdingers hidden strengths.

H-28G Evolution Turret is Heimerdinger’s Q

periodically stocks up on turret kits, which he can have a maximum of 3. He can deploy one of these turrets at a target location that lasts until it is destroyed. If he places more than 3, the oldest one will be destroyed.

Casting his Ultimate and upgrading his turrets will deploy an Apex Turret which lasts for 8 seconds. The magic of Heimerdingers turrets is the fact they are coded as spells, this means they can proc the same things that spells would. This means that they can proc burns from Liandries and Demonic along with slows from Rylai's. This can be extremely useful when having all 3 or 4 turrets down at once, maximising damage or maximising slows!

Hextech Micro-Rockets is Heimerdinger’s W

unleashes a wave of rockets that deals damage to the first target hit. For each rocket that hits a champion, the beam charge is increased for all his nearby turrets. Enemies can be hit by multiple rockets, but they will take less damage the more they’re hit.

Casting his Ultimate launches 4 waves of rockets. Targets receive less damage the more rockets they’re hit by. Ult W should only be used when you have a large amount of AP or aggressive build, early game this should not be prioritised as the damage can be very misleading. Unless you have 3 turrets down and the target is stunned for a long period of time it's much easier and efficient to use Ult Q.

Ch-2 Electron Storm Grenade is Heimerdinger’s E

throws a grenade that stuns targets who it directly lands on. If the target is near the grenade, they will be slowed. If the grenade hits an enemy champion, all the turrets will gain 100% beam charge. Heimerdingers grenade takes some time to get used to as it isn't instant, it stays in the air for a short while. Mastering this allows you to flash, grenade or grenade then turret to instantly charge a beam.

Casting his Ultimate throws a larger grenade that bounces 3 times that deals damage, slows targets who are near it and stuns targets that are directly on top of it.

UPGRADE!!! is Heimerdingers’ Ultimate

will empower his next ability. The empowered abilities damage is modified and has no cost. ’s Ultimate can also be used while he is CC’d.

Each Ultimate you use will depend on many factors. For example Ult Q is great for 1v2 or even 1v1 scenarios as it asks as a barrier or extra person in a fight, landing a grenade will shoot off its beam and allow you to do a great amount of burst damage.

Ult W is primarily used when you have a stable amount of AP and your target has been CC'd. You can easily 100-0 someone with this but only in the later parts of the game, don't get baited by using Ult W early! Most times Q or E will be the better choice.

Ult E is a fantastic way to play Heimerdinger into teamfights, combine this with 3 turrets and you will get a tremendous amount of CC aswell as damage!

H-28G Turrets

’s turrets have a priority list on who to focus. ’s basic attacks apply a high priority mark which the turrets will focus. They will otherwise focus on champions who have recently attacked . If none of those 2 instances exist, they will focus the closest target. The beam attack is a 100% charge that deals AOE damage to all enemies it passes through. They spawn with 0% charge, but charges are generated over time.

Unfortunately, turrets can be deactivated if leaves their range. After 8 seconds, they will lose all their charge, lose sight and be easy to kill. They can be revived or reactivated if he moves back into range.

Apex Turrets

Apex turrets will always prioritize attacking enemy champions if they can. The basic attacks deal damage to nearby enemies and slow the target. The beam attack is a 100% charge that deals AOE damage to all enemies it passes through. They spawn with 0% charge, but charges are generated over time.

Pros and Cons

Every champion has some pros and cons, and Heimerdinger is no exception.

Pros

★ Lots of burst damage.

★ Is hard to gank by enemy Junglers.

★ Can land his CC on multiple enemies at once.

★ has a lot of early game pressure.

★ He can easily turn around 1v2’s into favourable trades.

★ Flexible pick. He can be played in multiple lanes and in multiple roles.

★ Can prevent the enemy laner from roaming by keeping them pushed in.

Cons

★ Turrets can easily be destroyed if you place them poorly.

★ Very low base stats which makes him easy to kill.

★ Is mana hungry, especially in the early game.

★ Lacks early game burst to be a hyper carry.

Tips and Tricks

Here are some Heimerdinger Tips and Tricks to help you get started!

★When sieging a tower, the tower will focus your turret and quickly destroy it. It’s a good option to try and siege objectives when there is a cannon minion being focused by the enemy tower as it takes some time to kill. This allows your turrets to deal more damage to the tower before they die.

★ has great objective control in the early game. Make sure you team up with your Jungler to take early Dragons and secure the Rift Herald.

★ When trying to steal the Baron from the enemy, use your turrets for vision, your empowered grenade for the steal, and your W for follow up damage. ’s damage output, especially when trying to steal objectives is heavily underestimated.

★ Use your empowered when the enemy tries to gank your lane. It will help turn around the exchange.

★ When receiving an allied gank, your empowered will be useful as it can CC the target and help you take them down.

★ Empowered shouldn’t really be used in team fights. You will find more use from your empowered or .

★ Fighting in high traffic areas and around objectives is good for , as long as he can place some of his turrets down beforehand.

★ can cheese very easily thanks to his turrets. Don’t be afraid to camp inside a high traffic bush and wait for the enemy to walk past before trying to execute them.

Heimerdingers playstyle has changed significantly since the durability patch along with most artillery or control mages. His playstyle is focused on poking more than ever with pressure and lane control at the core. Focusing on cs rather than early trades allows you to gain momentum in the lane and allows you to recall efficiently while having a stronger presence than your opposing laner. Playing like this pays off dividends as your turrets being buffed allows you to out sustain your enemy laner and forces them into an early recall/TP while allowing you to crash waves and get even further ahead. While doing this you must ward effectively and track the jungle the best you can as the constant pressure means that you are susceptible to ganks, especially against junglers or laners who have gap closers/dashes. You can be very mana efficient early by just using Electrocute procs, scorch and turret autos to slowly win trades.

Electrocute/Ignite is a burst heavy playstyle that works tremendously well into melee or low range matchups and team comps. I'd personally take this set up into something like a Sylas mid with a Lee Sin jungle, the reasoning being that I can burst either of them down during a gank and usually escape unharmed. This is obviously high risk high reward and takes some getting used to with champions being tankier than ever! You more than likely don't have any kill potential until level 4 or 5 so I'd focus on auto attacks to proc Electrocute and mana manage until then - I must iterate again that this is match up dependent but if pulled off allows you to snowball like an AP assassin. Never take Electrocute when playing against a tank heavy jungle like Zac or Serjuani regardless of the midlane matchup - this is when you transition to a potential poke orientated gameplay focused around comet.

Breakdowns

For more analytical breakdowns of Pro Players I'd suggest checking out these videos. They are focusing on Heimerdinger in the support role but the micro that gets focused on translates to any lane. The videos are long but breakdown every aspect of the game from start to finish.