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Runes:

Domination

Electrocute

Taste of Blood

Eyeball Collection

Ravenous Hunter

Sorcery

Manaflow Band

Scorch

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor

Spells:

Flash

Ignite

Items

First Buy

Mid Game Core

Season 12 Full Build

Mid Game

Aggressive Standard Pen Build

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

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 6.5 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

Crown

Pen Boots

Deathcap

Shadowflame

Cosmic

Void

’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 12: Ludens/Liandries/Crown.

In Season 12 has become increasingly a stable choice for midlaners, against any high burst assassin AP or AD it helps give you the survivability needed to survive early ganks or all ins! This works on Heimerdinger more than others as its mythic passive is practically made for him. It's mythic passive gives you extra movement speed so combining this with Heimerdingers passive we can kite people easily or escape from danger when needed. The tankiness of this item also means you don't always have to go Zhonya's, obviously there are situations where it is applicable but in reality Crown can be your only defensive item due to the sheer mitigation it offers.

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 Mythic to compliment this, having the extra penetration trickle in from the Legendary bonus means that you get a huge powerspike once you have 3 items.

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

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 - but again take into consideration delaying this if you are going .

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 Mythic 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.

in Season 12 is completely taken based on teamcomp alone, don't over buy on grievous wounds but also don't disregard them either - too many games are won or lost based on healing alone. You should go when the enemy has a lot of healing champions on their team such as , , or any significant healing champions. If the enemy doesn’t have much sustain, you can go instead. Take note: when laning against a champion with lots of sustain, getting an early will help reduce their sustain.

Your last item 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.

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 .

Liandrys

Pen Boots

Void

Rylais

Deathcap

Zhonyas

is good versus tanky teams because of the max health damage, among many other stats that it provides. In general, is great versus tanky laners and tanky teams.

You will then want to pick up for the extra movement speed and penetration. Early pen is very strong against champions with lots of tanky stats. The bonus movement speed will also allow you to kite and escape them once they get on to you.

After that, your next item will be which offers you even penetration which makes it easier for you to kill these tanky enemy champions. You can never have too much penetration in the early laning phase. It is also super helpful throughout the game.

The next item you should get is . 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.

After you’ve completed , it’s time to get a . It will heavily increase your damage output and make you a much bigger threat to the enemy. If you have to, you can get a instead.

For your final item, you should get . It will offer you a lot of extra protection in clutch situations in the late game. If you went this item 5th, then get as your last item. However, if the enemy doesn't have someone who can one-shot you, is a great 5th or 6th item. synergises incredibly well with too.

Runes

Electrocute

Taste of Blood

Eyeball Collection

Ravenous 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.

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 as it gives him additional AP. can get these stacks easily as he has a lot of poke, and quite good kill pressure.

The final rune to take on is . It synergizes well with , and it heals you for a percentage of the damage you deal with your abilities. As will be poking a lot during the laning phase, you can make great use of this rune!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.