Counterplay
Patch 26.16SketchCounter Heimerdinger
The opponents who give Heimerdinger trouble, and how to handle each one.
Where these numbers come from
They are pulled from the mode's own files for patch 26.16, the one currently live. The source is community-run rather than an official Riot API, and the game shifts with community votes, so a gap with your own game is always possible.
Your setup means nothing to someone who crosses it with one button. Before his ultimate, flatten him: two turrets hugging your wave stop him collecting a single melee minion, and every level you steal delays the moment the lane flips. After it, stop placing turrets to shove and place them around yourself instead, hold the grenade purely to stun him on arrival, and play glued to your jungler.
Your setup means nothing to someone who crosses it with one button. Before his ultimate, flatten him: two turrets hugging your wave stop him collecting a single melee minion, and every level you steal delays the moment the lane flips. After it, stop placing turrets to shove and place them around yourself instead, hold the grenade purely to stun him on arrival, and play glued to your jungler.
She pokes you without ever entering turret range, then kills you once you are low. Stand behind your minion line so her orb hits something other than you on the way back, and accept losing farm rather than stepping forward. Your only window is her charm: while it is up she kills you whenever she likes, once she misses it you have time to stun her and empty your rockets into her. Never get caught without the grenade available.
She pokes you without ever entering turret range, then kills you once you are low. Stand behind your minion line so her orb hits something other than you on the way back, and accept losing farm rather than stepping forward. Your only window is her charm: while it is up she kills you whenever she likes, once she misses it you have time to stun her and empty your rockets into her. Never get caught without the grenade available.
Two immobile champions staring at each other, and whoever shoves better owns the early game, which is you. Your turrets clear waves while he has to spend spells, so leave early and cover the river bushes while he farms. The one way he gets you is the cage: never hug a wall or the edge of a bush while his spells are up. Once the cage lands you are not walking out, so carry an item that answers hard control by the time he hits his spike.
Two immobile champions staring at each other, and whoever shoves better owns the early game, which is you. Your turrets clear waves while he has to spend spells, so leave early and cover the river bushes while he farms. The one way he gets you is the cage: never hug a wall or the edge of a bush while his spells are up. Once the cage lands you are not walking out, so carry an item that answers hard control by the time he hits his spike.