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Heimerdinger Top build & stats

MageSupport D 174 games · patch 16.16
Win rate
47.1%
Pick rate
0.8%
Ban rate
0.8%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16

Built from single items

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
61.1% 18 games

Best three items so far

Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
2,800 gold
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
2,600 gold
8,600 gold
52.9% WR each item separately

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
1,100 gold
50.0% 68 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
50.0% WR
32 games · 18% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

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

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Exhaust Teleport
100.0% 8 games

Max order

H-28 G Evolution Turret Q Hextech Micro-Rockets W CH-2 Electron Storm Grenade E
68.8% 16 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Heimerdinger

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Heimerdinger wins 47.1% of games as Top on patch 16.16 (174 games).
  • Most common core: Blackfire Torch → Rabadon's Deathcap → Zhonya's Hourglass — 56% win rate over 9 games.
  • Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 75% of games with a 49% win rate.
  • Heimerdinger scales: 59% win rate after 35 minutes versus 44% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
80.0% WR
5 games · 3% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Void Staff
Void Staff
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
40.0% WR
5 games · 3% pick
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
20.0% WR
5 games · 3% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
61.1% WR
18 games · 10% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
50.0% WR
68 games · 39% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
0.0% WR
3 games · 2% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
54.5% 13% (22)
52.9% 10% (17)
52.3% 37% (65)
52.0% 14% (25)
50.0% 29% (50)
47.1% 20% (34)
44.4% 16% (27)
25.0% 2% (4)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
50.0% WR
32 games · 18% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

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

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
50.0% WR
4 games · 2% pick
Conqueror Presence of Mind Legend: Haste Coup de Grace Manaflow Band Gathering Storm
Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
50.0% WR
4 games · 2% pick
Conqueror Presence of Mind Legend: Haste Cut Down Transcendence Manaflow Band

Keystones

  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 50.7%43% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 38.5%7% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 20.0%3% pick
  • First Strike First Strike When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt. 75.0%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 42.9%24% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 45.8%14% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 45.0%11% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

H-28 G Evolution Turret Q Hextech Micro-Rockets W CH-2 Electron Storm Grenade E 68.8%16 games
Hextech Micro-Rockets W H-28 G Evolution Turret Q CH-2 Electron Storm Grenade E 0.0%2 games

Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (64%), Q → W → E (33%), Q → E → Q (67%).

  • PHextech Affinity

    Gain Move Speed while near allied towers and turrets deployed by Heimerdinger.

  • QH-28 G Evolution Turret

    Heimerdinger lays down a rapid-fire cannon turret equipped with a secondary pass-through beam attack (turrets deal half damage to towers).

  • WHextech Micro-Rockets

    Heimerdinger fires long-range rockets that converge on his cursor.

  • ECH-2 Electron Storm Grenade

    Heimerdinger lobs a grenade at a location, dealing damage to enemy units, as well as stunning anyone directly hit and slowing surrounding units.

  • RUPGRADE!!!

    Heimerdinger invents an upgrade, causing his next spell to have increased effects.