Siege and zone-lock build: Heimerdinger does not win only through damage, but through the way he makes entering his zone expensive, slow, and badly synchronized. The build must amplify that terrain tax before chasing pure burst.
Three builds, one right answer per draft. The advisor reads the five enemies (and your allies) and names who triggers what — the same rule as the Draft MVP sheet and Ask Nexus.
Best Heimerdinger build (Mid Lane): Rabadon's Deathcap › Infinity Orb › Luden's Echo › Void Staff › Stormsurge, boots Boots of Mana, keystone First Strike. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,200 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,100 total cost -100gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,600 total cost +400g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Irelia
Morellonomicon
Recurring healing
Vel'Koz
Banshee's Veil
Magic damage
Yasuo
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Highly mobile
Varus
Zhonya's Hourglass
Physical damage
Best Heimerdinger build (Baron Lane): Rabadon's Deathcap › Luden's Echo › Infinity Orb › Void Staff › Stormsurge, boots Boots of Dynamism, keystone First Strike. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,200 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,100 total cost -100gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,600 total cost +400g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Irelia
Morellonomicon
Recurring healing
Olaf
Zhonya's Hourglass
Physical damage
Yasuo
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Highly mobile
Jayce
Banshee's Veil
Magic damage
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Foundational item core, without recent situational additions — kept as a base for understanding the kit. For the up-to-date build, see the section above.
Heimerdinger does not seek direct one-shots; he seeks to stack unbearable pressure in an area he has already prepared. His default build must therefore reinforce damage that adds up over time, the ability to keep enemies within turret range and his survival margin once the fight finally reaches him.
Amplifying Tome
penetration AP, amplifies the tourelles Q and the burst E-W
CDR ultimate for the super tourelle R-Q more often
AP max for tourelles Q and rockets W dévastatrices
Crown of the
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
Stasis
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his poke at range with turrets H-28G and W generates gold safely in return.
Your turret nest holds without you — collect plants and gold on rotations without losing pressure.
Reduces CDs to deploy faster his turrets H-28G and reset the R.
W and E poke from range constantly — the burn rides on every harass rotation.
Discourages dives onto you — an assassin's burst crashes into the three blunted hits.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Morellonomicon
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Oceanid's Trident
Access to upgrades: your RE becomes a major objective control tool.
