Heimerdinger

The Revered Inventor

Mage / Support · Mana · Ranged

About

Heimerdinger, the Revered Inventor, is a mage and support champion who uses Mana as a resource and attacks at range. Their kit focuses on magic damage.

On the official scale, difficulty is 8 out of 10: a champion hard and needs practice to perform well.

Compared with other champions, Heimerdinger starts with below average HP (558), below average armor (19) and average move speed (340). Attack range is 550 units.

Heimerdinger has 9 skins besides the default look.

Difficulty

Attack2

Defense6

Magic8

Difficulty8

Abilities

Passive · Hextech Affinity
Gain Move Speed while near allied towers and turrets deployed by Heimerdinger.
Q · H-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).
Cooldown: 1s · Cost: 20
W · Hextech Micro-Rockets
Heimerdinger fires long-range rockets that converge on his cursor.
Cooldown: 11/10/9/8/7s · Cost: 50/60/70/80/90
E · CH-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.
Cooldown: 11s · Cost: 85
R (Ultimate) · UPGRADE!!!
Heimerdinger invents an upgrade, causing his next spell to have increased effects.
Cooldown: 100/85/70s · Cost: 100

Tips for playing Heimerdinger

Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.

Tips for playing against Heimerdinger

It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!

Base stats

HP: 558 (+105 per level)
Mana: 385 (+20 per level)
Armor: 19 (+4.2 per level)
Magic resist: 30 (+1.3 per level)
Attack damage: 56
Attack speed: 0.658 (+1.36 per level)
Move speed: 340
Range: 550

Lore

The eccentric Professor Cecil B. Heimerdinger is one of the most innovative and esteemed inventors the world has ever known. As the longest serving member of the Council of Piltover, he saw the best and the worst of the city's unending desire for progress. Nonetheless, this brilliant scientist and teacher will always remain dedicated to using his unconventional devices to improve the lives of others.