By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
the Revered Inventor
Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (1,099 games).
Heimerdinger, the Revered Inventor, sets down H-28 G Evolution Turrets that fight beside him and stuns with his Electron Storm Grenade. Our Master+ count has him Top first, then bot and Mid, usually on Conqueror, with Blackfire Torch before Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame in the usual build.
MageSupport
Patch 26.18 · Top · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 1,099 games · Preview sample
1,099
Games
Moderate
Confidence
Win rate by lane
59.2%Win Rate
Flash
Exhaust59.4%Win Rate
Flash
Ignite
This exact page: taken in 18.4% of games·53.0% win rate over 202 games.
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
Restore a small amount of mana or energy when damaging an enemy champion. Takedowns restore mana or energy.
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Basic Ability Haste.
Deal more damage to high health enemy champions.
While above 70% health, gain extra adaptive damage.
Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP, adaptive over the course of the game.
Arcane Comet21.2% taken · 52.8% win233 games
Deathfire Touch4.8% taken · 52.8% win53 games
First Strike1.7% taken · 36.8% win19 gamesPrecision + Sorcery53.9% taken · 50.8% win592 games
Precision + Inspiration14.8% taken · 49.1% win163 gamesSorcery + Precision12.9% taken · 53.5% win142 gamesWhich ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Heimerdinger's most common path.
QHeimerdinger lays down a rapid-fire cannon turret equipped with a secondary pass-through beam attack (turrets deal half damage to towers).
Cooldown 1s · 20 Mana
WHeimerdinger fires long-range rockets that converge on his cursor.
Cooldown 11/10/9/8/7s · 50/60/70/80/90 Mana
EHeimerdinger lobs a grenade at a location, dealing damage to enemy units, as well as stunning anyone directly hit and slowing surrounding units.
Cooldown 11s · 85 Mana
RHeimerdinger invents an upgrade, causing his next spell to have increased effects.
Cooldown 100/85/70s · 100 ManaMax Q first, then W, then E. Take R whenever available (6 / 11 / 16).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QH-28 G Evolution Turret | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| WHextech Micro-Rockets | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
| ECH-2 Electron Storm Grenade | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
| RUPGRADE!!! | R | R | R |
How Heimerdinger performs against enemy top laners
Recommended items by enemy team composition
HeimerdingerTop average
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Dodge the primary — its rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip
Track the roam — it is strongest where the enemy jungler already is
Punish the cooldown — Heimerdinger is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 8/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
PHextech Affinity
Gain Move Speed while near allied towers and turrets deployed by Heimerdinger.
Passive — never cast
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).
Cost 20 ManaCooldown 1sRange 350
WHextech Micro-Rockets
Heimerdinger fires long-range rockets that converge on his cursor.
Cost 50/60/70/80/90 ManaCooldown 11/10/9/8/7sRange 1325
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.
Cost 85 ManaCooldown 11sRange 970
RUPGRADE!!!
Heimerdinger invents an upgrade, causing his next spell to have increased effects.
Cost 100 ManaCooldown 100/85/70sRange 1
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Heimerdinger in 2 patches. The latest is patch 26.11, published 2026-05-27.
QH-28G Evolution Turret
ECH-2 Electron Storm Grenade
With the ranged minion aggro pull removed last patch, Heimerdinger mains ended up with some degraded functionality around how turret ranges interact with minion ranges—in the sense that ranged minions outrange Heimer's turrets and he had no way to pull them into their range. This makes for a pretty miserable experience where you just watch as your turrets tank minion autos without attacking back.Additionally, it was brought to our attention that his Evolution Turrets sometimes fail to follow up on his Storm Grenade when they lose vision of the target too quickly due to minor timing fluctuations around vision and turret logic, so we are increasing the vision duration slightly to resolve that.
Base Stats
WHextech Micro-Rockets
Slaps roof We can fit so many Arcane champs in this patch. Heimerdinger's been performing worse in the new season and he was balanced before then, so we're here to return him to his former glory. We know top lane Heimer can feel suffocating when his turrets are all setup, so we're looking to re-buff him in ways that allow him to be proactive instead of turtling.
Riot's data lists 10 looks for Heimerdinger with their own art, the base skin included and 17 chroma variants.
Best ARAM build
This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
| Stat | Heimerdinger | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base health | 558 | 165th | 620 |
| Health per level | 105 | =74th | 104 |
| Base armor | 19 | =168th | 30 |
| Armor per level | 4.2 | =122nd | 4.6 |
| Base magic resist | 30 | =110th | 32 |
| Magic resist per level | 1.3 | =93rd | 1.55 |
| Base attack damage | 56 | =113th | 59 |
| Base attack speed | 0.658 | =54th | 0.656 |
| Attack speed per level | 1.36% | =159th | 2.5% |
| Move speed | 340 | =37th | 335 |
| Attack range | 550 | =9th | 175 |
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 | Rank at 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 558 | +105 | 2343 | 112th of 173 |
| Mana | 385 | +20 | 725 | 145th of 145 |
| Armor | 19 | +4.2 | 90.4 | 169th of 173 |
| Magic resist | 30 | +1.3 | 52.1 | =97th of 173 |
Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.
Heimerdinger, the Revered Inventor, is a Mage and Support champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 8/10 for difficulty, 2/10 for attack, 6/10 for defense and 8/10 for magic. Heimerdinger spends Mana and has 10 skins with their own art. Heimerdinger's base armor of 19 is the 5th-lowest of 173 champions on patch 26.20 (shared with 1 other). Heimerdinger's base health of 558 is the 9th-lowest of 173 champions on patch 26.20.
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.
Published by League of Legends on YouTube, 28 June 2010.
16 years old. League of Legends has been patched since, so watch it for how the kit plays, not for numbers — the rest of this page is written for the current patch.
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