Heimerdinger·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Heimerdinger Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Rylai's Crystal Scepter. For your last 3 items, you should build Liandry's Torment, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Vigilant Wardstone. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 49.0% winrate over 645 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Heimerdinger Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Scorch in the primary tree, and Taste of Blood with Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Liandry's Torment as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass and Vigilant Wardstone. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 48.2% win rate over 311 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being First Strike as your keystone, Cash Back, Biscuit Delivery and Jack Of All Trades in the primary tree, and Treasure Hunter with Grisly Mementos in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Blackfire Torch as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Morellonomicon and Rabadon's Deathcap. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 52.0% win rate across 98 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Heimerdinger Support build in the current patch, try Exhaust and Flash as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Cut Down as your primary rune tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Blackfire Torch as third item. The last 3 options are Liandry's Torment, Rylai's Crystal Scepter and Morellonomicon. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 47.7% win rate over 86 matches played.

Situational Heimerdinger Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Heimerdinger build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.