Zaahen vs Heimerdinger Counter Pick

147 games on patch 16.13.1 is a thin sample, and it produces one of the harshest readings attached to Zaahen: 40.1%.

Heimerdinger is physically fragile, with 558 health at level 1, 19 base armor and 90.4 armor at level 18. He also has no escape; there is no dash or blink anywhere in the kit, and 340 move speed against Zaahen’s 345 will not save him. On paper the kill should be straightforward for a fighter carrying 63 attack damage and a self-heal.

The obstruction is H-28 G Evolution Turret. Attacking from 175 range means walking into turret coverage to use The Darkin Glaive or land Dreaded Return, and Hextech Affinity grants Heimerdinger extra move speed near those turrets and allied towers. CH-2 Electron Storm Grenade stuns on a direct hit, enough to halt Aureate Rush mid-commitment, and UPGRADE!!! makes the next cast of any of it substantially stronger. Zaahen’s damage is entirely physical, so a magic-damage zone denies him ground without either champion buying a counter-item first. His difficulty rating of 2 against Heimerdinger’s 8 places the execution burden on the mage, and clearing turrets before committing is what turns the number around. The reach gap is what makes patience expensive: 550 attack range against 175, plus Hextech Micro-Rockets converging wherever the cursor sits, contests every wave from outside his reply. The Zaahen and Heimerdinger entries hold the full kits.