How to win lane as Heimerdinger against Aphelios · 55.08% win rate over 118 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Heimerdinger | Level 1 favours you: Aphelios has no mobility and weak base damage, so your turret-and-grenade zoning wins the first trade. |
| Level 2 | Heimerdinger | Level 2 stays yours as a second E-W rank lets you poke him off CS with zero risk of a gank-free all-in. |
| Level 3 | Heimerdinger | Level 3 you fully out-zone him with a planted turret and slow-grenade combo he can't answer. |
| Levels 4-5 | Heimerdinger | Levels 4-5 your poke compounds his no-sustain problem and keeps him permanently below trade threshold. |
| Level 6 | Heimerdinger | Level 6 UPGRADE!!! gives you a rocket-spam turret that shuts down his approach and gun rotations. |
| First item | Heimerdinger | At first item your Liandry's poke shreds him before he can stack a lethal gun combo. |
| Two+ items | Aphelios | At 2+ items it flips to Aphelios: full guns plus crit and his ult out-DPS your fragile body outright. |
You dominate levels 1-2: Aphelios has no escape and terrible base sustain, so plant your Q turret defensively and auto-plus-E him whenever he steps up to last-hit, turning every CS into a health tax.
The full Heimerdinger vs Aphelios report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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