How to win lane as Heimerdinger against Master Yi · 53.12% win rate over 64 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Heimerdinger | Level 1 is Heimerdinger — Q turrets zone him off the wave from the very first minion. |
| Level 2 | Heimerdinger | Level 2 stays yours: turret plus Micro-Rocket poke shuts his lane down completely. |
| Level 3 | Heimerdinger | Level 3 is yours — the CH-3X Grenade stun punishes any Alpha Strike dive into the nest. |
| Levels 4-5 | Heimerdinger | Levels 4-5 stay Heimerdinger — the turret field out-damages anything he attempts. |
| Level 6 | Heimerdinger | Level 6 is yours — UPGRADE!!! super-turrets or rocket waves blow up any dive he tries. |
| First item | Heimerdinger | First item stays Heimerdinger: your siege and stun keep him behind — keep denying. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | 2+ items finally goes to Master Yi — full crit plus Highlander bursts through the turrets, so shift to grouped play. |
You are his nightmare for six straight stages: Q turrets zone him off the wave from level 1, Micro-Rockets chunk every approach, and a CH-3X Grenade stun turns any Alpha Strike dive into a death sentence inside the nest. Starve him completely — every CS he misses now delays the only phase of the game he can actually win.
The full Heimerdinger vs Master Yi 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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