Heimerdinger vs Sett — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Heimerdinger against Sett · 53.65% win rate over 315 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Heimerdinger is favoured — Heimerdinger owns 3 of the 7 game windows. Heimerdinger wins 53.65% of games vs Sett in top lane (315 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1HeimerdingerSett has no dash and must walk into your H-28G beams just to last-hit, while you already have a turret zoning the wave and he has nothing safe to charge Grit on.
Level 2HeimerdingerA second turret plus the beam slow walls Sett off the wave — he can't reach you to land his passive punches or comfortably bank his W stored damage.
Level 3Even / skillEven before your grenade is up, his W smash and E pull punish a greedy step, but your turrets answer the commit — it comes down to whether he lands the grab clean.
Levels 4-5Even / skillThree turrets and the CH-3X center-stun beat his all-in, but one clean E-pull into passive punches flips the trade — pure execution on his grab versus your stun.
Level 6Even / skillUPGRADE!!! super-grenade out-stuns his engage, yet his R suppress locks an immobile yordle through the nest — whoever lands CC first wins the level-6 fight.
First itemHeimerdingerLiandry's plus a full turret reload keeps you out-sieging and out-zoning a Sett who still has to cross the beams to touch you.
Two+ itemsEven / skillA scaled Sett's W true-damage smash and bulk punch through your buildings and his flank E-pull catches the dashless nest — your front-loaded lead is the only thing keeping it even.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Sett has no gap-closer, so level 1 is yours — drop H-28G on the front melee creep and let the electron beam tax every last-hit he walks up for. Trade with W micro-rockets instead of standing still, because letting him auto you only banks his Grit (W) and lines up his passive alternating punches. By level 2-3 a second turret walls the wave so he can't farm comfortably, but never throw a CH-3X you can't follow up — a whiffed grenade is your one escape gone.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Heimerdinger vs Sett 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.

Become a Founding Member — $1.99/month →

🔒 Secure checkout · 💰 7-day money-back guarantee · ✋ Cancel anytime
Early Access price — $3.99/month for new members after launch.

Related guides

Playing the other side? Sett vs Heimerdinger guide →
All Heimerdinger top lane matchups →