Yone vs Heimerdinger — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yone against Heimerdinger · 50.97% win rate over 775 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Heimerdinger owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Yone's 2, yet the win rate favours Yone: survive their windows and the game is yours. Yone wins 50.97% of games vs Heimerdinger in top lane (775 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1HeimerdingerHeimer's turrets and rockets zone you off CS at level 1.
Level 2HeimerdingerLevel 2 his turret poke and Grenade stun keep you pinned.
Level 3Even / skillAt 3 a brief skill window opens as your combo comes online.
Levels 4-5HeimerdingerAt 4 his fuller turret setup re-establishes lane control.
Level 6YoneYour level 6 dash-in R beats his turret zone before an upgrade root.
First itemHeimerdingerAt first item his upgraded turrets and W stun re-stabilize the lane.
Two+ itemsYoneYone out-scales and dives past Heimer's turrets with items.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Heimerdinger walls you off levels 1-2: his H-28 turrets (Q) chip you every time you go for CS and his Rockets (E) add poke, so you concede farm and never walk into a Grenade (W) stun. Trading into the turret line is a losing exchange before you have items.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yone vs Heimerdinger 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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