How to win lane as Ziggs against Heimerdinger · 57.14% win rate over 14 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Ziggs | Before his nest your Bouncing Bomb out-ranges his Q rockets at Level 1. |
| Level 2 | Ziggs | At Level 2 you can still shove and poke past his single turret. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is a skillshot poke mirror where trades come down to aim. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Through Levels 4-5 the turret-line poke war stays a coin-flip skill check. |
| Level 6 | Ziggs | At Level 6 your R wipes his turret nest and breaks his zone. |
| First item | Heimerdinger | On his first item his full nest plus E Stun out-sieges your poke. |
| Two+ items | Heimerdinger | With two items his upgraded rockets and turret walls zone you out. |
Levels 1-2 you edge it: before Heimer has a turret nest your Bouncing Bomb out-ranges his Q rockets and you can shove, but respect that his first turret gives him wave control the moment it's placed.
The full Ziggs 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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Also played in: Bot Lane (ADC)