Heimerdinger·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Heimerdinger Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Taste of Blood and Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Liandry's Torment as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Rylai's Crystal Scepter. For your last 3 items, you should build Zhonya's Hourglass, Morellonomicon and finish with Shadowflame. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 48.4% winrate over 304 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Heimerdinger Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Liandry's Torment, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Rylai's Crystal Scepter as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Zhonya's Hourglass, Morellonomicon and Shadowflame. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 41.1% win rate over 95 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Scorch in the primary tree, and Taste of Blood with Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Rylai's Crystal Scepter as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Liandry's Torment as a third item. You want to finish the build with Zhonya's Hourglass, Morellonomicon and Shadowflame. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 49.4% win rate across 77 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Heimerdinger Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Treasure Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Absolute Focus with Waterwalking as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Liandry's Torment as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter as third item. The last 3 options are Zhonya's Hourglass, Morellonomicon and Rabadon's Deathcap. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 44.6% win rate over 74 matches played.

Situational Heimerdinger Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Heimerdinger build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.