Heimerdinger vs Pantheon Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the Top lane: Heimerdinger the mage/support hybrid, Pantheon the fighter/assassin hybrid. 172 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Heimerdinger at a 45.4% win rate into Pantheon. A deficit of 4.6 points is what earns Pantheon its counter flag in this matchup.
Because Heimerdinger is magic-based and Pantheon physical-based, the counter-item is obvious but different for each. Heimerdinger carries 558 base health to Pantheon’s 650, and 19 armour to 40. The 21-armour edge belongs to Pantheon. Late-game bases read 2343 health / 90 armour for Heimerdinger and 2503 / 124 for Pantheon. On autos alone the numbers read 56 AD for Heimerdinger and 64 for Pantheon. There is a movement gap too: 340 for Heimerdinger, 345 for Pantheon.
A missed UPGRADE!!! from Heimerdinger hands Pantheon the window to land Shield Vault. The pressure spikes when UPGRADE!!! and Grand Starfall come online together.
Range decides much of the early game: Heimerdinger attacks from 550 units, Pantheon from 175. Pantheon wins only by collapsing the distance, which usually means a cooldown or a gank.
A 8/10 difficulty rating on Heimerdinger, against 4/10, means the sample includes plenty of players still learning it. Treat 172 games as the confidence attached to 45.4%. No hand-editing here — the Heimerdinger figures come straight from ranked play.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Pantheon has the statistical edge. Heimerdinger wins 45.4% of the recorded games.
45.4% from Heimerdinger's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
172 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Heimerdinger build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Heimerdinger build page.