Talk:Heimerdinger/@comment-3165723-20110721193428/@comment-78.1.174.127-20110727000856

@Silas: Unlike Heimerdinger, Cass and Mao are generally ok picks.

Anon above me said some things nicely. Heimer has poor burst and unreliable damage. If against competent opponents, your turrets won't live long in a late-game fight which leaves you with only 2 long CD hard to hit skills. So if you want a bursty mage, you're much much better off with Annie, Malz, etc. If you want a DPSy mage, you're better off with Ryze, Cass or Karthus. They deal far more damage in a single and shorter rotation than Heimer.

The only thing Heimer is really good at is poking. Those rockets are incredibly hard to avoid and if you're against an opponent with no sustain, they might get forced out of a lane. He's nice at holding a lane too, so if you know you'll face a hard mid, picking Heimer could be a good idea, but there are others who do that and have something else to offer (Nidalee, Orianna, etc.) Also, if the enemy team has no jungler (not going to happen in a bit higher elo), taking Heimer mid could easily be fast first tower down for your team.

Btw, try to find some Heimer nerfs. When I started playing he had 3 turrets and I head before he could even have 6 and his grenade would damage towers. I hope Riot does something about him the way they're trying to do with Galio.