User blog comment:UsoppThePotato/An idea for Heimerdinger/@comment-7197983-20130316070536

Heimerdinger's current abilities and stats do not make him much of a good AP carry, and while he can go top (especially in a reverse lane comp), his early game squishiness makes him too susceptible to hard cc meaning he is barely effective at that either unless you counter-pick with him properly. That being said, I have found that running him as a support can really make good use of his kit, without any real downside. His passive helps the adc stay in lane longer and counters poke lanes nicely; his turrets make for great wards (and can counter tarics, leonas, and blitzs going for bush presence), his rockets have nice base damage early game, and his grenades have exceptional range- allowing for safe warding in bushes and landing grenades when maxed is a great 3 second blind which changes team fights. His ult's passive cdr is a big help, especially for a support, and being able to slow in a team fight is nice, considering the enemy is not scared of a support Heimer turrets.