Talk:Heimerdinger/@comment-24228596-20140120204827/@comment-5052127-20140128220928

It's really not... For the cost of the passive you can get a bunch more mpen, which because of his strong base damages increases his effective damage a lot more for a lot less gold, and helps ALL his abilities INCLUDING his turrets... Otherwise, there are better items for the stats he wants... the  only real benefits of banner for him are the extra minion damage/durability and the active, which will really only help him when he is towerpushing in lane.

The only time I would consider it is if he mainly just wants to push very quickly in the match, like a backdoor or splitpush strat, but in my opinion he's really better off getting a better damage item and staying in the fight with his team, as he is quite vulnerable alone. If he is going top it may be worth it, as he can use the extra armor against most tops and can do the typical strategy many other tops follow of staying top and pushing, making it impossible for the enemy to roam or leave him alone up there unless they want to quickly lose their towers.