What made Heimerdinger the most popular off-meta support at League of Legends Worlds 2022
League of Legends Worlds 2022 has been the most diverse in the tournament's history in terms of variability.
Over 100 different champions were either picked or banned at the competition for the first time in history. With the majority of the knockout stages remaining to be played, there are still plenty of opportunities to see more off-meta picks.
The "Revered Inventor," who has been picked mostly as a support champion in the competition, has proved himself to be one of the best-performing off-meta picks at Worlds.
Heimerdinger has had sporadic success throughout various periods of League of Legends' history in the mid lane, top lane, and bottom lane. However, at Worlds 2022, the Revered Inventor has distinguished himself as one of the most niche supports in the game.
At Worlds 2022, Heimerdinger was initially chosen by Cloud9 support Jesper "Zven" Svenningsen, but the champion didn't achieve his first victory until he was driven by DRX support Cho "BeryL" Geon-hee.
In LCK, the four-year veteran has frequently been praised for his off-meta picks, and at Worlds, he showcased his artistic flair on a global platform.
In the second week of the group stage, DRX won back-to-back matches with Heimerdinger, finally utilizing the champion en route to their first-place finish in Group C.
According to the League of Legends analytics website Games of Legends, BeryL has played five games overall on Heimerdinger, winning four of them to the tune of a 2.9 KDA.
Professional Heimerdinger support players have been choosing Domination as their secondary rune tree and Sorcery as their primary rune tree. The champion's three devastating abilities, including his H-28 G Evolution Turret (Q), will all activate Arcane Comet, making it the best Keystone
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