MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions
Sett vs Heimerdinger
How often does Sett beat Heimerdinger in Top?
Sett into Heimerdinger in Top: 48% observed win rate across 454 ranked games.
Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.
By 15 minutes the median game has Sett behind by 571 gold.
Sett at 15:00
- Gold: -571
- CS: -23
- XP: -538
Typical gap to Heimerdinger, from 451 games that reached 15:00.
Does Sett counter Heimerdinger?
No counter here: Sett sits at 48% over 454 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.
Beating Heimerdinger: the Sett game plan
A gold lead at 10:00 puts Sett at 52% across 132 games. Flip the lead and Sett falls to 47% across 322.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Ahead in gold at 10:00 | 52% | 132 |
| Behind in gold at 10:00 | 47% | 322 |
| First blood | 52% | 218 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 53% | 146 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 55% | 76 |
| 0 deaths at 10:00 | 52% | 102 |
Someone usually dies here around 5:34 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:30. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Sett's Top build, with receipts
Into Heimerdinger specifically, Sett finishes Stridebreaker first most often: 43.8% over 178 games of this matchup.
The most-finished Sett core is Stridebreaker, Overlord's Bloodmail, Sterak's Gage: 57.9% across 4,188 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.
Most games start Doran's Blade + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Stridebreaker (30,321 games).
Skill plan: Sett players max Q first and take E at level 1.