Been playing Heimer for a few games post patch and I'm having problems coming up with a solid build for him.

I'm not sure what items compliment his turrets best. I don't think Aegis is that viable anymore with the lower # of turrets you put out.

So far I've been getting some kind of mana regen item to start and health pots. I'm still trying to decide which is the best m regen item for heimer.

After that I get sorc boots then build either a soulstealer if i'm doing ok then a rylai or just rush to rylai.

I think the rockets proccing slow is pretty strong for heimer. Then I build toward a abyssal scepter or zhonya's.

So Items:

1. Mana Regen Item
2. Sorc. Boots
3. Soulstealer / Rylais
4. Abyssal Scepter/Zhonya's

As far as skills go:

R > Q > W > E

The nade's stun is always 1.5s so its not worth putting more than one point in imo.

> no mejais first

> turrets before nukes

> actually spends skillpoints on -cd

> junior member

priorities with hemi are 1. mana regen, 2. cooldown reduction, 3. AP 4. HP

items.
chalice
deathfire
boots of swiftness (can be fit in at any point while building deathfire)
rylai's
zahonya (interchangable with rylai's if you are getting money fast enough)

last item optional, depending on the team, could be lich bane for some extra damage with regular attacks (and yes that is viable as with max cooldown it is very easy to spam turrets, rockets and grenades quickly) or it could be rod of ages or banshee viel if they have a lot of snares.


getting a ton of mana regen is mandatory, this lets you spam your spells constantly, hemi is a master at farming, harassing and defending when he does not need to worry about mana. cooldown reduction lets you put out more damage (important to have enough mana regen first to take advantage of the reduc). after that get AP to boost your damage and some health so you don't get instakilled if a lucky melee manages to reach you.

I've done excellent in my last several games, won 3 out of 4 with this build and in all of them i was far ahead of everyone else on gold and items and my kill/death/assists ratio were all very good. best one so far is 8/1/16

Where can I watch the Phreak video?

I was picking turrets and missles some time with picking lv1 grenades only for survival, then I switched to turrets + grenades, and to tell you the truth it does way more dmg and spends less mana. You will cast more grenades then missles so you can stay in lane longer.

From items I found that Deathfire Grasp is must. This became my only strong single target spell in early-mid game.
Other items: Aegis, Zhonya's ( kiting enemys around turrets ,hiting Zhonya and your turrets get 2 more sec to snap enemys of )
This is about what I came so far that are must to me. Mana regen should be prio proly, as with reduced cooldowns you will spam more spells for less damage rather then be hiting for high once in 20sec as before.

Since heimer got his AP coefficient on grenade nerfed hard (0.55 from 0.8) isnt it better to build heimer with a more tank/support oriented way?