Yordles are known for being cute, but Heimerdinger may have some of the most adorable League of Legends skins around.
One of the older champions in League, only the most skillful players in the game can handle maining Heimerdinger. He works best against melee champions in the mid or top lane because of his role as a mage. Non-League players will recognize him as the eccentric head scientist in the show Arcane, which is based on the game.
Here are all nine Heimerdinger skins, ranging from the Yordle most recognizable in Arcane to his most alien outfit.
Heimerdinger has seven currently available skins, which is low compared to other champions with his same tenure in LoL. Regardless, some of his skins get extra in-game effects like dragons as weapons.
Release date: October 9, 2009
Cost: 880 RP
Though Heimerdinger may not yet have a dedicated Arcane skin, fans of the show will recognize the eccentric champion from his crazy hair and out-there tech. In every universe, the Piltover science has an affinity for hextech that he uses to make brand-new inventions. Some of them may be a little deadly, but no one’s perfect.
Release date: July 10, 2010
Cost: 520 RP
Sometimes, those deadly inventions end up exploding on him. Blast Zone Heimerdinger hails from the New Bandle Republic, where he’d really just like to be left alone. Alas, the government has never been one to leave a brilliant mind in peace.
Release date: November 22, 2010
Cost: 975 RP
Eccentric renowned scientist by day. infamous engine dealer by night to keep things interesting. The Piltover customs Yordle generally spends his evenings fixing engines and adding paint jobs to vehicles. On a good day, Heimerdinger will happily build any customers who pay enough anything from hextech micro-rockets to electron storm grenades.
Release date: July 13, 2014
Cost: 975 RP
In his hazmat suit of a skin, Heimerdinger shows that he clearly knows the dangers of the polluted Zaun gray sky. Still, that hasn’t stopped him from messing around with some of the chemicals that caused it to be so polluted in the first place.
Release date: October 11, 2018
Cost: 1,820 RP
What’s cuter than a Yordle? A Yordle holding a baby dragon named Pythagorus. Heimerdinger is one of the few dragon trainers in a dragon world full of slayers. Ultimately, he wants to use his research to show that humans and dragons can live together peacefully. And his ability H-28G Evolution Turret? Actually a little dragon named Turret Jr.
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Cost: 1,350 RP
The dexterity needed for making complicated inventions also comes in handy when building elaborate sandcastles. Still, Heimerdinger believes that there will always be more upgrades that he can make, especially if someone keeps landing on it during beach volleyball.
Release date: March 3, 2022
Cost: 1,350 RP
In a universe full of busy worker bees, Heimerdinger fits right in. Now he has an entire hive of not-hands to help out with implementing his inventions. Maybe he’ll even best Bzzziggs in an explosive arms race.
Two of Heimerdinger’s earliest skins are vaulted and unlikely to appear any time soon. They also steer away from the cuteness seen in many of his available skins and lean instead into the little mustached weirdo vibes.
Release date: July 13, 2010
Cost: 1,820 RP
Originally wearing a Yordle costume, Heimerdinger just couldn’t get his point across to the star voyagers that there were alien invaders among them. So he had to show them that even planet M33p wasn’t immune to unwelcome visitors at his own expense.
Release date: December 14, 2011
Cost: 975 RP
If someone gave Frosty the Snowman a background in theoretical physics and an unpredictable nature, they’d get Snowmerdinger. Is he taking this whole Snowdown Showdown snowball battle a little too seriously? Could one call building automatic turrets based on optimal snowball trajectory and inventing his own winter-resistant carrot noses taking it too seriously?
Heimerdinger will return in Arcane Season 2 in November, where he might even be helping a certain member of the Firelights. Fans hoping that League will release an Arcane-specific skin should keep their fingers crossed.
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