If you're reading this, let me bless you with a Forbidden Power
Listen carefully. I'm talking about Regen Donger.

Armor Quints. Armor Seals. Scaling MR Glyphs. Magic Pen Marks.
The masteries Runic Armor, Perseverance, and Recovery.
Start

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By mid-game you should be extremely difficult to kill, with something like 50 hp per second. especially with your ult turret up. By late-game you will have over 80-100 HP per second. This is one of the most survivable tank builds in the game.
Once you have banner and ZZ'rot, prioritize pushing all 3 lanes at once using these items. if you are dived under your turrets, just stand your ground. Whether or not they succeed in killing you (which is unlikely unless it's all 5 of them), you are still pushing the other lanes, applying heavy map pressure and tilting the ever loving GOngos out of the enemy team.
This works because Heimerdinger's passive regen bonus scales with base health regen modifiers. By exploiting this in early to mid-game you can become immovable in lane. Champs like Leblanc can take out half your health at the very start but you will still win the trade due to your sheer sustain. If you are threatened with early burst, you can fall back on heal and barrier. flash isn't worth it with this strategy, especially if you end up flashing away from your turrets.
I recommend banning champions like Yi if you get the chance, he counters this kind of build
I swear Windspeaker's used to work but HECKity hey... it doesn't.

to be able to get away if someone tries to kill you