How do you play around a Hecarim with Predator?

ChosenOne124·Feb 28, 2018·1 votes·1,438 views

I'm a support main. And I'm not sure how to deal with a Predator Hecarim who dives the ADC.

I put wards in a bunch of places and get advanced warning that he's coming so we position a few people between the ADC and Hecarim.

I get a Knight's Vow and a Mikaels Crucible (for that fear).

I shoot CC at him when he gets in my range. I also dump my kit on the ADC if it isn't CCing the Hecarim. Also, I've tried saving my CC until after his ult is down.

I make sure our team is in a wide open area and not the tight jungle spaces when we start fights with Hecarim nearby.

He just ults in and becomes CC immune (his ult can't be stopped by CC and they often buy Mercurial Scimitar) and kills the ADC anyway. There's nothing we can do. CC doesn't work. Damage reduction and CC removal don't work. Wards don't work. Intelligent positioning doesn't work. And this is with the uber protection supports like Lulu and Janna. It's much much worse when I play a sustain support like Sona or a pick support to pick their squishes like Leona or Blitzcrank.

The only thing left I can think of is telling the ADC to buy and sell stopwatches or buy a Zhonyas Hourglass. But there have to be real ways.

6 Comments

SalamencęFeb 28, 20182 votes

stay in fountain

GibberwattFeb 28, 20182 votes

I've had some fun with predator hecarim, and here are my comments (as a silver player): -Don't let the pony get ahead. those first few ganks are crucial; if he gets a kill or two you are gonna have a rough time -CC is king. I know you said he can't be cc'ed by ult, but try anyway. Use kench to eat ur adc if you can, otherwise get them to invest in a GA or constant stopwatches (does that work?) -sacrifices have to be made. predator pony is a single target nuke. If he gets ahead, he will kill someone. You can either give up on the adc, and hope that your midlaner can carry, or try and bait the pony into killing you instead. If possible, bait him into a big group of minions - when he's going that fast, it is possible that he'll misclick, or click on the tank by accident. See if you can circlejerk him before he hits the adc.

Otherwise I got nothing.

ZaneShadowFeb 28, 20181 votes

I’m a Taric main so it’s not that big a deal for me since I can shield and heal through most anything. I can only say get Locket (until the change comes through, then good luck) and redemption to try and make your adc as imune to Damage as possible.

ChosenOne124Feb 28, 20181 votes

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I’m a Taric main so it’s not that big a deal for me since I can shield and heal through most anything. I can only say get Locket (until the change comes through, then good luck) and redemption to try and make your adc as imune to Damage as possible.

Unless I'm mistaken, Taric's protection kit is superior to everyone else's because of his insane mana costs, so that would only work with Taric. So I guess the only option is a health stacking tank with a locket and a vow to just brute force through the burst.