Why you should play Hecarim

Odyssey Sona··25 votes·4,265 views

So this is my third in the series and I'm going to start titling them accordingly.

Other parts:

1)http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/8y4EUVey-lulu-is-the-greatest-champion-in-league-of-legends 2)http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/Gid692qN-taric-is-your-one-way-ticket-to-diamond

With that out of the way, let's begin

I think people should play a bit more of Hec considering we rarely see variety in the jungle. I see Jarvan, and I see Lee Sin, and I never see Vi because she's always fucking banned. Other than that -- no one really.

So this may be your first time reading one of my 'Why you should play's, maybe you saw both of my other two. You know I try to sell you the champion based on their theme. Hec's not about taking his time. I'm done horsing around. Let's get this shit started.

Passive: Warpath You ignore minion collision praise jesus while getting a boost to your attack damage based on your movement speed. I've gotten fucked in the ass by turrets because I got locked between Sona's tits and about 14 minions so this is a nice thing to have with or without the damage.

Q: Rampage You cleave in a circle around you with reduced damage to minions probably because they're so god damn short. Not much to say about this spammy spell, but it synergizes well with Trinity Force if you want to do tons of damage. Max this second.

W: Spirit of Dread Much like solo queue -- slowly drain the life of everything around you until there's nothing left to take. It gives the horse good sustain in the jungle -- something a lot of junglers lack and it screws them. Max this first this season. You only needed a few points but considering riot thought it'd be fun and challenging to make everything in the jungle a boss monster it's a necessity right now.

E: Devastating Charge The iconic Hecarim spell. Even though you max this godsend last, it's the most prominent fear inducing spell on the nightmarish spectral ghost horse. Hecarim is meant to be one of the hellspawns found only on Shadow Isles. He ranks somewhere above Elise and the Giant Charlston dancing spider, but below Thresh. Crash through trees and thrash the enemy team's frozen-in-terror's bodies. Like some sadistic jack in the box, the changes to the terrain leaps made Hecarim truly unique.

R: Onslaught of Shadows Hecarim goes Darksiders on the enemy team and summons knock off apocalyptic horsemen like some overly edgy My Little Pony fan with their own fanfiction about the main 6 as the horsemen. Regardless of how corny it is -- You hit like a truck and horrify everyone around you much like the cast of Here comes Honey Booboo horrified me.

League is a game about mobility. If you can get from top to bottom lane faster than Rammus could ever hope to then you deserve every loss you get for not playing Hecarim. He's one of the most creative champions for building. You can build him mobility -- tanky -- dps. The sky's the limit, and as the tallest champion in the league, you have an easy time reaching for it.

If the speed, and the item creativity didn't convince you, let's take time to address the fact that Hecarim has 6 god damn appendages, you could get away with buying 6 pairs of shoes, one for each foot and each hand and be seriously trolling. Not only that. Back in my weeb days I watched a show called Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, and if I learned anything by watching that, it's that having two beautiful faces is better than one. If anyone says otherwise go Mike Tyson on them with both of your mouths.

Play some fucking Hecarim.

38 Comments

GundayMonday3 votes

Why do you recommend maxing W over Q? I don't see it. Can you please explain?

Odyssey Sona2 votes

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Why do you recommend maxing W over Q? I don't see it. Can you please explain?

the sustain, but you should probably still get two points and then max q from what I hear.

GundayMonday1 votes

Ah, gotcha. You ever try running item 3270 on hec? You can max Q and not worry about sustain. (If you get low, recall, and you're back in the fight 10s later at full health and full speed)

Knight SoIaire 2 votes

and my points on why we dont see hecarims he clears fine but runs oom to easily he deals good damage but ramps up too slowly (in this bursty meta ramping up is a bad thing unless it takes 2 seconds like yasuo) he needs to build tank or dies, there is no such thing as more offensive build on heca, its either trinity force and tank or gauntlet and tank, if you take more offensive items you are a squish, realy kiteable squish his kit is totaly weak, 90% of his damage comes from trinity procs

his passive has no impact besides scaling with his e (this is something ridiculous and shouldnt work so, makes him very clunky in effective play)

owerall he is fun to play, but he isnt the best pick there is, and his kit doesnt realy channel his theme good besides the names of his skills (devastating charge looks sloopy, rampage looks like a precise samurai cut, spirit of dread barely looks visible, also for a rampaging horse he ramps up too sloppy, his kit lacks the dynamic feel of a rampaging horse)

Odyssey Sona6 votes

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and my points on why we dont see hecarims he clears fine but runs oom to easily he deals good damage but ramps up too slowly (in this bursty meta ramping up is a bad thing unless it takes 2 seconds like yasuo) he needs to build tank or dies, there is no such thing as more offensive build on heca, its either trinity force and tank or gauntlet and tank, if you take more offensive items you are a squish, realy kiteable squish his kit is totaly weak, 90% of his damage comes from trinity procs

his passive has no impact besides scaling with his e (this is something ridiculous and shouldnt work so, makes him very clunky in effective play)

owerall he is fun to play, but he isnt the best pick there is, and his kit doesnt realy channel his theme good besides the names of his skills (devastating charge looks sloopy, rampage looks like a precise samurai cut, spirit of dread barely looks visible, also for a rampaging horse he ramps up too sloppy, his kit lacks the dynamic feel of a rampaging horse)

Well don't have a cow or anything.

Knight SoIaire 1 votes

i not sure i get what you mean

rinsujo4 votes

Horse. Cow. Looks like he got your goat.

Error Screen3 votes

He knicked your calf.

Kitten of Evil1 votes

Alistar You can't milk those!

junglerboy161 votes

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and my points on why we dont see hecarims he clears fine but runs oom to easily he deals good damage but ramps up too slowly (in this bursty meta ramping up is a bad thing unless it takes 2 seconds like yasuo) he needs to build tank or dies, there is no such thing as more offensive build on heca, its either trinity force and tank or gauntlet and tank, if you take more offensive items you are a squish, realy kiteable squish his kit is totaly weak, 90% of his damage comes from trinity procs

his passive has no impact besides scaling with his e (this is something ridiculous and shouldnt work so, makes him very clunky in effective play)

owerall he is fun to play, but he isnt the best pick there is, and his kit doesnt realy channel his theme good besides the names of his skills (devastating charge looks sloopy, rampage looks like a precise samurai cut, spirit of dread barely looks visible, also for a rampaging horse he ramps up too sloppy, his kit lacks the dynamic feel of a rampaging horse)

You don't need to be tanky if they are already dead. MS Hecarim is basically an assassin, not a team fighter. Play him like Udyr (split push lanes, look for people to catch out, run away as soon as anyone shows up) and you are like a phantom that doesn't need to be tanky. Take summoner 12 summoner 6 for top lane, and summoner 11 summoner 6 for jungle. Rush item 3280 >item 3078 >item 3172 >item 3142 and finish off with a item 3083 and item 3512 (point runner too good on Hec) or item 3065 and item 3143 and you become an uncatchable split push assassin. In the jungle, get item 3707, because chilling smite's MS steal amps your gank damage.

Knight SoIaire 1 votes

im kinda afraid that he could again be outclassed in the role he takes

rekd11 votes

You can still get one or two damage items on Hecarim. Why? Because his W heals him based on HIS damage as well as his ALLY'S. So as long as you're attack the same target(s) as your allies, they're going to be helping you sustain

Champion Skin1 votes

You don't even have to be attacking the same targets as long as they are inside the W AoE though of course it is usually a good idea to focus the enemies one by one and actually killing them

Ser Garland1 votes

Then by that logic Master Yi is a terrible champion.

Something that Hecarim DOES have over the Yeeeeeeee He can build bruiserish/tank and be in some extended fights late game. He can always escape after an engage if he has his E. If' you're conservative with your E and your R, no one will ever catch you. Sanic music

Playing full damage (move speed hec) is literally how you play Yi. You wait for a team fight to start, circling around the area to get the best position Clip clop clip clop E towards the enemy, R as much people as you can, hire bump your rump onto the enemy carry, smash them up, run away if they focus, keep spinning your glaive if they don't. It's as simple as that.

You're one of the best hit and run champions in the game.

Knight SoIaire 1 votes

Then by that logic Master Yi is a terrible champion.

yis kit is made around him being squishy so he has tools to survive despite being squishy like meditation lifesteal and his q making him disapear on the other hand hecas kit forces him to take damage head on without any mitigation besides his self heal being squishy on yi is not a problem, being squishy on heca means getting shredded

also yi does not need to ramp up for 6 seconds before getting his full power

Daedalus8711 votes

I've heard that bruiser yi is quite possibly the most op thing in the game.

Not sure how true that is though.

pls update shy2 votes

Play him mid or top, buy boots of swiftness and a triforce. Profit.

junglerboy162 votes

Toplane MS Hecarim is where it's at.

Hecarim+summoner 12+summoner 6+item 3280=unbelievable tp burst ganks. Homeguard+warpath+ghost is disgustingly strong, and following up with a triforce gives you a ton of damage in between rampage spamming.

Electro5221 votes

Although this is rare, I've had this happen before. Playing Sivir on bot lane, winning lane decently, end up doing a decent trade, and force my opponents back on their tower.

Soon, a TP on their tower starts up, and I slowly back up. I'm nearly to my tower when suddenly, next thing I know, A RAMPAGING HECARIM IS IN MY FACE WITH AN ULT TO TOP IT OFF!!! I tried spell shielding him, but was too low on health and mana anyway.

First time, it worked for him, second time, not so much.

A Superb Villain2 votes

because I got locked between Sona's tits and about 14 minions

You say that like it is a bad thing.

Joking aside, wonderful write-up. You do a wonderful job selling the Shadow of War's thematic, and do so with an enjoyable level of humor. I hope many people are convinced into giving Hecarim a round about the jungle, I know I certainly have.

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Odyssey Sona1 votes

^ this.

Adolf Ghostler1 votes

Because lux can have a 30 second cd on her ulti.

MrBuffington1 votes

You cleave in a circle around you with reduced damage to minions probably because they're so god damn short.

lmfao. Love these guides :D

GnomeDigest1 votes

And then you get invaded early. GG.

seireikhaan1 votes

Fun stuff.

But please for the love of god don't follow this skill order. W max is terrible. If you want people to play a champ, at least give them the proper skill order or they'll wonder why they don't do any damage. :( Q-E-W.

Jenova Synthesis1 votes

W: Spirit of Dread Much like solo queue -- slowly drain the life of everything around you until there's nothing left to take

Best part. 10/10

Though Taric has failed to be my one-way ticket to diamond, despite my carrying my adc.

Ultîma1 votes

I love Hecarim but I don't see how he isn't outclassed by Rek'sai at the moment. She has a very similar jungle clear pattern with Q, except she doesn't worry about resource management, and she has free access to self-heals via her passive, again without concern for mana unlike Hecarim's spirit of dread which is on a very long cooldown. Yes, Hecarim can be built for speed and damage, but Rek'sai can knockup targets far more consistently than Hecarim can E or ult over the course of any team fight.

The success opportunity for Hecarim seems far too gated by high cooldowns and mana costs for him to be a favourable pick.

Odyssey Sona2 votes

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I love Hecarim but I don't see how he isn't outclassed by Rek'sai at the moment. She has a very similar jungle clear pattern with Q, except she doesn't worry about resource management, and she has free access to self-heals via her passive, again without concern for mana unlike Hecarim's spirit of dread which is on a very long cooldown. Yes, Hecarim can be built for speed and damage, but Rek'sai can knockup targets far more consistently than Hecarim can E or ult over the course of any team fight.

The success opportunity for Hecarim seems far too gated by high cooldowns and mana costs for him to be a favourable pick.

who needs class when you can be cancer free, fun AND CHALLENGING

It Hertz When IP1 votes

Hec has better initiation. And he doesn't spend half his time BLIND.

Narasimha1 votes

Hec has one of the best Baron stealing capabilities of any jungler.

What's Rek going to do, knock up Nashor?

OblongOtter1 votes

I believe he's one of the best (statistically) top laners right now.

Killer X 121 votes

I was sure this post was just going to be "because he is a fucking horse" lol

Salt and Veigar1 votes

Hecarim -Suffering is magic bitch

Kitten of Evil1 votes

the Giant Charlston dancing spider

Carlton dancing spider? Or Charleston dancing spider? Either way, I lol'ed.

Budupops1 votes

stopped reading at max w

BatteryDead1 votes

Anyone have good build tips for a tanky hecarim and a dps hecarim?

Hell Week1 votes

GO PLAY SOME HEC! YOU WILL REC! that was horrible..

Alaric111 votes

I used to play hecarim like it was going out of style. Then they changed his mana cost on q to 300 and the cool down on w to 4 minutes. After that patch no one played him. So turns out he WAS going out of style, we just didn't know it.

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