how do hecarim?
so i recently picked up 
and i cant figure out how to use him quite right. should i be ganking a lot? what items do i build first?
thank you to anyone who is able to help me
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Go with Smite and Ghost. Build Eldar Lizard into Iceborn Gauntlet into Black Cleaver. Your boots should be Ninja Tabi or Merc Treads depending on what you need, your final two items should be tank items, Spirit Visage, Sunfire, ect. Though keep your mind open to the situation, if they have a magic heavy team, you may want to substitute Sunfire for Banshee's.
You should only gank when the lane is pushed your way and only to try and snowball your lanes, give the kills to your lane if you can, only take the kill if you are certain your laner can't secure the kill. Save your E until the enemy lane has blown their CC, use E to catch up and stick to them.
You are fast enough to gank through wards, or straight up the lane, especially since Hec ignores unit collision. With your ult you can gank from unexpected angles, though you risk blowing all your cc potential early. Sometimes it's best to not autoattack, but rather run alongside or ahead of your target and spam q (just autoattack to proc Iceborn).
Hec is extremely good at chasing carries out of the fight. Ult right through their line and jump on their carries. If they run, you can catch them. If they stay, their team will likely focus you. You can tank for days IF your team is smart enough to pile their damage on someone within your w radius while it's up.
Hec is vulnerable to counterjungling, so jungle awareness is very important. I actually like to run Mobility boots on him to keep pressure on at least two lanes. Hec's not great at dueling fighters or tanks, so avoid it. Engage only on your terms, don't be afraid to use your e or your ult to get away from a bad situation.
After level 6 or so, stop using your w to clear jungle camps, the cd is rather long and it's much more useful in fights.
Spirit Visage is core, always get this, it makes your w so much better. The only time you should consider not getting it is if the enemy has very, very little ap damage.
Hecarim is a farm champion...he scales decently late but isn't that great early...hence the "farm" element. Who pressure on occasion to keep people honest...but the first 10-15 minutes should be all about you farming like crazy.
Burst:
(DO NOT USE THIS UNLESS YOU ARE VERY EXPERIENCED)
DPS:
(USE THIS IF BEGINNER)
You will notice There are no jungle items included. You should sell jungle items as they become useless around 30 minutes.