How to beat Hecarim

Common role: Jungle

A fast jungle diver who charges in, knocks you back, and fears your whole team.

What makes Hecarim dangerous

Hecarim builds movement speed to run you down, his E rampage knocks you back on impact, and his ultimate charges through the team, fearing everyone hit and making them flee. He heals off his Q and dives the backline with terrifying speed, snowballing off ganks.

How to play against Hecarim

• 1Ward and watch for his speed-up — a fast Hecarim engage is his whole gank. Slows and roots cut his momentum.
• 2Respect his ult fear — it charges through your team and makes them flee. Spread out and don't line up in front of it.
• 3Grievous Wounds cuts his Q healing, and hard CC stops his momentum-based dives.
• 4His E knockback needs a run-up — the closer you are, the weaker it is. Deny his speed and he does little.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Momentum-reliant — slows and roots gut him.
• ✓Healing cut by Grievous Wounds.
• ✓Ult fear is a dodgeable line.
• ✓Squishy-ish for a diver; hard CC punishes him.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Hecarim's abilities does — and how to play around it.

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  Kriegspfad

  Hecarim erhält Angriffsschaden in Höhe eines Prozentsatzes seines zusätzlichen Lauftempos.

  Strong: movement speed converts into bonus damage — a fast engage that runs you down. Weak: slows and roots gut his momentum and his whole gank.

• Q
  Toben

  Hecarim schlägt um sich und fügt nahen Gegnern normalen Schaden zu. Trifft Hecarim mindestens einen Gegner, verursacht er erhöhten Schaden und verringert die Abklingzeit für nachfolgendes „Toben“.

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  Geist des Schreckens

  Hecarim erhält Rüstung und Magieresistenz. Hecarim fügt allen nahen Gegnern magischen Schaden zu und wird für einen Teil jeder Art von Schaden, den diese Gegner erleiden, geheilt.

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  Vernichtender Ansturm

  Hecarim erhält erhöhtes Lauftempo und kann sich kurzzeitig durch Einheiten hindurch bewegen. Sein nächster Angriff stößt sein Ziel zurück und verursacht zusätzlichen normalen Schaden abhängig von seiner zurückgelegten Distanz seit der Aktivierung.

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  Ansturm der Schatten

  Hecarim beschwört schemenhafte Reiter und stürmt voran, wobei er Gegnern in einer Linie vor ihm magischen Schaden zufügt. Hecarim entfesselt anschließend eine Schockwelle, die dazu führt, dass nahe Gegner ängstlich fliehen.

  Strong: charges through your team, fearing everyone hit and scattering them. Weak: a dodgeable line — spread out and don't line up in front of it.

Itemization

Hecarim is AD with movement speed and healing. Slows, roots and Grievous Wounds are core. Spread for his ult fear and deny his speed to blunt his dives.

This guide covers Hecarim's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.