Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.
Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some important Elise vs. Hecarim matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champs. Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hecarim’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Hecarim..
Elise normally has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Hecarim. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Elise usually loses when trying to fight Hecarim, with a 47.7% win rate. Thus, Elise makes a bad counter to Hecarim.
While Elise does have a lower winrate than Hecarim, when facing one another, Elise also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Elise into Hecarimas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Elise also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hecarim. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Elise vs Hecarim matchups, Hecarim is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Elise is a bad counter to Hecarim. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Elise against Hecarim.
To truly master Elise to counter Hecarim during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Elise often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Hecarim. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Elise versus Hecarim build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise used at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Hecarim than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Elise had an average winrate of 47.7% when playing against Hecarim with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Hecarim as Elise, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Elise vs Hecarim counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Hecarim as Elise are presented for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.