Galio vs Hecarim
How to Beat Hecarim as Galio
based on 2,557 Galio vs Hecarim matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Hecarim Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Hecarim
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Advice to Win Against Hecarim
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.
Galio vs Hecarim Counter Stats
How to Counter Hecarim with Galio in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several strategic Galio versus Hecarim matchup statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hecarim’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Hecarim..
Galio often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Hecarim. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Galio and Hecarim
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Who is Better, Galio or Hecarim?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Galio usually wins when facing off against Hecarim, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Galio makes a good counter for Hecarim.
While Galio does have a higher winrate compared to Hecarim, when they face off with one another, Galio also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Galio into Hecarim.
Moreover, Galio has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hecarim. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Galio vs Hecarim matchups, Galio is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Galio is a good counter for Hecarim. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Galio against Hecarim.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Galio in order to counter Hecarim during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio often gets much more CS compared to Hecarim. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Galio versus Hecarim build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Galio combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Hecarim than with most other common builds. In fact, Galio boasted an average winrate of 52.4% battling Hecarim with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Hecarim as Galio, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Galio vs Hecarim counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Hecarim as Galio are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.