Hecarim vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Hecarim
based on 3,396 Hecarim vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Leona
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
Advice to Win Against Leona
When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.
Hecarim vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Hecarim in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some important Hecarim versus Leona matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Leona. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Hecarim normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Leona. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Hecarim and Leona
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Leona?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Hecarim usually loses when facing off against Leona, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Hecarim makes a bad counter to Leona.
While Hecarim does have a lower win rate compared to Leona, when facing one another, Hecarim also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Hecarim into Leona.
Additionally, Hecarim also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Hecarim is a terribly counter to Leona. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Hecarim against Leona.
Other Champion Matchups Against Hecarim
Additional Information for Hecarim Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Hecarim to counter Leona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Leona. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, 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, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Hecarim versus Leona build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Hecarim used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Leona than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 47.8% battling Leona with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Leona as Hecarim, Hecarim players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Hecarim vs Leona matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.8% winrate overall.
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