Hecarim vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Hecarim
based on 1,248 Hecarim vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Naafiri
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.
Hecarim vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Hecarim in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several vital Hecarim against Naafiri counter stats that can help you interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Naafiri..
Hecarim often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Naafiri. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Hecarim and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Naafiri?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Hecarim usually wins when trying to fight Naafiri, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Hecarim makes a good counter for Naafiri.
While Hecarim does have a higher win rate compared to Naafiri, when they face off with one another, Hecarim also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Hecarim into Naafiri.
Additionally, Hecarim also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Naafiri matchups, Hecarim is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Hecarim is an above average counter for Naafiri. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Hecarim against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Hecarim to counter Naafiri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim on average racks up a lot less CS as Naafiri. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly 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 exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Hecarim versus Naafiri build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Hecarim combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Naafiri than with most other common item sets. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 52.3% when countering Naafiri with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Naafiri 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. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Hecarim vs Naafiri LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.3% winrate overall.
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