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Hecarim vs Rakan

How to Beat Rakan as Hecarim in LoLHecarim is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Rakan as Hecarim

based on 2,953 Hecarim vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
49.5 %
K/D/A
2.53
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Rakan as Hecarim resulted from an analysis of 2953 ranked games where both champs faced off against one another. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Hecarim has to counter Rakan in only 3.1% of his matches.

Hecarim vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Hecarim does a ok job of beating Rakan. Normally, he wins a acceptable 49.5% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Hecarim against Rakan rounds, Hecarim’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Rakan.

Best Hecarim vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Caulfield's WarhammerIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Hecarim Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Serylda's GrudgeProfane HydraBlack CleaverSterak's Gage

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Hecarim to level upq
>
Second ability for Hecarim to level upw
>
Last skill for Hecarim to max oute

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityWaterwalking
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Hecarim's passive ability p
Hecarim's q ability q
Hecarim's w ability w
Hecarim's e ability e
Hecarim's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
3
Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Hecarim

Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Rakan

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 Rakan

Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.

Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.

Hecarim vs Rakan Counter Stats

Hecarim Image
Win Rate
49.5 %
VS
Win Rate
50.5 %
Rakan Image
6.5
< Kills >
1.5
5.8
< Deaths >
5.2
8.2
< Assists >
13.9
1.49
< Killing Sprees >
0.25
33
< Minions Killed >
31
1.56
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.46
13,951
< Physical Damage >
1,246
2,665
< Magic Damage >
4,797
757
< True Damage >
737
17,373
< Damage Dealt >
6,780
39,693
< Damage Taken >
19,092
11,950
< Gold Earned >
8,044
1.21
< Towers >
1.78
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
20,941
< Total Healing >
5,587
13,727
< Experience >
10,058
19
< Vision Score >
63
5
< Wards Placed >
30
234
< Time Dealing CC >
162

How to Counter Rakan with Hecarim in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show some important Hecarim against Rakan matchup stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rakan. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Hecarim often has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Rakan. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Hecarim and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Hecarim
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Hecarim
Rakan

Who is Better, Hecarim or Rakan?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Hecarim usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Rakan, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Hecarim makes an ok counter for Rakan.

While Hecarim does have a lower win rate compared to Rakan, when on opposite teams, Hecarim also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Hecarim into Rakan.

Furthermore, Hecarim has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rakan. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Hecarim is a somewhat poor counter for Rakan. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Hecarim against Rakan.

Other Champion Matchups Against Hecarim

Hecarim Loses Against

SingedSinged43.9% winrateBraumBraum44% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser44% winrateTaricTaric44.1% winrate

Hecarim Wins Against

YuumiYuumi54.6% winrateZoeZoe54.1% winrateNidaleeNidalee53.6% winrateHeimerdingerHeimerdinger53.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Hecarim Players

How We Calculated Our Hecarim vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Hecarim, we analyzed 2,953 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Rakan as Hecarim comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Hecarim Build Rakan Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim in order to counter Rakan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Hecarim on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Rakan. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Hecarim versus Rakan build consist of Trinity Force, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Hecarim bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Rakan than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 49.5% battling Rakan with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Rakan as Hecarim, Hecarim players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Hecarim vs Rakan battles, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.

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