Hecarim vs Ryze
How to Beat Ryze as Hecarim
based on 936 Hecarim vs Ryze matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Ryze Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Ryze Counter Build
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Starter Items
Early Items
Core Hecarim Items
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Summoner Spells
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Guide to Countering Ryze as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Ryze
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 Ryze
Ryze is especially dangerous to opponents that are marked with Flux.
Use Realm Warp's windup time to figure out how to deal with what may be coming out of the portal.
Crowd controlling Ryze during Realm Warp's windup will cancel the portal.
Hecarim vs Ryze Counter Stats
How to Counter Ryze with Hecarim in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some strategic Hecarim vs. Ryze matchup stats that can help you interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ryze’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ryze..
Hecarim often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Ryze. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Hecarim and Ryze
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Hecarim or Ryze?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Hecarim usually loses when playing against Ryze, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Hecarim makes a bad counter for Ryze.
While Hecarim does have a lower win rate compared to Ryze, when on opposite teams, Hecarim also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Hecarim into Ryze.
Additionally, Hecarim has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ryze. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Ryze matchups, Ryze is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Hecarim is a somewhat poor counter for Ryze. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Hecarim against Ryze.
Other Champion Matchups Against Hecarim
Additional Information for Hecarim Players
How We Calculated Our Hecarim vs Ryze Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Hecarim in order to counter Ryze 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim usually gets a lot less CS relative to Ryze. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities 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 surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Hecarim versus Ryze build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Hecarim used at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Ryze than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 48.2% battling Ryze with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Ryze 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. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Hecarim vs Ryze battles, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.2% winrate overall.
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