Hecarim vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Hecarim
based on 1,133 Hecarim vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Hecarim vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Hecarim in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several significant Hecarim against Zilean counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zilean. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Hecarim usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Zilean. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Hecarim and Zilean
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Hecarim usually loses when taking on Zilean, with a 46.9% win rate. As a result, Hecarim makes a poor counter to Zilean.
While Hecarim does have a lower win rate than Zilean, when facing one another, Hecarim also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Hecarim into Zilean.
Furthermore, Hecarim also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Hecarim is a trash counter for Zilean. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Hecarim against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Hecarim to counter Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim most often picks up less CS as Zilean. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Hecarim versus Zilean build include Spear of Shojin, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Hecarim incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Zilean than with many other common builds. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average win rate of 46.9% when playing against Zilean with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Zilean as Hecarim, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Hecarim vs Zilean counters, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.9% winrate overall.
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