You can set her passive to use hotkeys in the options menu. The default is Shift+F1~F5
Try to use Inherent Glamour sparingly, ineffective uses will put enemies on the alert.
Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.
Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some strategic Neeko versus Hecarim matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences between these two champions. For instance, Neeko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hecarim’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Neeko may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Hecarim..
Neeko usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Hecarim. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Neeko usually fairs equally well when playing against Hecarim, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Neeko makes an ok counter to Hecarim.
While Neeko does have a higher winrate compared to Hecarim, when they face off with one another, Neeko also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Neeko into Hecarim.
Additionally, Neeko also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hecarim. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Neeko vs Hecarim matchups, Neeko is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Neeko is a decent counter to Hecarim. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Neeko against Hecarim.
To truly master Neeko to counter Hecarim during both the laning 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 closer to League of Legends pro players.
Neeko often picks up much more CS relative to Hecarim. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Neeko versus Hecarim build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Neeko used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Hecarim than with many other common builds. In fact, Neeko boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when countering Hecarim with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Hecarim as Neeko, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Neeko vs Hecarim battles, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.
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