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 show some significant Sett versus Hecarim counter stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Sett’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hecarim’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sett may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Hecarim..
Sett typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Hecarim. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sett usually wins when trying to fight Hecarim, with a 53.9% win rate. Therefore, Sett makes a great counter to Hecarim.
While Sett does have a higher win rate than Hecarim, when on opposite teams, Sett also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Sett into Hecarim.
Furthermore, Sett has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hecarim. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sett vs Hecarim matchups, Sett is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sett is a great counter to Hecarim. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sett against Hecarim.
To truly master Sett in order to counter Hecarim during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sett often picks up much more CS compared to Hecarim. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Sett versus Hecarim build include Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Sett incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Hecarim than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Sett had an average win rate of 53.9% when playing against Hecarim with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Hecarim as Sett, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Sett vs Hecarim face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Hecarim as Sett are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.