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Yasuo vs Hecarim

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How to Beat Hecarim as Yasuo

based on 6,443 Yasuo vs Hecarim matchups
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
1.74
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League games that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Hecarim as Yasuo resulted from an evaluation of 6443 ranked games where both champions engaged one another. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Yasuo fights Hecarim in only 2.4% of his rounds.

Yasuo vs Hecarim Matchup Summary

Yasuo does a decent job of countering Hecarim. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.9% of matches the champs battle one another in. In Yasuo versus Hecarim games, Yasuo’s team is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood against Hecarim.

Best Yasuo vs Hecarim Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Yasuo Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelInfinity EdgeBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

BloodthirsterPhantom DancerTerminusImmortal Shieldbow

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yasuo to level upq
>
Second ability for Yasuo to level upe
>
Last skill for Yasuo to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Yasuo's passive ability p
Yasuo's q ability q
Yasuo's w ability w
Yasuo's e ability e
Yasuo's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
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Q
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E
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E
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Hecarim as Yasuo

Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Hecarim

Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.

Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.

At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.

Advice to Win Against Hecarim

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.

Yasuo vs Hecarim Counter Stats

Yasuo Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
Hecarim Image
6.9
< Kills >
7
7
< Deaths >
6
5.3
< Assists >
8.5
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
184
< Minions Killed >
36
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.35
18,779
< Physical Damage >
14,157
1,865
< Magic Damage >
2,624
973
< True Damage >
795
21,618
< Damage Dealt >
17,577
23,960
< Damage Taken >
40,409
12,380
< Gold Earned >
12,134
2.33
< Towers >
1.19
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
5,474
< Total Healing >
20,862
14,200
< Experience >
14,018
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
5
211
< Time Dealing CC >
236

How to Counter Hecarim with Yasuo in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some critical Yasuo versus Hecarim counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hecarim’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Hecarim..

Yasuo often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Hecarim. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yasuo and Hecarim

Damage Types Compared

Yasuo
Hecarim
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yasuo
Hecarim

Who is Better, Yasuo or Hecarim?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when facing off against Hecarim, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Yasuo makes a good counter to Hecarim.

While Yasuo does have a higher winrate than Hecarim, when facing one another, Yasuo also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Yasuo into Hecarimas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Yasuo has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hecarim. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Hecarim matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Yasuo is a decent counter to Hecarim. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Yasuo against Hecarim.

Additional Information for Yasuo Players

How We Calculated Our Yasuo vs Hecarim Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Hecarim as Yasuo, we analyzed 6,443 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 Hecarim as Yasuo 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to counter Hecarim during both the lane 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 shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yasuo usually racks up much more CS relative to Hecarim. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, 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, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Yasuo versus Hecarim build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Hecarim than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when playing against Hecarim with this build.

To have the highest probability of beating Hecarim as Yasuo, Yasuo players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Yasuo vs Hecarim counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.9% winrate overall.

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