Garen with Hecarim
How to Synergize Garen and Hecarim
based on 2,924 Garen with Hecarim pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Garen Hecarim Synergy Summary
Best Garen vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Garen and Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Garen with Hecarim
Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.
Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.
Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.
Advice to Understand How Hecarim Will Play
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.
Garen Hecarim Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hecarim as Garen in LoL
The Garen Hecarim synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hecarim, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Garen sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Hecarim. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Hecarim helps Garen perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Garen is an ally to Hecarim, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Hecarim does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Garen is played with Hecarim on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Hecarim. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Hecarim.
Additionally, when Garen plays with Hecarim on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Hecarim does a decent job of protecting Garen in teamfights.
Synergies between Garen and Hecarim
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Is Garen better when played alongside Hecarim?
There is no ideal companion for Garen that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. Yet, Hecarim is a below average teammate for Garen. By locking into the same team as Garen, he decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 47.0%. This signals that there is a harmful synergy between Garen and Hecarim that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Hecarim has a greater difficulty than Garen. That means you must be very careful when arranging Hecarim allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working alongside, Garen players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by bringing Garen and Hecarim together, you will not be giving your team much support. We recommend you have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Hecarim ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Garen to pair well with Hecarim during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to build first in your Garen and Hecarim synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Garen included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Hecarim than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 47.0% when playing alongside Hecarim with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Garen and Hecarim pairings, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.0% win rate overall.
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