Hecarim with Brand
How to Synergize Hecarim and Brand
based on 3,479 Hecarim with Brand pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Brand Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Brand
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Brand
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 Understand How Brand Will Play
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
Hecarim Brand Synergy Stats
How to Play with Brand as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Brand synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Brand, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Hecarim sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Brand. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Brand helps Hecarim perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Hecarim plays on the same team as Brand, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This may indicate that Brand does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played alongside Brand on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Brand.
Moreover, when Hecarim plays with Brand on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Brand does a poor job of protecting Hecarim during team fights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Brand
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Brand?
There is no ideal ally for Hecarim that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, Brand is a good companion for Hecarim. By locking into the same team as Hecarim, he raises their win rate by 1.5% to 50.0%. This clearly indicates that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Hecarim and Brand that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Brand has a lower difficulty than Hecarim. That means Hecarim players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Brand teammates to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by grouping Hecarim and Brand together, you probably will not be giving your team a great deal of crowd control. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Brand ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Hecarim to pair well with Brand during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to prioritize in your Hecarim and Brand synergy build include Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Eclipse. When Hecarim included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Brand than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 50.0% helping carry Brand with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Hecarim and Brand pairings, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.0% winrate overall.
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