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.
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
The Hecarim Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, 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 Galio. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Galio helps Hecarim perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Hecarim plays on the same team as Galio, he gets a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Galio supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played alongside Galio on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Galio.
Moreover, when Hecarim plays with Galio on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Galio does a decent job of protecting Hecarim during team fights.
There is no top champion pairing for Hecarim that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, overall, Galio is a pretty good ally for Hecarim. By being on the same side as Hecarim, he improves their win rate by 1.7% to 50.2%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful strategic relationship between Hecarim and Galio that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Galio has a lower difficulty than Hecarim. That means Hecarim players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Galio allies to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing alongside, Hecarim players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champions will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by aligning Hecarim and Galio together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much utility. We recommend you include other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Galio ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
To truly master Hecarim in order to pair well with Galio during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to focus on in your Hecarim and Galio synergy build include Spear of Shojin, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Hecarim included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Galio than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Hecarim had an average winrate of 50.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Galio with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Hecarim players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Hecarim and Galio pairings, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.2% win rate overall.
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