Hecarim with Garen
How to Synergize Hecarim and Garen
based on 2,924 Hecarim with Garen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Garen Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Garen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Garen
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Garen
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 Garen Will Play
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.
Hecarim Garen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Garen as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Garen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Garen, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Garen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Garen helps Hecarim perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Hecarim is an ally to Garen, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Garen does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played with Garen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Garen.
Moreover, when Hecarim plays with Garen on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Garen does a poor job of protecting Hecarim in teamfights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Garen
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Garen?
There is no top companion for Hecarim that will always be his top ally. However, Garen is a below average ally for Hecarim. By playing on the same team as Hecarim, he decreases their win rate by -1.5% to 47.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative bond between Hecarim and Garen that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Garen has a lower difficulty than Hecarim. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Garen comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by aligning Hecarim and Garen together, you will not be providing your team a great deal of utility. Plan to have other champs on your team that fills this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Garen ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, 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 learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim in order to synergize with Garen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to get in your Hecarim and Garen synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Hecarim bought at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Garen than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average win rate of 47.0% helping carry Garen with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, Hecarim players should equip 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 builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.0% win rate overall.
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