Hecarim with Graves
How to Synergize Hecarim and Graves
based on 252 Hecarim with Graves pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Graves Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Graves
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Graves
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 Graves Will Play
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
Hecarim Graves Synergy Stats
How to Play with Graves as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, 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 Graves. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Graves helps Hecarim perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Hecarim plays on the same team as Graves, he observes a measurable drop in his total damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Graves does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played with Graves on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Graves. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Graves.
Moreover, when Hecarim plays with Graves on the same team, he typically receives less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Graves does a decent job of covering Hecarim in teamfights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Graves
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Graves?
There is no ideal ally for Hecarim that will always be his top ally. Yet, Graves is a terrible companion for Hecarim. By locking into the same team as Hecarim, he decreases their win rate by -5.2% to 43.3%. This proves that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Hecarim and Graves that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Graves has a much lower diffuclty than Hecarim. That means Hecarim players don't need to be careful when lining up Graves comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
When playing on the same side, Hecarim players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by pairing Hecarim and Graves together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates a great deal of crowd control. Make sure to have other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Graves ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim to synergize with Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to use in your Hecarim and Graves synergy build consist of Eclipse, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Hecarim combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Graves than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average win rate of 43.3% helping carry Graves with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing 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 builds we have analyed for Hecarim and Graves pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 43.3% winrate overall.
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