Hecarim with Illaoi
How to Synergize Hecarim and Illaoi
based on 1,558 Hecarim with Illaoi pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Illaoi Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Illaoi
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 Illaoi Will Play
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
Hecarim Illaoi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Illaoi as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, 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 Illaoi. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Illaoi helps Hecarim perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Hecarim is paired with Illaoi, he observes a little drop in his total damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Illaoi does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played together with Illaoi 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 Illaoi.
Moreover, when Hecarim plays with Illaoi on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Illaoi does a decent job of covering Hecarim during teamfights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Illaoi
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Illaoi?
There is no one best synergy for Hecarim that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. Yet, Illaoi is a good teammate for Hecarim. By being on the same team as Hecarim, she increases their win rate by 1.1% to 49.6%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Hecarim and Illaoi that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Illaoi has a lower difficulty than Hecarim. That means Hecarim players don't need to be cautious when finding Illaoi teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working cooperatively, Hecarim players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by grouping Hecarim and Illaoi together, you will not be giving your other teammates much support. Make sure to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Illaoi teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Hecarim to work well with Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to include in your Hecarim and Illaoi synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Spear of Shojin. When Hecarim included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Illaoi than with many other typical builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 49.6% helping carry Illaoi with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you 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 that we analyzed for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.6% winrate overall.
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