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.
While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.
Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.
The Hecarim Nautilus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nautilus, 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 Nautilus. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Nautilus helps Hecarim perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Hecarim plays on the same team as Nautilus, he sees a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Nautilus supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played together with Nautilus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Nautilus. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Nautilus.
Moreover, when Hecarim plays with Nautilus on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Nautilus does a decent job of protecting Hecarim during teamfights.
There is no perfect ally for Hecarim that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Nautilus is a relatively poor ally for Hecarim. By playing on the same side as Hecarim, he decreases their win rate by -1.6% to 46.9%. This shows that there is a negative bond between Hecarim and Nautilus that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Nautilus has a lower difficulty than Hecarim. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Nautilus teammates to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.
When playing together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by pairing Hecarim and Nautilus together, you will not be giving your other teammates much support. We recommend you have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Nautilus ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
To truly master Hecarim to pair well with Nautilus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to have in your Hecarim and Nautilus synergy build include Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Eclipse. When Hecarim combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Nautilus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Hecarim had an average winrate of 46.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nautilus with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.9% win rate overall.
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