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.
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
The Hecarim Ryze synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ryze, 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 Ryze. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Ryze helps Hecarim perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Hecarim tries to synergize with Ryze, he gets a small decrease in his total damage output. This may demonstrate that Ryze does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played alongside Ryze on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ryze.
Moreover, when Hecarim plays with Ryze on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Ryze does a poor job of protecting Hecarim during team fights.
There is no ideal synergy for Hecarim that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, Ryze is a relatively poor ally for Hecarim. By locking into the same side as Hecarim, he decreases their win rate by -2.4% to 46.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad strategic relationship between Hecarim and Ryze that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Ryze has a greater difficulty than Hecarim. That means you should be careful when arranging Ryze allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Playing alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by grouping Hecarim and Ryze together, you probably will not be providing your side a lot of utility. Make sure to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Ryze ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
To truly master Hecarim in order to pair well with Ryze during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to get in your Hecarim and Ryze synergy build include Spear of Shojin, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Hecarim bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Ryze than with most other typical builds. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average winrate of 46.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Ryze with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Hecarim players should take 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 that we analyzed for Hecarim and Ryze pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.1% win rate overall.
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