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.
The Hecarim Volibear synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Volibear, 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 Volibear. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Volibear helps Hecarim perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Hecarim is paired with Volibear, he sees a little decrease in his total damage output. This change may signal that Volibear does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played with Volibear on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Volibear. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Volibear.
Additionally, when Hecarim plays with Volibear on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Volibear does a decent job of protecting Hecarim during teamfights.
There is no perfect ally for Hecarim that will no matter what be his top ally. However, Volibear is a very typical ally for Hecarim. By locking into the same team as Hecarim, he decreases their win rate by -0.8% to 47.7%. This signals that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Hecarim and Volibear that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Volibear has a much lower diffuclty than Hecarim. That means Hecarim players don't need to be very careful when lining up Volibear comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Working alongside, Hecarim players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by pairing Hecarim and Volibear together, you may not be granting your other teammates a lot of support. Plan to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Volibear ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
To truly master Hecarim in order to synergize with Volibear during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Hecarim and Volibear synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Hecarim incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Volibear than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 47.7% helping carry Volibear with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating 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. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.7% winrate overall.
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