Hecarim with Zed
How to Synergize Hecarim and Zed
based on 2,754 Hecarim with Zed pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Zed Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Zed
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Zed
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 Zed Will Play
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
Hecarim Zed Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zed as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Zed synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zed, 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 Zed. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Zed helps Hecarim perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Hecarim is paired with Zed, he sees a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference could signal that Zed doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played with Zed on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zed.
Additionally, when Hecarim plays with Zed on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Zed does a poor job of protecting Hecarim in team fights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Zed
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Zed?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Hecarim that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. However, Zed is a very typical ally for Hecarim. By locking into the same team as Hecarim, he decreases their win rate by -0.9% to 47.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Hecarim and Zed that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Zed has a greater difficulty than Hecarim. That means you must be careful when lining up Zed teammates to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working alongside, Hecarim players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by bringing Hecarim and Zed together, you probably will not be granting your side a great deal of utility. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Zed ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Hecarim in order to pair well with Zed during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to have in your Hecarim and Zed synergy build include Trinity Force, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Hecarim combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Zed than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average winrate of 47.6% when playing alongside Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you 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 combinations players used for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.
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