Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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 Jarvan IV Hecarim synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hecarim, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Jarvan IV sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Hecarim. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Hecarim helps Jarvan IV perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Jarvan IV is an ally to Hecarim, he observes a little increase in his full damage output. This may signal that Hecarim supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Jarvan IV is played alongside Hecarim on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Hecarim. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Hecarim.
Additionally, when Jarvan IV plays with Hecarim on the same team, he on average receives much less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Hecarim does a decent job of covering Jarvan IV during team fights.
There is no one best synergy for Jarvan IV that will always be his ideal teammate. However, Hecarim is a terrible companion for Jarvan IV. By locking into the same side as Jarvan IV, he lowers their win rate by -7.1% to 41.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a terrible bond between Jarvan IV and Hecarim that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Hecarim has a greater difficulty than Jarvan IV. That means you must be cautious when lining up Hecarim comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Jarvan IV players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by pairing Jarvan IV and Hecarim together, you may not be providing your team a lot of crowd control. Plan to bring other champions on your team that fills this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Hecarim teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV to pair well with Hecarim during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Jarvan IV and Hecarim synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Hecarim than with many other common builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average winrate of 41.5% helping carry Hecarim with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, Jarvan IV players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 41.5% winrate overall.
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