Kayn with Hecarim
How to Synergize Kayn and Hecarim
based on 106 Kayn with Hecarim pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kayn Hecarim Synergy Summary
Best Kayn vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Kayn with Hecarim
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Advice to Understand How Hecarim Will Play
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.
Kayn Hecarim Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hecarim as Kayn in LoL
The Kayn 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, Kayn 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 negative change shows that Hecarim helps Kayn perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kayn is paired with Hecarim, he gets a noticable increase in his total damage output. This could demonstrate that Hecarim provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kayn is played together with Hecarim on the same side, 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 Hecarim.
Additionally, when Kayn plays with Hecarim on the same team, he on average receives less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Hecarim does a decent job of covering Kayn during teamfights.
Synergies between Kayn and Hecarim
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Is Kayn better when played alongside Hecarim?
There is no one best ally for Kayn that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. However, Hecarim is a terrible teammate for Kayn. By being on the same team as Kayn, he decreases their win rate by -4.9% to 44.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Kayn and Hecarim that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Hecarim has a lower difficulty than Kayn. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Hecarim teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by grouping Kayn and Hecarim together, you will not be giving your team a great deal of magical damage output. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Hecarim ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Kayn to work well with Hecarim during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to have in your Kayn and Hecarim synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Hubris. When Kayn included at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Hecarim than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 44.3% when playing alongside Hecarim with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Kayn and Hecarim pairings, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.3% winrate overall.
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