Leona with Hecarim
How to Synergize Leona and Hecarim
based on 3,047 Leona with Hecarim pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Leona Hecarim Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Leona and Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Leona with Hecarim
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
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.
Leona Hecarim Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hecarim as Leona in LoL
The Leona Hecarim synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hecarim, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Leona sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Hecarim. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Hecarim helps Leona perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Leona is an ally to Hecarim, she sees a little drop in her full damage output. This may indicate that Hecarim does not support by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Leona is played alongside Hecarim on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Hecarim.
Additionally, when Leona plays with Hecarim on the same side, she usually receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Hecarim does a decent job of protecting Leona in teamfights.
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Is Leona better when played alongside Hecarim?
There is no ideal ally for Leona that will 100% of the time be her best ally. Yet, Hecarim is a relatively poor companion for Leona. By being on the same team as Leona, he drops their win rate by -2.2% to 50.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative bond between Leona and Hecarim that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Hecarim has a greater difficulty than Leona. That means you must be very careful when lining up Hecarim allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working together, Leona players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. When paired, these two will be a great protective duo.
Although, by grouping Leona and Hecarim together, you may not be granting your side a great deal of AP. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Hecarim ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Leona in order to pair well with Hecarim during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Leona and Hecarim synergy build consist of Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Leona included at least these three items in her build, she did much better when fighting alongside Hecarim than with many other typical builds. In fact, Leona had an average win rate of 50.0% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Hecarim with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.0% winrate overall.
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