Nocturne with Hecarim
How to Synergize Nocturne and Hecarim
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Nocturne Hecarim Synergy Summary
Best Nocturne vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nocturne and Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Nocturne with Hecarim
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
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.
Nocturne Hecarim Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hecarim as Nocturne in LoL
The Nocturne 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, Nocturne 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 Nocturne perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nocturne is paired with Hecarim, he sees a sizeable uptick in his total damage dealt. This change could indicate that Hecarim provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nocturne is played together with Hecarim on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Hecarim.
Additionally, when Nocturne plays with Hecarim on the same team, he usually receives much less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Hecarim does a decent job of protecting Nocturne during team fights.
Synergies between Nocturne and Hecarim
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Is Nocturne better when played alongside Hecarim?
There is no top companion for Nocturne that will always be his top teammate. Yet, Hecarim is a terrible teammate for Nocturne. By playing on the same side as Nocturne, he decreases their win rate by -9.4% to 42.4%. This proves that there is a terrible bond between Nocturne and Hecarim that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Hecarim has a greater difficulty than Nocturne. That means you should be cautious when enlisting Hecarim comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, Nocturne players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Nocturne and Hecarim together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates very much support. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Hecarim ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Nocturne in order to pair well with Hecarim during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to include in your Nocturne and Hecarim synergy build include Axiom Arc, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Nocturne bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Hecarim than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nocturne had an average win rate of 42.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Hecarim with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, Nocturne players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Eyeball Collection runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Nocturne and Hecarim pairings, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 42.4% win rate overall.
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