Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
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 Ryze 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, Ryze 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 fall shows that Hecarim helps Ryze perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ryze tries to synergize with Hecarim, he observes a little decrease in his full damage output. This could signal that Hecarim does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Ryze is played alongside Hecarim on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Hecarim. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Hecarim.
Additionally, when Ryze plays with Hecarim on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Hecarim does a decent job of protecting Ryze during teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Ryze that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. However, overall, Hecarim is a not very good teammate for Ryze. By being on the same side as Ryze, he drops their win rate by -2.9% to 46.1%. This signals that there is a negative bond between Ryze and Hecarim that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Hecarim has a lower difficulty than Ryze. That means Ryze players don't need to be careful when arranging Hecarim comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Ryze and Hecarim together, you may not be providing your other allies enough support. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Hecarim ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
To truly master Ryze in order to work well with Hecarim during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to include in your Ryze and Hecarim synergy build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Hecarim than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Ryze boasted an average winrate of 46.1% when playing alongside Hecarim with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Ryze and Hecarim pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.1% winrate overall.
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