Shyvana with Hecarim
How to Synergize Shyvana and Hecarim
based on 224 Shyvana with Hecarim pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Shyvana Hecarim Synergy Summary
Best Shyvana vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Shyvana and Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Shyvana with Hecarim
It can be valuable to purchase one of the items that can slow enemies: Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Entropy.
Shyvana's abilities all benefit from attacking units. As a result, Attack Speed items are more valuable on her than most champions.
Burnout is an ideal choice for jungling. Monsters will be hit by the full duration, and the speed boost improves her ganking potential.
Flame Breath is great to level-up against difficult lane opponents.
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.
Shyvana Hecarim Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hecarim as Shyvana in LoL
The Shyvana 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, Shyvana sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Hecarim. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Hecarim helps Shyvana perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Shyvana plays on the same team as Hecarim, she gets a small increase in her total damage output. This change could signal that Hecarim provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Shyvana is played together with Hecarim on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Hecarim. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Hecarim.
Additionally, when Shyvana plays with Hecarim on the same team, she on average receives much less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Hecarim does a decent job of protecting Shyvana in team fights.
Synergies between Shyvana and Hecarim
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Is Shyvana better when played alongside Hecarim?
There is no ideal companion for Shyvana that will 100% of the time be her ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Hecarim is a top-tier teammate for Shyvana. By being on the same side as Shyvana, he increases their win rate by 6.3% to 55.4%. This signals that there is a very strong strategic relationship between Shyvana and Hecarim that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Hecarim has a greater difficulty than Shyvana. That means you must be cautious when lining up Hecarim teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working alongside, Shyvana players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by bringing Shyvana and Hecarim together, you will not be giving your team very much crowd control. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their kit.
Regardless of your Hecarim ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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
If you would like to truly master Shyvana to work well with Hecarim during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to focus on in your Shyvana and Hecarim synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Shyvana included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better as an ally of Hecarim than with most other common builds. In fact, Shyvana had an average win rate of 55.4% when playing alongside Hecarim with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Shyvana and Hecarim pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 55.4% win rate overall.
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