Braum vs Hecarim
How to Beat Hecarim as Braum
based on 1,183 Braum vs Hecarim matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Braum vs Hecarim Matchup Summary
Best Braum vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Braum
Tips for Playing as Braum against Hecarim
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
Advice to Win Against Hecarim
Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.
Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.
Braum vs Hecarim Counter Stats
How to Counter Hecarim with Braum in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some valuable Braum vs. Hecarim counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hecarim’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Braum may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Hecarim. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Braum often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Hecarim. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Braum and Hecarim
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Who is Better, Braum or Hecarim?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Braum usually wins when playing against Hecarim, with a 56.0% win rate. Therefore, Braum makes a fantastic counter to Hecarim.
While Braum does have a much higher win rate than Hecarim, when on opposite teams, Braum also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Braum into Hecarim.
Moreover, Braum has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hecarim. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Braum vs Hecarim matchups, Braum is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Braum is a great counter to Hecarim. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Braum against Hecarim.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Braum to counter Hecarim during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Braum typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Hecarim. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Braum versus Hecarim build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Braum included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Hecarim than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Braum had an average winrate of 56.0% when countering Hecarim with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Hecarim as Braum, Braum players should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Braum vs Hecarim counters, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 56.0% win rate overall.
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