Hecarim vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Hecarim
based on 1,183 Hecarim vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Braum as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Braum
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.
Advice to Win Against Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Hecarim vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Hecarim in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several important Hecarim versus Braum matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences between the two. As an example, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Braum’s ratio of NaN, showing that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Braum. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Hecarim normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Braum. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Hecarim and Braum
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Braum?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Hecarim usually loses when facing off against Braum, with a 44.0% win rate. As a result, Hecarim makes a bad counter to Braum.
While Hecarim does have a much lower winrate compared to Braum, when they face off with one another, Hecarim also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Hecarim into Braum.
Furthermore, Hecarim also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Braum. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Braum matchups, Braum is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Hecarim is a trash counter to Braum. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Hecarim against Braum.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Hecarim in order to counter Braum during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Braum. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Hecarim versus Braum build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Hecarim combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Braum than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average win rate of 44.0% when playing against Braum with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Braum as Hecarim, Hecarim players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Hecarim vs Braum counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 44.0% winrate overall.
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