Hecarim vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Hecarim
based on 1,488 Hecarim vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Hecarim vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Hecarim in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some valuable Hecarim against Jarvan IV matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jarvan IV’s ratio of NaN, showing that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jarvan IV..
Hecarim usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Jarvan IV. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Hecarim and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Jarvan IV?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Hecarim usually fairs equally well when taking on Jarvan IV, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Hecarim makes an ok counter to Jarvan IV.
While Hecarim does have a higher win rate compared to Jarvan IV, when on opposite teams, Hecarim also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Hecarim into Jarvan IV.
Moreover, Hecarim has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Jarvan IV matchups, Jarvan IV is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Hecarim is a decent counter to Jarvan IV. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Hecarim against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim in order to counter Jarvan IV during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Jarvan IV. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Hecarim versus Jarvan IV build include Spear of Shojin, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Hecarim incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Jarvan IV than with many other typical builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average winrate of 50.0% battling Jarvan IV with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating Jarvan IV as Hecarim, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Hecarim vs Jarvan IV fights, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.0% winrate overall.
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