Hecarim vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Hecarim
based on 7,440 Hecarim vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Naafiri
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.
Hecarim vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Hecarim in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several important Hecarim versus Naafiri matchup stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, showing that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Naafiri..
Hecarim typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Naafiri. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Hecarim and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Naafiri?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Hecarim usually wins when playing against Naafiri, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Hecarim makes a good counter to Naafiri.
While Hecarim does have a higher win rate compared to Naafiri, when facing one another, Hecarim also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Hecarim into Naafiri.
Additionally, Hecarim has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Naafiri matchups, Hecarim is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Hecarim is a good counter for Naafiri. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Hecarim against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim to counter Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim often accumulates a lot less CS as Naafiri. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Hecarim versus Naafiri build include Duskblade of Draktharr, Spear Of Shojin, and Serylda's Grudge. When Hecarim bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Naafiri than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average winrate of 52.3% when playing against Naafiri with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Naafiri as Hecarim, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Ingenious Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Hecarim vs Naafiri clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.3% winrate overall.
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