Hecarim vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Hecarim
based on 2,901 Hecarim vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Hecarim vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Hecarim in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some critical Hecarim against Vladimir counter stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vladimir..
Hecarim usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Vladimir. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Hecarim and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Vladimir?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Hecarim usually loses when playing against Vladimir, with a 46.4% win rate. Therefore, Hecarim makes a poor counter for Vladimir.
While Hecarim does have a lower win rate than Vladimir, when facing one another, Hecarim also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Hecarim into Vladimir.
Additionally, Hecarim has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Vladimir matchups, Vladimir is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Hecarim is a bad counter to Vladimir. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Hecarim against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Hecarim to counter Vladimir during both the early game 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 suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Vladimir. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Hecarim versus Vladimir build include Trinity Force, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Hecarim used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Vladimir than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average winrate of 46.4% when playing against Vladimir with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Vladimir as Hecarim, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Hecarim vs Vladimir counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.4% win rate overall.
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