Jarvan IV vs Hecarim
How to Beat Hecarim as Jarvan IV
based on 1,488 Jarvan IV vs Hecarim matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Hecarim Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Hecarim
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV vs Hecarim Counter Stats
How to Counter Hecarim with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stats provided here feature some important Jarvan IV vs. Hecarim matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hecarim’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Hecarim. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Hecarim. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Hecarim
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Hecarim?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually fairs equally well when playing against Hecarim, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Jarvan IV makes an ok counter to Hecarim.
While Jarvan IV does have a higher winrate than Hecarim, when on opposite teams, Jarvan IV also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Jarvan IV into Hecarim.
Additionally, Jarvan IV also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hecarim. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Hecarim matchups, Hecarim is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Jarvan IV is a decent counter to Hecarim. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Jarvan IV against Hecarim.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV to counter Hecarim during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Hecarim. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Jarvan IV versus Hecarim build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Hecarim than with many other common item sets. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average winrate of 50.0% when playing against Hecarim with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Hecarim as Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Jarvan IV vs Hecarim counters, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.
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