Sylas vs Hecarim
How to Beat Hecarim as Sylas
based on 1,110 Sylas vs Hecarim matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Hecarim Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Hecarim
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
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.
Sylas vs Hecarim Counter Stats
How to Counter Hecarim with Sylas in LoL
The stats provided here feature some critical Sylas vs. Hecarim counter statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hecarim’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Hecarim..
Sylas usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Hecarim. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sylas and Hecarim
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Who is Better, Sylas or Hecarim?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually wins when trying to fight Hecarim, with a 55.3% win rate. Thus, Sylas makes a fantastic counter for Hecarim.
While Sylas does have a much higher winrate compared to Hecarim, when facing one another, Sylas also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Sylas into Hecarim.
Additionally, Sylas has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hecarim. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Hecarim matchups, Sylas is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Sylas is a great counter for Hecarim. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sylas against Hecarim.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sylas to counter Hecarim during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas typically picks up much more CS as Hecarim. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Sylas versus Hecarim build include Everfrost, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Sylas bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Hecarim than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 55.3% when countering Hecarim with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Hecarim as Sylas, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Sylas vs Hecarim counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 55.3% winrate overall.
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