Hecarim with Gwen
How to Synergize Hecarim and Gwen
based on 1,881 Hecarim with Gwen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Gwen Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Gwen
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Gwen
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 Understand How Gwen Will Play
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Hecarim Gwen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gwen as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Gwen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gwen, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Hecarim sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gwen. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Gwen helps Hecarim perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Hecarim is an ally to Gwen, he gets a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This change could indicate that Gwen does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played alongside Gwen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Gwen.
Additionally, when Hecarim plays with Gwen on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Gwen does a decent job of protecting Hecarim during teamfights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Gwen
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Gwen?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Hecarim that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Gwen is a not very good ally for Hecarim. By locking into the same side as Hecarim, she drops their win rate by -2.0% to 46.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful bond between Hecarim and Gwen that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Gwen has a lower difficulty than Hecarim. That means Hecarim players don't need to be careful when lining up Gwen comrades to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by grouping Hecarim and Gwen together, you probably will not be granting your other allies a lot of support. Plan to include other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Gwen ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim in order to pair well with Gwen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Hecarim and Gwen synergy build consist of Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Hecarim incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Gwen than with most other common builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 46.5% helping carry Gwen with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Hecarim players 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 sets that we analyzed for Hecarim and Gwen pairings, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Gwen with Hecarim are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.