Hecarim with Irelia
How to Synergize Hecarim and Irelia
based on 2,263 Hecarim with Irelia pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Irelia Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Irelia
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Irelia
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 Irelia Will Play
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
Hecarim Irelia Synergy Stats
How to Play with Irelia as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, 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 Irelia. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Irelia helps Hecarim perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Hecarim is an ally to Irelia, he observes a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Irelia does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played alongside Irelia on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Irelia.
Moreover, when Hecarim plays with Irelia on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Irelia does a decent job of protecting Hecarim during team fights.
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Irelia?
There is no top companion for Hecarim that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, Irelia is a relatively poor teammate for Hecarim. By locking into the same team as Hecarim, she lowers their win rate by -1.5% to 47.0%. This shows that there is a negative synergy between Hecarim and Irelia that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Irelia has a lower difficulty than Hecarim. That means Hecarim players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Irelia comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, Hecarim players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Hecarim and Irelia together, you will not be providing your team a great deal of support. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Irelia ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Hecarim to pair well with Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to focus on in your Hecarim and Irelia synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Hecarim incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Irelia than with most other common item sets. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average winrate of 47.0% helping carry Irelia with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, 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 sets players chose for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.0% win rate overall.
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