Hecarim with Karthus
How to Synergize Hecarim and Karthus
based on 510 Hecarim with Karthus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Karthus Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Karthus
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Karthus
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 Karthus Will Play
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
Hecarim Karthus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Karthus as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Karthus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karthus, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Karthus. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Karthus helps Hecarim perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Hecarim tries to synergize with Karthus, he observes a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This change may signal that Karthus provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played together with Karthus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Karthus.
Moreover, when Hecarim plays with Karthus on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Karthus does a poor job of protecting Hecarim in teamfights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Karthus
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Karthus?
There is no ideal synergy for Hecarim that will no matter what be his ideal ally. However, Karthus is a very typical teammate for Hecarim. By locking into the same team as Hecarim, he raises their win rate by 0.3% to 48.8%. This proves that there is only a small strategic relationship between Hecarim and Karthus that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Karthus has a greater difficulty than Hecarim. That means Hecarim players must be careful when lining up Karthus comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing together, Hecarim players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Hecarim and Karthus together, you may not be providing your side enough crowd control. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Karthus ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim to pair well with Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to use in your Hecarim and Karthus synergy build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Hecarim bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Karthus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 48.8% helping carry Karthus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Hecarim players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.8% winrate overall.
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