Hecarim with Kayn
How to Synergize Hecarim and Kayn
based on 106 Hecarim with Kayn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Kayn Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Kayn Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Hecarim Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Kayn
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Kayn
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 Kayn Will Play
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Hecarim Kayn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kayn as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Kayn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayn, 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 Kayn. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kayn helps Hecarim perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Hecarim plays on the same team as Kayn, he observes a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This could indicate that Kayn supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played alongside Kayn 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 Kayn.
Additionally, when Hecarim plays with Kayn on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Kayn does a poor job of protecting Hecarim in team fights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Kayn
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Kayn?
There is no one best ally for Hecarim that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. However, Kayn is a very bad ally for Hecarim. By being on the same team as Hecarim, he decreases their win rate by -4.2% to 44.3%. This demonstrates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit synergy between Hecarim and Kayn that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Kayn has a greater difficulty than Hecarim. That means you must be careful when lining up Kayn comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting alongside, Hecarim players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by bringing Hecarim and Kayn together, you probably will not be granting your team very much magical damage output. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Kayn ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Additional Information for Hecarim Players
How We Calculated Our Hecarim Kayn Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Hecarim to pair well with Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to build first in your Hecarim and Kayn synergy build consist of Eclipse, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Hecarim bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Kayn than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Hecarim had an average winrate of 44.3% helping carry Kayn with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Ingenious Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 44.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Kayn with Hecarim are presented for all ranked divisions. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.