Hecarim with Naafiri
How to Synergize Hecarim and Naafiri
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Hecarim Naafiri Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Naafiri
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 Naafiri Will Play
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Hecarim Naafiri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Naafiri as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, 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 Naafiri. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Naafiri helps Hecarim perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Hecarim plays on the same team as Naafiri, he gets a small decrease in his full damage output. This change could signal that Naafiri does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that their presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played together with Naafiri on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Naafiri. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Naafiri.
Moreover, when Hecarim plays with Naafiri on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Naafiri does a decent job of protecting Hecarim during team fights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Naafiri
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Naafiri?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Hecarim that will always be his best teammate. However, Naafiri is a very typical ally for Hecarim. By playing on the same team as Hecarim, they decreases their win rate by -1.0% to 47.5%. This shows that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Hecarim and Naafiri that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Naafiri has a much lower diffuclty than Hecarim. That means Hecarim players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Naafiri teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Hecarim and Naafiri together, you may not be providing your other allies very much magic damage. Plan to pick other champs on your team that fills this hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Naafiri ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim in order to synergize with Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Hecarim and Naafiri synergy build include Spear of Shojin, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Hecarim bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Naafiri than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 47.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Naafiri with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Hecarim and Naafiri pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.5% win rate overall.
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