Hecarim with Olaf
How to Synergize Hecarim and Olaf
based on 714 Hecarim with Olaf pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Olaf Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Olaf Counter Build
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Core Hecarim Items
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Olaf
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Olaf
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 Olaf Will Play
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
Hecarim Olaf Synergy Stats
How to Play with Olaf as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Olaf synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Olaf, 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 Olaf. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Olaf helps Hecarim perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Hecarim plays on the same team as Olaf, he observes a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This change may indicate that Olaf doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played with Olaf on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Olaf. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Olaf.
Additionally, when Hecarim plays with Olaf on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Olaf does a decent job of protecting Hecarim during teamfights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Olaf
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Olaf?
There is no perfect companion for Hecarim that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, Olaf is a not very good ally for Hecarim. By locking into the same team as Hecarim, he drops their win rate by -1.7% to 46.8%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Hecarim and Olaf that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Olaf has a much lower diffuclty than Hecarim. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Olaf teammates to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working on the same side, Hecarim players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by aligning Hecarim and Olaf together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of support. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Olaf ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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How We Calculated Our Hecarim Olaf Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim to synergize with Olaf during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to use in your Hecarim and Olaf synergy build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Spear of Shojin. When Hecarim used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Olaf than with many other common item sets. In fact, Hecarim had an average winrate of 46.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Olaf with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Hecarim players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Olaf with Hecarim are displayed for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.