Hecarim with Swain
How to Synergize Hecarim and Swain
based on 3,591 Hecarim with Swain pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Swain Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Swain
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Swain
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 Swain Will Play
While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.
Hecarim Swain Synergy Stats
How to Play with Swain as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Swain synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Swain, 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 Swain. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Swain helps Hecarim perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Hecarim plays on the same team as Swain, he gets a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This difference could signal that Swain does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played alongside Swain 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 with Swain.
Additionally, when Hecarim plays with Swain on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Swain does a decent job of protecting Hecarim in team fights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Swain
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Swain?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Hecarim that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, Swain 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 demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Hecarim and Swain that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Swain has a greater difficulty than Hecarim. That means Hecarim players must be cautious when enlisting Swain teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing together, Hecarim players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Hecarim and Swain together, you may not be providing your team a lot of crowd control. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Swain ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim in order to work well with Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Hecarim and Swain synergy build include Spear of Shojin, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Hecarim bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Swain than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average winrate of 48.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Swain with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Hecarim players should equip 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 we have analyed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.8% win rate overall.
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