Hecarim with Zilean
How to Synergize Hecarim and Zilean
based on 1,509 Hecarim with Zilean pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Zilean Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Zilean
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 Zilean Will Play
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Hecarim Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, 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 Zilean. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Zilean helps Hecarim perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Hecarim is an ally to Zilean, he observes a clear improvement in his full damage dealt. This change may indicate that Zilean supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played with Zilean on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zilean.
Additionally, when Hecarim plays with Zilean on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Zilean does a poor job of protecting Hecarim in teamfights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Zilean
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no perfect ally for Hecarim that will no matter what be his top teammate. However, Zilean is a pretty good teammate for Hecarim. By locking into the same side as Hecarim, he raises their win rate by 2.6% to 51.1%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful strategic relationship between Hecarim and Zilean that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Zilean has a lower difficulty than Hecarim. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Zilean allies to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by aligning Hecarim and Zilean together, you may not be granting your side a lot of sustained damage output. We recommend you include other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Zilean ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Hecarim to pair well with Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Hecarim and Zilean synergy build include Spear of Shojin, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Hecarim included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Zilean than with most other common builds. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average win rate of 51.1% when playing alongside Zilean with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Zilean with Hecarim are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.