Kai'Sa with Hecarim
How to Synergize Kai'Sa and Hecarim
based on 4,049 Kai'Sa with Hecarim pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kai'Sa Hecarim Synergy Summary
Best Kai'Sa vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kai'Sa and Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa with Hecarim
Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.
Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.
Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.
Advice to Understand How Hecarim Will Play
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.
Kai'Sa Hecarim Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hecarim as Kai'Sa in LoL
The Kai'Sa Hecarim synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hecarim, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kai'Sa sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Hecarim. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Hecarim helps Kai'Sa perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kai'Sa tries to synergize with Hecarim, she gets a little drop in her total damage output. This may signal that Hecarim does not support by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kai'Sa is played with Hecarim on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Hecarim. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Hecarim.
Moreover, when Kai'Sa plays with Hecarim on the same team, she often takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Hecarim does a decent job of protecting Kai'Sa during team fights.
Synergies between Kai'Sa and Hecarim
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Is Kai'Sa better when played alongside Hecarim?
There is no one best companion for Kai'Sa that will 100% of the time be her ideal synergy. Yet, Hecarim is a below average companion for Kai'Sa. By locking into the same side as Kai'Sa, he lowers their win rate by -1.7% to 44.8%. This signals that there is a negative bond between Kai'Sa and Hecarim that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Hecarim has a lower difficulty than Kai'Sa. That means Kai'Sa players don't need to be careful when arranging Hecarim allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Kai'Sa players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by grouping Kai'Sa and Hecarim together, you may not be granting your other teammates a great deal of support. Make sure to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Hecarim teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Kai'Sa in order to work well with Hecarim during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Kai'Sa and Hecarim synergy build include Bloodthirster, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa combined at least these three finished items in her build, she performed much better when paired up with Hecarim than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average win rate of 44.8% when playing alongside Hecarim with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kai'Sa and Hecarim pairings, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 44.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Hecarim with Kai'Sa are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.