Sylas with Hecarim
How to Synergize Sylas and Hecarim
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Sylas Hecarim Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Sylas and Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Sylas with Hecarim
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
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.
Sylas Hecarim Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hecarim as Sylas in LoL
The Sylas Hecarim synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hecarim, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Sylas sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Hecarim. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Hecarim helps Sylas perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sylas plays on the same team as Hecarim, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This difference may signal that Hecarim supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played alongside Hecarim on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Hecarim. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Hecarim.
Additionally, when Sylas plays with Hecarim on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Hecarim does a decent job of protecting Sylas in team fights.
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Is Sylas better when played alongside Hecarim?
There is no one best ally for Sylas that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, overall, Hecarim is a very typical companion for Sylas. By being on the same team as Sylas, he drops their win rate by -0.9% to 48.1%. This shows that there is a weak strategic relationship between Sylas and Hecarim that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Hecarim has a greater difficulty than Sylas. That means you must be cautious when arranging Hecarim allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to do well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Sylas players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by bringing Sylas and Hecarim together, you may not be providing your other allies enough support. Make sure to include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Hecarim ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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 Sylas in order to synergize with Hecarim during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Sylas and Hecarim synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Sylas incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Hecarim than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 48.1% helping carry Hecarim with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Sylas players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.1% winrate overall.
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