Thresh with Hecarim
How to Synergize Thresh and Hecarim
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Thresh Hecarim Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Thresh and Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Thresh with Hecarim
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh Hecarim Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hecarim as Thresh in LoL
The Thresh 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, Thresh 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 Thresh perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Thresh plays on the same team as Hecarim, he sees a little drop in his full damage output. This difference may signal that Hecarim doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Thresh is played together with Hecarim 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 alongside Hecarim.
Moreover, when Thresh plays with Hecarim on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Hecarim does a decent job of protecting Thresh in team fights.
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Is Thresh better when played alongside Hecarim?
There is no ideal companion for Thresh that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Hecarim is a below average companion for Thresh. By being on the same team as Thresh, he decreases their win rate by -2.0% to 46.5%. This demonstrates that there is a bad bond between Thresh and Hecarim that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Hecarim has a lower difficulty than Thresh. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Hecarim comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting together, Thresh players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Thresh and Hecarim together, you probably will not be giving your team very much magic damage. Plan to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Hecarim ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Thresh in order to work well with Hecarim during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Thresh and Hecarim synergy build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Hecarim than with many other common item sets. In fact, Thresh boasted an average win rate of 46.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Hecarim with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Thresh players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.5% win rate overall.
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