Top Counter Picks for Hecarim in LoL

1. Laning Against Hecarim

• Hecarim is a strong duelist in the early game and will try to solo kill you early on. Do not underestimate his early game damage as he will usually come out ahead.
• Look at what Summoner Spells Hecarim has taken. If he’s taken Ignite, he will be looking to play ultra-aggressive early to get kills. If you’re low, do not try and trade with him as he will finish you off with Ignite.
• Hecarim has good Dragon taking ability and can solo it early on thanks to his AOE heal from his Spirit of Dread W and short cooldown Rampage Q. Make sure you have vision on the Dragon at all times. If you can, try to take it away from him.

2. Strategy VS Hecarim

• Do not group very close together as it will allow Hecarim to get a multi-person Ultimate Onslaught of Shadows R which will help him and his teammates win the fight.
• Hecarim’s Ultimate Onslaught of Shadows R is roughly the same width as the paths inside the jungle. Try and avoid fighting in the jungle as it will allow him to get his Ultimate Onslaught of Shadows R off on your whole team. Hecarim may try to flank in team fights so he can get on to the backline with his Ultimate Onslaught of Shadows R. Ward the flanks so you can spot him before he engages.

3. Hecarim Power Spikes

• Hecarim spikes at level 6 as that allows him to unlock his Ultimate Onslaught of Shadows R which is a great duelling tool which will help him win team fights and 1v1’s.
• He is a snowball heavy champion and can easily get ahead just from a kill or two. Try to not feed him or gift him kills as he can quickly snowball out of control.
• When Hecarim completes Trinity Force, his duelling power intensifies. Avoid 1v1s with him unless you’re ahead.

These champs are strong against Hecarim at most phases of the game. They’re listed based on their win rate against Hecarim.

Bel'Veth is one of the hardest matchups. Need to watch for early raptors invade, she also has a strong level 3 invade. If she doesn’t get ahead early and is forced to full clear, the matchup isn’t that bad, and depending on your build you can typically space her and duel her. Can go either Conqueror/ Phase Rush, depends on enemy comp.

Bel’Veth Jungle Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities

Graves is one of the hardest matchups in high elo. Graves can punish Hecarim early game and outscale easily. Graves has 3 options earlygame for invade. Important to get early vision in enemy jungle and do your best to be aware.

1. Lvl 1 late invade/early invade

• To counter, you can either stack top/bot and play for lvl 1 skirmish if you think your comp is good lvl 1 + get vision

2. Level 3 cross-map invade

• To counter, when you cross map through mid you want to get vision on second buff brush (after wolves/raptors), and skip second buff and go to gromp/krugs
• You can use this method against any other invade junglers (Nidalee, Kindred)

3. Level 2 cheese invade over wall

• To counter you can either ward river, or get your support/team to ward river
• Only a select few champs can do this ( Graves, Nidalee, Kindred are the main ones.

Graves Jungle Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities

Kindred is a Hard/Hardest matchup. The reason Kindred is such a hard matchup is because she can punish you early almost every game. Look back at the Graves notes for this matchup as Kindred/Graves pilot very similarly, but Kindred is slightly more annoying.

Kindred Jungle Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities

Nidalee is a Hard matchup. She’s in the category of Graves/Kindred where she can invade early, refer to the Graves note. You can run her down most times and duel her, try to save your E - Devastating Charge for when she jumps over a wall and you can follow sometimes. Both Phase Rush and Conqueror are fine in this matchup. Very similar to Graves.

Rengar is a Hard matchup. In lower elos this matchup is easy, because playing Rengar is hard. In higher elos this matchup becomes difficult. Rengar can punish Hecarim at any point in the earlygame. You don’t win against his level 3 cross map invade, but if you’re able to farm and force him to match you tempo-wise, it’s not that bad. Conqueror is favoured in this matchup, for the dueling potential, but it depends on enemy comp.

Udyr is a Hard matchup. Udyr is basically Trundle with a better clear. Udyr will match your clear well and try to get ahead through objectives and early ganks with Ghost. Phase Rush and Conqueror can both be good, take Conqueror if you just want to 1v1 duel him, and Phase Rush if you want to kite away from his empowered R - Wingborne Storm. It’s important to NOT fall behind in this matchup.