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Hecarim
Patch 16.2.1
JungleDifficulty
Medium
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Power farm to gain a level lead, then use your superior mobility to force numbers-advantage fights. Use to isolate high-priority carries and end the game before enemies buy enough armor to survive your initial burst.
Playstyle
Hyper-mobile power farmer who uses high movement speed to overwhelm enemies and disrupt teamfights with massive AOE fear.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Highest movement speed in the game allows for insane map coverage using .
- + provides one of the fastest jungle clears if you maintain stacks.
- +Massive AOE disruption and backline access with .
- +High sustain in skirmishes due to healing from all damage sources.
Weaknesses
- -Hard crowd control or slows kill your damage output because scales with movement speed.
- -Very reliant on keeping stacks active; without them, your DPS is mediocre.
- -Vulnerable to early invades before you get levels in .
- -Can be easily kited if is wasted or blocked.
Abilities
Your movement speed is your AD. Anything that makes you faster (Ghost, ) makes you hit harder. Conversely, being slowed doesn't just make you slow—it literally lowers your attack damage.
Your primary damage tool. You must hit an enemy to get stacks. Each stack (up to 2) reduces the cooldown and increases damage. Always try to enter a fight with 2 stacks by hitting minions or jungle monsters first.
Gains resistances and heals you based on damage enemies take within the circle. This includes damage from your teammates. Pop this when you're about to take a burst of damage or when your team is unloading their abilities.
A charging speed boost that culminates in a knockback. The distance you travel increases the damage and the knockback distance. Always try to maneuver behind the enemy to knock them toward your team.
A long-range charge that fears enemies. The fear duration increases based on how far you traveled with the charge. Use this to bypass frontliners and fear the enemy backline into your team.
Teamfight Role
Primary Diver and Disrupter
Your job is to reach the enemy backline using and . Use the fear from to scatter the enemy team, then focus the squishiest target while using to soak up the focus fire.
If your own carry is extremely fed, you can use and to peel divers off them instead of diving.
Combos
The Insec
→ behind target → auto-attack
The most important Hecarim combo. Use to land directly behind the enemy, then use the active to knock them back into your teammates or tower.
Full Burst Gank
→ Ghost → → + → auto-attack
Pop Ghost and for max movement speed (AD). Use to lock them down, then immediately and before landing the empowered hit.
Duelist Sustain
(stacking) → → →
In a long 1v1, don't waste early. Wait until you have 2 stacks of so your damage and healing are maximized during the window.
Flash Displacement
→ Flash → auto-attack
Use Flash while is active to instantly reposition behind an enemy for a surprise knockback if is on cooldown.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 3 | You have access to all basic abilities, allowing you to full clear and look for a high-speed gank with . |
| Level 6 | gives you unstoppable engage and a massive displacement tool that guarantees kills in side lanes. |
| Level 9 | is at its maximum rank, giving you the lowest possible cooldown and highest DPS for mid-game skirmishes. |
| Level 11 | Rank 2 increases the fear duration and reduces the cooldown for more frequent objective fights. |
| Level 16 | Max rank makes you a late-game initiation monster, allowing you to catch out carries from extreme distances. |
Tips & Tricks
- •Always try to keep stacks at 2 by hitting a crab or monster before entering a lane for a gank.
- •The fear from makes enemies run away from the center of the impact. Aim slightly in front of them to push them back.
- •You can use while mid-air during the jump and while charging with .
- • has no cast time—always use it the moment you start taking damage in a fight.
- •The bonus AD from updates in real-time. Use Ghost mid-fight for a sudden damage boost to your .
- • can be used to jump over very thin walls if you have a target to auto-attack on the other side.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using too early during a gank→The timer runs out before you reach the enemy, leaving you with no gap closer and zero bonus damage.
- ✕Engaging without stacks→You lose about 30-50% of your potential DPS in the first few seconds of the fight, allowing the enemy to out-duel you.
- ✕Knocking enemies to safety with →Using the knockback from the wrong angle can save an enemy that your team was about to kill.
- ✕Building too glass-cannon when behind→You will get deleted instantly after using before your can even start healing you.
- ✕Fighting while heavily slowed→Your AD will plummet due to , making your abilities hit like wet noodles even if you are fed.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached