Hecarim is a powerful jungle champion in League of Legends with a 51.5% win rate across 26,479 matches. Here's everything you need to know to play him effectively:

Core Build

• Summoner Spells: Ghost + Smite
• First Items: Eclipse → Ionian Boots of Lucidity → Black Cleaver
• Full Build: Death's Dance, Sterak's Gage, Zeke's Convergence
• Skill Order: Q > W > E

Optimal Runes

• Primary: Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking
• Secondary: Legend: Haste, Triumph
• Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health Scaling

Strong Against

• Skarner (59.8% WR)
• Zed (53.8% WR)
• Zac (53.3% WR)
• Rengar (52.3% WR)
• Wukong (52.1% WR)

Weak Against

• Darius (44.9% WR)
• Nunu & Willump (46.1% WR)
• Ivern (47.1% WR)
• Gwen (47.7% WR)
• Yorick (47.8% WR)

Best Synergies

• Zilean (58.3% WR)
• Singed (56.2% WR)
• Heimerdinger (56.0% WR)

Key Tips

• Use your Ultimate (R) aggressively for ganks
• Excel in early game duels - consider invading weak junglers
• Flank during teamfights to avoid poke damage
• Build situational items based on enemy team composition
• In tough matchups, focus on farming and scaling

Alternative builds are available featuring Conqueror or different item paths, but the core build above consistently performs best in most situations.

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