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Hecarim Build Guide by

Speedy Pony comes in, speedy pony goes out (Season 3 ready)

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Spells:

Ghost

Smite

Items

Start

First Items

Bring more bruiser items here

Finishing Touch

Final Item Compilation

Ability Order

Hecarim Passive Ability

Introduction

I've seen many Hecarim guides and I've tried many of them, but I couldn't be as cheeky as with mine. So I will post my little pony here.

Pros / Cons

Pros

very fast
very bursty ganks
nobody can chase him and nothing can escape
very good initiates

Cons

never ever play this build as a laner
some kind of squishy
vulnerable to cc (most of all exhaust)

Impotant Notes

Cooldown Reduction and : Rampage can't be reduced under 1 second. So there is a soft cap of CDR on Hecarim: 25%.
4 seconds - (1 second (25%)) - 2 stacks buff = 1 seoond

On level 18 I want to get close to it with my build.

The Red Buff: Melees receive higher boni from the red buff than ranged champions. As there shouldn't be a problem to get close to an enemy. If your carry desperatly needs it, be patient until your is ready. But don't forget: Red Buff + Slows are stacking.

's animation: If you start a gank on a or don't be afraid to try to dodge their stuns/snares - it doesn't matter. If the animation of started nothing can interfere the knockback, the damage or the position change of .

Masteries

Runes

Precision

Fleet Footwork

Phase Rush

Flat damage, flat armor and magic resistance per level for the standard jungler.

The increase the movement speed of by roughly 15 at level 1 and increases with the again.

Summoner Spells

and are obvious choises.

More movement speed for ganking and smite for jungling.

Items and the early jungle

Movement speed is almost everything on Hecarim. You can be almost everywhere everytime and it increases you AD.
Additionally Hecarim depends on his in early jungle. Of course you can pick on level 2 and start an early gank but your early jungle could be harder due the lack of heal.

As a jungler start with and 5x.
Start with the wolf camp at 1:40 followed by the golem camp. The new jungle is designed to solo everything without a leash or pull. But never refuse help either.
Walk to your wraith camp and clear it. Return to the wolf camp because it aleady respawned when you reach it. This new route is necessary because the golems hurt almost all junglers extremly when you are not level 3. After the second wolf camp kill the red buff and finally the golems.

You should be level 4 now. Return home and prepare your first gank.

Buy and additional s to continue in the jungle and for the ganks. For the most of time 3 potions ae enough.

Whether or not your first gank was a success, jungle a little bit more until you get 685 or 1050 gold to buy and or .
Approximately at 7:10 your blue golem will respawn and hand it over to your mid lane / mana laner. Now you should buy your here. Else your mana will constantly be down and ganks get quite hard.

Continue ganking and jungling until you have 860 gold to buy the rest of . It is the main damage item on and his damage source number one.

is a new jungle item which allows you to clear jungle camps even faster and can be build into 2 fairly strong items, depending on the situation you are currently in.
With the receiving of your potential of ganking will increase by a giant amount again.

Tips for ganking:

While ganking and using Spirit of Dread you can use Smite on minions to regain some extra health.
Try to come from behind. If it's not possible due the current situation, simply ride from the side.

Mid game

We want to receive as much damage as possible out of our boots. Build furor on your boots to receive a bonus movement speed buff after entering the combat with .

and / are the basic situtional items on . If the enemy team has a good fed AD Carry build and otherwise.
Important Note: increases your health regeneration by 52,5 per 5 seconds on max level per adjacent champion.
Also possible is due some extra movement speed, but I think it's not necessary in this build.

Upgrade your after you finished either , or both.
for more tankiness and tenacity or for raw damage.

End game

If you simply have no clue what to build last on try .

: It is an famous item on junglers, but it isn't deeply needed on who already has a strong self heal due to .
You can also build a out of the if the enemy AD Carry is hardly fed.

Of course, each other offensive item is possible: against tanks, etc.

Other Items

aren't very useful on a speedy ganker like . The loss of 20 (and additinal percentages and AD) doesn't fit to the magic resistance and Tenacity, which is not a useful stat on . Many people think that tenacity is important on a bruiser but, especially in the early game where the crowd control isn't that strong, the are far more superior. It is still a viable choice in the end game. And don't forget to upgrade them with

I've also seen many Hecarims with . Remember that this item is good for movement speed, but doesn't really need crit chance or attack speed. Additionally it has no defensive parts like the other items.

If you got too much feed through your epic ganks this item is very useful and can be build out of .

It is a good alternative to . It is cheaper, adds more mana, cooldown reduction and a 100% chance to slow as a field. It will add a bunch of soft control to .

Skill usages

I think there aren't any specific notes for just spam this skill everytime you can hit something or while damaging a tower to activate .

The same goes for .

is the main initiate and gank skill of . Because its damage increases with the distance traveled during the time, it can deal incredible damage when you have . The charge is an amplified basic attack and can also be used against towers.
The charge also synergizes with and other forms of speed boost like , or Zilean's .
I level this skill as the second spell, because its damage is just too good as an initiator. Additionally the cooldown decreases by 8 seconds.

: This is a very good tool for every kind of fun. It is also a skill shot, because you can only fear the targets in the circle of the skill shot. So you have to predict where the enemies will head to.
You can also escape with it over a wall or escape a 's (it will strech until your charge runs out^^).

Interrupting: can interrupt channeled ultimates like or with both and . Even Galio's becomes interrupted if you run into the taunt with the charge activated.

Team fights

Due to his ultimate is an awesome initiator and enterer, just like , but for an initiate this build is too squishy. With this build you can rather focus the other squishy targets very well.

Start with and, if the carry is nearby you attack him. If he's out of the current range or on the other side of the battlefield use Shadows of Onslaught to reach him and burst him down.

After the carry died attack the next one with the lowest armor and so on.

Your best friends

For a speedy speed is everything. Who would have guessed?
So I made a compilation of movement speed increasing champions.

Top Lane:

Gangplank's Raise Morale: 4%-10% as an AOE buff
Kayle's Divine Blessing: 18%-30% as a single target buff
Jayce' Thundering Blow / Acceleration Gate: 30%-50% after passing through the gate

Mid Lane:

Galio's Righteous Gust: 20%-52% while on the track
Karma's Spirit Bond: 10%-20% as a single target buff, or when running through the bond
Orianna's Command: Dissonance: 20%-40% after walking through the field

Bot Lane:

Janna's Tailwind: 3% global while she's alive
Lulu's Whimsy: 35% as a single target buff
Nunu & Willump's Blood Boil: 11%-15% as a single target buff
Sivir's On The Hunt: 20% a an AOE buff
Sona's Song of Celerity: 4-20 flat passive + 6%-14% after activation
Zilean's Time Warp: 55% as a single target buff
Jayce' Thundering Blow / Acceleration Gate: 30%-50% after passing through the gate