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.
Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.
A large share of Evelynn's threat is in her charm, 'Allure.' Protect allies marked with 'Allure' or, if you are marked, make sure allies are between you and where Evelynn may attack from.
If you suspect Evelynn is about to ambush one of your teammates, let them know by pinging the minimap and typing in chat.
The stats shown here clarify some important Hecarim against Evelynn counter stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Evelynn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Evelynn..
Hecarim normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Evelynn. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Hecarim usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Evelynn, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Hecarim makes an ok counter to Evelynn.
While Hecarim does have a lower winrate than Evelynn, when on opposite teams, Hecarim also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Hecarim into Evelynn.
Furthermore, Hecarim has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Evelynn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Evelynn matchups, Evelynn is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Hecarim is a somewhat poor counter for Evelynn. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Hecarim against Evelynn.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim in order to counter Evelynn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim typically gets more CS as Evelynn. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Hecarim versus Evelynn build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Hecarim bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Evelynn than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when playing against Evelynn with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Evelynn as Hecarim, Hecarim players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Hecarim vs Evelynn face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.6% win rate overall.
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