Hecarim with Nocturne
How to Synergize Hecarim and Nocturne
based on 92 Hecarim with Nocturne pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Nocturne Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Nocturne
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.
Advice to Understand How Nocturne Will Play
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
Hecarim Nocturne Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nocturne as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim Nocturne synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nocturne, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Hecarim sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nocturne. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Nocturne helps Hecarim perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Hecarim is paired with Nocturne, he gets a little increase in his full damage output. This could indicate that Nocturne provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played together with Nocturne on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Nocturne. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Nocturne.
Additionally, when Hecarim plays with Nocturne on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Nocturne does a decent job of covering Hecarim during team fights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Nocturne
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Nocturne?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Hecarim that will always be his #1 teammate. Yet, Nocturne is a terrible ally for Hecarim. By being on the same side as Hecarim, he lowers their win rate by -6.1% to 42.4%. This proves that there is an easy to overcome and exploit synergy between Hecarim and Nocturne that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Nocturne has a lower difficulty than Hecarim. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Nocturne comrades to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by aligning Hecarim and Nocturne together, you may not be granting your side a lot of utility. Plan to bring other champions on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Nocturne ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim to pair well with Nocturne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to include in your Hecarim and Nocturne synergy build include Eclipse, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Hecarim incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Nocturne than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average win rate of 42.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nocturne with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Ingenious Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Hecarim and Nocturne pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 42.4% win rate overall.
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