Zed with Hecarim
How to Synergize Zed and Hecarim
based on 2,754 Zed with Hecarim pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zed Hecarim Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zed and Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Zed with Hecarim
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
Advice to Understand How Hecarim Will Play
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.
Zed Hecarim Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hecarim as Zed in LoL
The Zed Hecarim synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hecarim, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zed sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Hecarim. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Hecarim helps Zed perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zed is an ally to Hecarim, he observes a little decrease in his full damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Hecarim does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Zed is played alongside Hecarim on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Hecarim. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Hecarim.
Moreover, when Zed plays with Hecarim on the same team, he on average takes less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Hecarim does a decent job of protecting Zed in team fights.
Synergies between Zed and Hecarim
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Is Zed better when played alongside Hecarim?
There is no top companion for Zed that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, overall, Hecarim is a very typical ally for Zed. By locking into the same team as Zed, he lowers their win rate by -0.8% to 47.6%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Zed and Hecarim that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Hecarim has a lower difficulty than Zed. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Hecarim comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Zed and Hecarim together, you may not be giving your other teammates a great deal of utility. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that fills this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Hecarim ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Zed to work well with Hecarim during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Zed and Hecarim synergy build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Zed used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Hecarim than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Zed had an average winrate of 47.6% when playing alongside Hecarim with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.6% winrate overall.
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