Hecarim Counters Classic 26.22

Put Wither on him the moment he commits. It starts soft and grows heavier as it runs, dragging his Movement Speed down and his Attack Speed with it. A melee fighter caught in Wither is walking, not chasing. Then put Spirit Fire on the ground behind him and let the Armor shred sit there.

Your mana is the real limit here. Wither is not cheap, and Spirit Fire asks for more at every rank you add. Mana you spend shoving the wave is mana you will not have for Wither when Hecarim arrives, so shove only with enough left for the slow.

Fury of the Sands stretches your cast ranges while it holds. So Wither can be cast from a longer distance. The storm hurts nearby enemies and turns part of that into Attack Damage. You also get bonus maximum Health while it rages. Its cooldown is one hundred and twenty seconds.

On a champion, Hungering Strike swaps its flat damage for a cut of their maximum Health whenever that is bigger. It heals you as it lands, and Eternal Thirst keeps topping you up on every swing, more each time you stay on the same target. Refuse the short trade and take the long one.

Infinite Duress will not take you behind Hecarim. The hold starts in front of him instead. Life Steal runs for the duration, and five attacks fire your on-hit effects. It also leaves you inside melee range for all five swings. Miss the window and the wait to try again is long.

Do not count on Blood Scent while Hecarim is healthy: the speed only appears once an enemy champion drops below half of their Health. Hunter's Call is one tool you have before that, lifting your Attack Speed and every nearby friendly champion's at once.

Ice Blast carries the shortest wait of your four casts. It cuts into Movement Speed and into Attack Speed, and the mana it asks for climbs with every rank. Visionary is the relief there. Land five attacks and your next spell is free. Attack the wave between casts and Ice Blast can come free.

Pick your camp before you clear it, because Consume pays different bonuses depending on what you eat. Golems hand you extra maximum Health. Wolves or Reptiles make your attacks and your spells carry a slice of your own maximum Health as magic damage. The bonus runs for minutes, so the choice sticks with you.

Every enemy standing inside Absolute Zero loses half their Movement Speed and a quarter of their Attack Speed while you hold the channel. Damage at the end scales with how long you held it. Consume will not bite a champion, so with no minion or monster nearby there is no heal.