Hecarim·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Hecarim Jungle build, you should take Ghost and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Stormraider's Surge as your keystone, followed by Nimbus Cloak, Celerity and Waterwalking in the primary tree, as well as Legend: Haste and Triumph in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Spear of Shojin as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Death's Dance. For your last 3 items, you should build Endless Hunger, Black Cleaver and finish with Maw of Malmortius. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 49.7% winrate over 21 898 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Hecarim Jungle build would be to take Ghost and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Stormraider's Surge as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity and Waterwalking in the primary tree, and Legend: Haste with Triumph in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Hubris, which you should build first, followed by Gluttonous Greaves as your second item and Death's Dance as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Endless Hunger, Serylda's Grudge and Spear of Shojin. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 51.5% win rate over 8 297 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Ghost and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Stormraider's Surge as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity and Waterwalking in the primary tree, and Legend: Haste with Triumph in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Black Cleaver as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Death's Dance as a third item. You want to finish the build with Endless Hunger, Maw of Malmortius and Spear of Shojin. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 52.2% win rate across 2 866 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Hecarim Jungle build in the current patch, try Ghost and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Celerity with Nimbus Cloak as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Spear of Shojin as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Death's Dance as third item. The last 3 options are Endless Hunger, Black Cleaver and Sterak's Gage. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 48.4% win rate over 2 554 matches played.

Situational Hecarim Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Hecarim build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.