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 Phase Rush 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 Endless Hunger. For your last 3 items, you should build Death's Dance, 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 52.0% winrate over 2 392 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 Phase Rush 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 Eclipse, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Spear of Shojin as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Black Cleaver, Death's Dance and Sterak's Gage. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 51.8% win rate over 803 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Ghost and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Celerity with Nimbus Cloak in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Spear of Shojin as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Black Cleaver as a third item. You want to finish the build with Death's Dance, Maw of Malmortius and Endless Hunger. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 43.0% win rate across 597 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, Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity and Waterwalking as your primary rune tree, and Triumph with Legend: Haste as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Endless Hunger as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Black Cleaver as third item. The last 3 options are Manamune, Actualizer and Death's Dance. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 49.1% win rate over 568 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.