Hecarim·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Hecarim Top build, you should take Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Celerity and Nimbus Cloak in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Black Cleaver as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Manamune. For your last 3 items, you should build Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance and finish with Eclipse. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 38.6% winrate over 223 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Hecarim Top build would be to take Ghost and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Celerity with Nimbus Cloak in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed 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 Manamune as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Spear of Shojin, Black Cleaver and Thornmail. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 35.4% win rate over 79 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Ghost and Teleport 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 Trinity Force as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Manamune as a third item. You want to finish the build with Spear of Shojin, Maw of Malmortius and Eclipse. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 47.9% win rate across 71 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.