Best Hecarim Jungle Build Guide - Season 15 Patch 5 Meta

Best Hecarim Jungle Build Guide - Season 15 Patch 5 Meta

By Marcus Chen

March 17, 2025 at 04:59 PM

Here's your concise, valuable guide to Hecarim Jungle:

Core Build Stats (51.5% WR, 26,531 matches)

Summoner Spells:

  • Ghost
  • Smite

Runes:

  • Primary: Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking
  • Secondary: Legend: Haste, Triumph
  • Shards: Adaptive Force (x2), Health Scaling

Core Items:

  1. Eclipse
  2. Ionian Boots of Lucidity
  3. Black Cleaver
  4. Death's Dance
  5. Sterak's Gage
  6. Zeke's Convergence

Skill Order: Q > W > E

Key Tips:

  • Use Ultimate (R) aggressively for ganks rather than holding it
  • Excel in early game duels - consider enemy jungle invades
  • Flank during teamfights to avoid poke damage
  • Maximize movement speed for devastating engages

Strong Against:

  • Skarner (59.8% WR)
  • Zed (53.8% WR)
  • Zac (53.3% WR)

Weak Against:

  • Darius (44.9% WR)
  • Nunu & Willump (46.2% WR)
  • Ivern (47.1% WR)

Best Synergies:

  • Zilean (58.3% WR)
  • Singed (56.1% WR)
  • Heimerdinger (55.9% WR)

Alternative Build (55.4% WR, 3,528 matches):

  • First Item: Youmuu's Ghostblade
  • Core: Ionian Boots > Spear of Shojin > Serylda's Grudge
  • Finish: Death's Dance > Maw of Malmortius

Situational Items:

  • Against AP: Maw of Malmortius
  • Heavy AD: Death's Dance
  • Need Survivability: Sterak's Gage
  • More Damage: Spear of Shojin
  • Armor Pen: Serylda's Grudge

Remember to adjust your build based on team composition and match dynamics. Focus on maintaining high movement speed and looking for opportunistic ganks while scaling into a powerful team fighter.

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