Champion sheet · Jungle

Hecarim

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

5.4%#117 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.7%picked in 484 of 18,062 games
Ban: 2.7%464 bans over 17,115 games, against 5.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle41.0% between 37.3% and 44.7% over 481 gamesSoloQ 50.3%: clear gap

Median length29.1 minsoloQ 25.6 min

Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.Win rateDraftLength
How to play itStormraider's Surge, then Spear of Shojin, Black Cleaver, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compMap pressure first: more map pressure than 84% of junglers.Map pressure
With / againstBetter than expected against Blitzcrank in amateur play: +20.3 pts over 30 games, range above zero.+20.3 pt30 games
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

Win rateWins less in amateur play
Amateur
41.0%
SoloQ
50.3%
41.0% win rate in amateur play over 481 games, against 50.3% in soloQ over 23,588 games.
DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.4%
SoloQ
3.4%
1.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.4% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
3.0%
SoloQ
5.6%
3.0% ban rate in amateur play over 10,152 games, against 5.6% in soloQ over 112,312 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.1 min
SoloQ
25.6 min
Median of 29.1 min in amateur play, against 25.6 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Stormraider's Surge, then Spear of Shojin, Black Cleaver, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesStormraider's Surge92% · 21,579

Same in amateur play

SpellsGhost + Smite99% · 23,399

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 52 games

Core (3 legendaries)20% · 1,989

20%of soloQ games

Spear of Shojin
Black Cleaver
Death's Dance

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Map pressure first: more map pressure than 84% of junglers.

Map pressuretop16%5.3 · junglers: 4.7

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

What marks it

Map pressure

Like other junglers

Damage in lane
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 71 in lane, 21 in mid game and 13 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

396+13 vs 383

737-59 vs 796

898-158 vs 1,056

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Hecarimjunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 72% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

5.3takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 71 of 100 among junglers396 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 21 of 100 among junglers737 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 13 of 100 among junglers898 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 72 of 100 among junglers+194 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 72 of 100 among junglers+282 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 84 of 100 among junglers5.3 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 74 of 100 among junglers1,082 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 58 of 100 among junglers52% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 72 of 100 among junglers22% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 70 of 100 among junglersrank 70 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 40 of 100 among junglers0.7 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 60 of 100 among junglers18% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 92 of 100 among junglers71 · median 66
Invade · rank 85 of 100 among junglers9% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Blitzcrank in amateur play: +20.3 pts over 30 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

K'Sante43.3% · expected 42.9% · 30 g+0.4 ptSoloQ -0.6

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin49.0% · expected 42.2% · 51 g+6.8 ptSoloQ -0.5

Vi41.2% · expected 40.2% · 34 g+1.0 ptSoloQ -3.3

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Yunara47.9% · expected 38.6% · 48 g+9.3 ptSoloQ +0.5

Kai'Sa48.9% · expected 40.7% · 45 g+8.2 ptSoloQ -2.3

Caitlyn40.0% · expected 39.2% · 50 g+0.8 ptSoloQ -2.2

Supportgap to expected

Blitzcrank60.0% · expected 39.7% · 30 g+20.3 ptSoloQ -1.8

Nautilus45.2% · expected 42.5% · 42 g+2.7 ptSoloQ +0.3

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

Viktor42.1% · expected 41.0% · 38 g+1.1 ptSoloQ +0.1

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn51.1% · expected 42.8% · 45 g+8.3 ptSoloQ +0.1

Jhin40.9% · expected 37.0% · 44 g+3.9 ptSoloQ -1.5

Ezreal40.6% · expected 36.8% · 32 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +1.5

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus45.1% · expected 39.4% · 51 g+5.7 ptSoloQ +0.9

Leona47.7% · expected 41.7% · 44 g+6.1 ptSoloQ -0.4

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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