Champion sheet · Jungle

Hecarim

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

5.4%#120 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.4%picked in 663 of 27,820 games
Ban: 3.0%684 bans over 22,616 games, against 13.5% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle46.2% between 43.0% and 49.4% over 660 gamesSoloQ 50.7%: clear gap

Median length29.2 minsoloQ 26.8 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 951,671 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 tournaments5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.Win rateDraftLengthBuild
How to play itStormraider's Surge, then Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Endless Hunger: 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 Yunara in amateur play: +12.2 pts over 64 games, range above zero.+12.2 pt64 games
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

Win rateWins less in amateur play
Amateur
46.2%
SoloQ
50.7%
46.2% win rate in amateur play over 660 games, against 50.7% in soloQ over 73,059 games.
DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.2%
SoloQ
3.7%
1.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
3.3%
SoloQ
13.5%
3.3% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 13.5% in soloQ over 419,060 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.2 min
SoloQ
26.8 min
Median of 29.2 min in amateur play, against 26.8 min in soloQ.
BuildSpear of Shojin, Black Cleaver, Death's Dance instead of Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, Endless Hunger
Amateur
28%
SoloQ
12%
Played in 28% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, Endless Hunger (12%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

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

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesStormraider's Surge92% · 67,242

Same in amateur play

SpellsGhost + Smite99% · 72,137

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 117 games

Core (3 legendaries)12% · 4,735

12%of soloQ games

Spear of Shojin
Death's Dance
Endless Hunger

≠ Amateur: Spear of Shojin, Black Cleaver, Death's Dance instead of Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, Endless Hunger. 28% · 480 games

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 Yunara in amateur play: +12.2 pts over 64 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'Sante50.0% · expected 48.3% · 34 g+1.7 ptSoloQ -1.0

Junglegap to expected

Qiyana55.3% · expected 43.5% · 38 g+11.8 ptSoloQ +2.4

Lee Sin49.0% · expected 46.5% · 51 g+2.5 ptSoloQ -0.6

Naafiri48.4% · expected 45.1% · 31 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +7.0

Sylas45.7% · expected 45.2% · 46 g+0.5 ptSoloQ -3.7

Vi46.2% · expected 46.0% · 39 g+0.2 ptSoloQ -2.2

Midgap to expected

Syndra57.9% · expected 45.5% · 38 g+12.4 ptSoloQ +1.5

Viktor57.5% · expected 45.7% · 40 g+11.8 ptSoloQ +1.0

ADCgap to expected

Yunara56.3% · expected 44.1% · 64 g+12.2 ptSoloQ +0.2

Jinx48.4% · expected 44.4% · 31 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +0.9

Supportgap to expected

Karma58.1% · expected 48.8% · 43 g+9.3 ptSoloQ -1.4

Blitzcrank54.3% · expected 44.6% · 35 g+9.7 ptSoloQ -2.4

Lulu50.0% · expected 48.7% · 62 g+1.3 ptSoloQ +0.6

Braum45.7% · expected 44.3% · 46 g+1.4 ptSoloQ +0.6

With

Topgap to expected

Dr. Mundo60.6% · expected 43.2% · 33 g+17.4 ptSoloQ -1.6

Midgap to expected

Viktor53.7% · expected 46.7% · 54 g+7.0 ptSoloQ +0.1

Orianna51.5% · expected 44.1% · 33 g+7.4 ptSoloQ +2.3

Ahri53.1% · expected 48.3% · 32 g+4.8 ptSoloQ -0.5

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn53.6% · expected 48.1% · 56 g+5.4 ptSoloQ -0.3

Sivir51.6% · expected 45.1% · 31 g+6.5 ptSoloQ -1.1

Jhin44.2% · expected 43.9% · 52 g+0.4 ptSoloQ -1.0

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus51.7% · expected 46.4% · 60 g+5.2 ptSoloQ +0.9

Alistar54.8% · expected 47.3% · 31 g+7.5 ptSoloQ -0.6

Karma50.0% · expected 43.6% · 34 g+6.4 ptSoloQ +2.3

Leona45.5% · expected 45.1% · 55 g+0.3 ptSoloQ +0.2

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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