Board Thread:General discussion/@comment-5809691-20121211193023/@comment-24910128-20140506174318

Depends on a few factors. A- how good you are with hec and how comfortable you are with him B- how you start off. Its definitely doable, I just beat ryze 1v1 top lane no problem with hec.

Heres how:

I started off with a banshees viel since he has AP and it provides MR and health. Let him harrass whil I last hit, used my W and a potion and I would be back to normal at level 5 Lee sin ganked me, I used ghost to run, and killed lee sin under my turret because he was an idiot and dove me thinking I dont know how to play with less than half health. Not to mention how foolish it is to dive before 9. With that kill i had enough gold to get a gem and MR cloak towards my spirit visage. Went back to lane. Got to level 6 and at this point I would just use my potion, W and banshees second passive to heal everytime he would poke me, and I would last hit. I would draw him out and start off with my ult first. Followed by Q, auto, E atuo, Q, auto, E, and at this point he would run away with a quarter life as my E, my banshees and my potions healed me. It was a lose lose situation for him. I out farmed him by double because I was able to get more farm by making him recall, and at this point I had my jungle warded on my side so lee couldnt get me. Granted I did not kill ryze in the laning faze, and he went on to carry his team, but I did win my lane, take down his turret and eventually he gave up and stopped facing me. It was too bad my mid and my bot didnt doo too good and we ended up losing, but I still carried with the most kills and made sure I wasnt the one to blame for the loss by losing and feeding.

Hecarim must be built tanky, and must be built fast. He is an expensive character and if you know how to play him well you should be fine. It all depends on who you verse in the lane to determine whether you go Defense or MR first. I hope this helped for future games :)