Talk:Hecarim/@comment-24895485-20140718143603/@comment-5211662-20140720164656

Actually there are not much damage items that Hecarim can use to full potential, because his scalings are very mediocre. Spirit of Elder Lizard is one of them because it's a jungle item and has a true damage passive. Another one is The Black Cleaver because while Hecarim has mediocre scalings, his bases are good and with BC shredding their armor, Hecarim does a lot more damage, and the CDR and health are very useful. The only other offensive items I think Hecarim could use are Trinity Force and Ravenous Hydra.

Trinity Force is useful because it's stronger than Iceborn Gauntlet in terms of damage and augments Hecarim's movement speed, and thus, his damage. However, it makes Hecarim less tanky and it has two useless stats for Hecarim, which are attack speed and crits. Ravenous Hydra has lifesteal, health regeneration and a passive that deals damage to nearby enemies, which in theory could combo with Q.

There is also Youmuu's Ghostblade. However, you are almost paying only for the active extra movement speed. The attack speed and crits are useless, the armor penetration is insufficient, and while the cooldown reduction is nice, there are better offensive items that Hecarim can use. It's better to just buy attack damage directly instead of taking advantage of Hecarim's passive.