Talk:Hecarim/@comment-24496127-20150418004021/@comment-8468980-20150426001851

tbh everyone gets their turn at being good solo top. there isn't one particular thing that makes a champ good at solo top. the meta surrounding solo top picks and viability is extremely volatile, and in a lane where a couple kills can often spell the end for the opposing guy, this is can be disastrous. I loathe playing top lane for these reasons. I typed out hate, then I went back and changed it to loathe. I just want to emphasize how much playing top lane.

Hecarim's Q has a special quality to it that allows him to strike a champion without gaining minion aggro. That aside, I'm not entirely sure why he's so good at the moment. Unlike other modern and reworked bruiser/fighters, he doesn't get any free stats (the AD he gets from his passive may as well not be there) or even any free scaling damage like percentage max hp, resistance shred, etc. His base spell damage is ok but nothing to write home about, his ratios are par or worse, and his damage is split. I get that he synergizes with a triforce build well but it's not like triforce is super OP at the moment. His mana consumption can be nuts too.

I don't think he's a bad champ, but I'm curious why he's risen in popularity as a top laner.