Talk:Hecarim/@comment-6526049-20130303125732/@comment-188.129.50.173-20130304082226

If you pay attention to featured ranked matches in the game lobby, since a month ago he suddenly started appearing constantly. Like, 3 out of 5 matches would have a Hecarim in them. It's pretty annoying how a champion everyone considered UP turned OP overnight.

Also, yes, it's different in ranked. Champions like Yi or Malzahar don't appear because they're easily shut down, while other champions appear that you wouldn't see on low levels because they rely on teamwork. Hecarim is one of those champions. Also, I don't know if it's the same for you, but my pre-30 games never had any junglers, so that might be part of the reason you didn't see him (Hecarim is not a good pick for anything other than jungle).