Talk:Hecarim/@comment-87.221.99.160-20130304132533

Last patch has destroyed Hecarim's versatility. Before the patch Hecarim was a good top lane champ, but now he's doomed to the jungle because only there the extremely high CD of his W doesn't matter that much and only there you can spam the Q endlessly(although doing 6'6 more damage is apeshit).

Right now buying Spirit Vosage has become pointless. His W at level 5 with Spirit Visage is just worse than his pre-patch W at level 4 without it. The W is "better" than before at level 1 and 2(but due to the higher CD it's balanced) but just worse at level 3(same healing rate; worse CD) and much worse at level 4 and 5.

And adding 10 damage(6'6 against minions and critters) to the Q just doesn't compensate. It means nothing against critters and minions and against champs you are not always in a position where you can spam it to the point 10 extra damage are worh of it.