Talk:Hecarim/@comment-3578129-20120609200127/@comment-4900160-20120611000434

1°) Sustain is always better than + ~50 damge on a gank. Always.

2°) Tell me more about you getting a wriggle and boots before having to start maxing you second spell without early kills.

3°) Hecarim should never, EVER be played as a jungler, since:


 * His clearing time is bad compared to top jungler


 * He is not safe while jungling unless he gets a strong pull


 * He is a thousand times better on solo top, where he can dominate right from level 1, sustain like a boss, and escape any gank with ease (and becomes ungankable at level 6)

Do you jungle Nasus? Nasus is actually very decent in the jungle, but top is better. same goes for Yorick, and to a lesser extent Hecarim.

Even if I was wrong in theory (and I am not until someone proves the contrary) facts confirm what I'm saying, both in my experience and in high ELO/Tournament play. The rare times Heca is picked (last time was by Darien if I remember well) he is top. He is top because he is strong there. Jungling with him is bad, and I'd like to add that he needs much more gold to be effective than what the jungle can grant him.