Talk:Hecarim/@comment-24.57.195.180-20130303231721/@comment-92.36.34.21-20130306234721

W was buffed in early and nerfed in late game. You won't reach a cap even in 60 damage (which means 300 damage to a minion) more than on 1-2 minions early, but yield from swinging your weapon durnig W has been noticeably increased. And since it still heals from all damage sources it cooldown was increased to balance the buff. So you max W now if you want it's damage, not for better healing. CD decrease with level doesn't really matters because you wouldn't spam it anyways early unless you want to go OOM, evenbefore the patch. So now you can choose to max his most defining skill - E - second for burst damage and to be able to use it more often. Late game - nerf, obviously, just like with Yi. Riot doesn't usually like unkillable healers.