Talk:Hecarim/@comment-63.152.127.140-20130127212551/@comment-58.111.211.53-20130128085226

When ppl mean 'Offtank', they mean a defensive Fighter. Fighter is a generic term which acts as a mainstream word. It's from 'Fighter', that Offtanks and Bruisers are accounted. Offtanks are defensively played while Bruisers are played aggressively in most cases. Hecarim is naturally an Offtank cos of his scaling and his Melee nature.

In most cases, you need to play Hecarim as a CDR Offtank cos it's the most effective build for Hecarim in all lanes. Only damage gears that are used often are Sunfire and Iceborn atm. But just cos a Champ is an 'Offtank' doesn't mean they can't be played like a 'Bruiser' and vice-versa. MoM is one of the major items Hec could use for damage and still is ever since s2. Just keep in mind MoM takes awhile to get due to it's component items being pretty expensive to get and its also a situational item in most cases. Try to get items that give defensive stats and help in dishing out damage at the same time.

I'm currently tryin to play an AP Variant of Hecarim cos his AP scalings are much more stable to use. But at the same time this is a much more advanced build due to the fact that even with maxed CDR, he can't keep up a consistent damage unlike his mainstream builds. Any Sheen item is excellent on Hecarim since all of em give MP and consistent burst.

There are more unorthodox builds much like the one you've presented. For eg. I've a build which uses both FM and Iceborn. FM lets me stick to a key target and I can still use Iceborn to help my team in fights. I won't tell u my other items cos its a secret but at the same time, this is an excellent CC Build.

You have to ask urself what type of damage u wanna do, consistent or burst. I can give u some tips in burst damage and no, it ain't AP. Get a Merc Scimitar and combine it with Homeguard and Tele. Doin this allows u to deal a huge chunk of damage at a key target. Just remember that this is a very advanced method. Even I got troubles using this and I'm the one who just thought of this.