Talk:Hecarim/@comment-96.241.114.20-20120825022546/@comment-218.186.14.11-20120825045009

I feel that the reason Hecarim is underplayed is because he is extremely teamfight dependent. By himself, his skills don't synergize well with dueling (his W is depenent on your teammates actually attacking the enemy and his R, while powerful, is on a long cooldown). However, if your team is well co-ordinated, Hecarim can be a nightmare in teamfights - fearing everyone for 1s and healing for a crap ton of HP, plus spamming his Q on everybody.

In the lane, he is kinda ok, but lacks sustain (his W is capped on minions). Once again, alone, he is best played passive top until level 6, but if you have a great support, his E can be put to excellent use to push enemies back into your ally for a kill. In the jungle, his ganks are subpar pre-6 unless you bring exhaust with you. Personally, I can't wait for a pro team to use Hecarim due to his power in teamfights, but he lacks innate 1v1 power unless he has good items.