- Win Rate
- 46.3%
- Pick Rate
- 2.2%
- Ban Rate
- 3.2%
Hecarim Jungle Build: Items & Boots
- Patch
- 26.20
- Games
- 2,904
- Lane
- Jungle
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 13, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
The most-played Patch 26.20 Hecarim build is Mercury's Treads, Death's Dance, Spear of Shojin, Endless Hunger, Black Cleaver, Hubris, Oracle Lens: 8.18% of games, 55.41% win rate. Below are the boots, first items, starting items and summoner spells players pick most, each with its own win rate and game count.
Best Hecarim Build - Highest Win Rate Items
Full Build
Early Build Order
Top Summoner Spells
Ghost + Smite58.2%Win Rate96.1%Pick Rate
Smite + Flash47.1%Win Rate3.9%Pick Rate
Build Stats
This Hecarim build focuses on a balanced mix of offense and defense. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.
The core items for this Hecarim build are Death's Dance, Black Cleaver, and Endless Hunger. This item combination achieves a 57.8% win rate across 436 matches analyzed.
At full build, Hecarim gains a total of 215 AD, 1250 Health, and 75 Armor, giving a strong power profile for physical damage.
Best Hecarim Runes
Sorcery
Precision
Hecarim Abilities
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Hecarim build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Health, Gold Efficiency. Lower in: Magic Resistance, Magic Damage.
The most popular starting items for Hecarim are Gustwalker Hatchling, Health Potion, Stealth Ward with a 58.7% win rate and 21.1% pick rate.
- Death's Dance S Tier
Death's Dance
3,30049.39%Win Rate+3.07%WR Diff62.33%Pick Rate - Black Cleaver S Tier
Black Cleaver
3,00048.78%Win Rate+2.46%WR Diff40.87%Pick Rate - Endless Hunger S Tier
Endless Hunger
3,10056.32%Win Rate+10.00%WR Diff44.70%Pick Rate
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- Any item combo — even off-meta
- Thousands of real matches
- Win rate by rank & game length
Hecarim players complete Gustwalker Hatchling first in 93% of games, winning 47.0% of them. The median first item is finished at 0:06 (25th to 75th percentile: 0:06 to 0:12).
First item
| Build | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Done at | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 47.0% | 92.9% | 0:06 | 2,691 |
 | 46.8% | 1.6% | 0:12 | 47 |
 | 37.3% | 5.5% | 0:12 | 158 |
First two items
| Build | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Done at | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 63.2% | 1.4% | 10:00 | 38 |
 | 49.7% | 26.6% | 10:06 | 739 |
 | 65.0% | 0.7% | 10:48 | 20 |
Three-item core
| Build | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Done at | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 55.6% | 7.4% | 18:00 | 187 |
| 55.0% | 7.5% | 16:42 | 189 |
  | 55.5% | 5.4% | 19:12 | 137 |
Stages keep purchase order, so "A then B" and "B then A" are counted separately. Completion time is the minute the last item of the stage was bought. Boots are tracked separately.
Hecarim players max Q > W > E in 91% of games, winning 46.8% of the 2,588 games that followed that order. The grid shows the most common ability at every level.
Q
W
E| Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| W | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| R | 1 | 2 | 3 |
- Q > E > W: 8% of games, 40.9% win rate
- W > Q > E: 0% of games, 83.3% win rate
- Spear of Shojin S Tier
Spear of Shojin
3,10044.62%Win Rate-1.70%WR Diff61.81%Pick Rate - Sterak's Gage S Tier
Sterak's Gage
3,20062.70%Win Rate+16.38%WR Diff4.34%Pick Rate
- Plated Steelcaps S Tier
Plated Steelcaps
1,20048.85%Win Rate+2.53%WR Diff5.99%Pick Rate
- Oracle Lens S Tier
Oracle Lens
047.19%Win Rate+0.87%WR Diff59.33%Pick Rate
Combined statistics from all items in this Hecarim build.
Armor:75
Movement Speed:45
Attack Damage:215
Health:1250
Build Comparison
ArmorSpeedADHealth
This Hecarim physical damage dealer build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. Its 57.8% win rate comes from only 436 games, so treat it as an observation rather than a proven edge. The build's key strengths include exceptional physical damage output with 215 total attack damage from items and substantial health pool for survivability. This tanky Hecarim build works best when your team lacks frontline presence. You can absorb damage and create opportunities for your carries to deal damage. The armor in this build makes it effective against AD-heavy enemy compositions with champions like assassins or marksmen. With a total gold cost of 16,900, this Hecarim build scales into the late game. Focus on farming efficiently and reaching your Death's Dance, Black Cleaver, and Endless Hunger power spike before taking major fights. For optimal results with this Hecarim build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.
Strengths
- Exceptional physical damage output with 215 total attack damage from items
- Substantial health pool for survivability
Champions with Similar Builds to Hecarim
Hecarim Jungle Boots, Starting Items & Summoner Spells (Patch 26.20)
2,821 gamesMost Hecarim Jungle players rush Gustwalker Hatchling first (93% of games), finished at a median of 0.1 minutes. Ionian Boots of Lucidity are the usual boots (56%). The standard summoner spells are Ghost + Smite (94%). The game usually starts with Gustwalker Hatchling.
Hecarim boots
| Option | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ionian Boots of LucidityMost played | 55.5% | 43.8% | 1,567 |
 Gluttonous Greaves | 22.3% | 53.1% | 629 |
 Mercury's Treads | 9.7% | 44.7% | 275 |
 Plated Steelcaps | 6.2% | 48.9% | 174 |
 Boots of Swiftness | 2.0% | 57.1% | 56 |
Hecarim starting items
| Option | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gustwalker HatchlingMost played | 31.5% | 45.8% | 888 |
  Gustwalker Hatchling + Health Potion + Stealth Ward | 25.1% | 45.2% | 708 |
| Gustwalker Hatchling + Stealth Ward | 21.0% | 52.1% | 593 |
| Gustwalker Hatchling + Health Potion | 7.1% | 42.7% | 199 |
Hecarim summoner spells
| Option | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
  Ghost + SmiteMost played | 94.2% | 46.7% | 2,656 |
 Flash + Smite | 5.4% | 41.1% | 151 |
Every option is listed with its own pick rate, win rate and game count from ranked games this patch. Options under 40 games are left out.
Hecarim First Item and Core Build Timing
Which item Hecarim players finish first and which three-item core they build, with the median completion minute and the middle 50% of games — the timing to beat if you want to spike before your opponent.
First completed item
| Items | Finished | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gustwalker Hatchling | 0.1 min 0.1-0.2 min | 93.2% | 47.0% | 2,628 |
 Scorchclaw Pup | 0.2 min 0.1-0.3 min | 5.3% | 36.0% | 150 |
 Mosstomper Seedling | 0.2 min 0.1-0.4 min | 1.5% | 44.2% | 43 |
Three-item core
| Items | Finished | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  Gustwalker Hatchling → Spear of Shojin → Death's Dance | 19.4 min 17.6-21.3 min | 22.9% | 44.6% | 578 |
  Gustwalker Hatchling → Hubris → Axiom Arc | 16.7 min 15.2-18.0 min | 7.5% | 55.0% | 189 |
| Gustwalker Hatchling → Hubris → Death's Dance | 18.0 min 16.6-19.7 min | 7.4% | 55.6% | 187 |
 Gustwalker Hatchling → Black Cleaver → Death's Dance | 18.5 min 16.8-20.4 min | 6.9% | 52.3% | 174 |
 Gustwalker Hatchling → Spear of Shojin → Endless Hunger | 19.2 min 17.3-20.8 min | 5.4% | 55.5% | 137 |
Every Hecarim Jungle Item by Win Rate
The completed items Hecarim players build most this patch, with the share of games each one appears in and its win rate. Situational items sit low in pick rate for a reason — read the win rate next to the game count.
| Option | Players | Win Rate | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Death's DanceMost played | 64.2% | 49.4% | 1,810 |
| Spear of Shojin | 63.6% | 44.6% | 1,795 |
| Endless Hunger | 46.0% | 56.3% | 1,298 |
| Black Cleaver | 42.1% | 48.8% | 1,187 |
| Hubris | 29.2% | 48.8% | 823 |
 Maw of Malmortius | 15.3% | 49.2% | 433 |
| Axiom Arc | 9.4% | 54.7% | 265 |
 Serylda's Grudge | 4.7% | 67.4% | 132 |
 Sterak's Gage | 4.5% | 62.7% | 126 |
 Voltaic Cyclosword | 3.7% | 47.6% | 105 |
| Gustwalker Hatchling | 2.4% | 36.2% | 69 |
 Serpent's Fang | 2.3% | 46.9% | 64 |
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This core is in our ranked data: 44.6% win rate over 578 games.
- Attack Damage
- 105
- Health
- 450
- Armor
- 50
- Ability Haste
- 25
- Move Speed
- 45