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What decides the jungle matchup: Hecarim vs Lee Sin in League of Legends
What decides the jungle
A tactical read of the jungle matchup, written from LaneDiff's champion notes: what each champion threatens, and the one thing to do about it before three minutes. It is analysis, not a match sample, so there is no win rate on this page.
Both are early ganker champions in this lane: Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane.
Hecarim
jungle · Early ganker
He runs you down from behind. Ward the lane-side brush and keep escape summoners up.
Window: before four minutes
Hecarim's E ganks come from the flank at high speed, not the river mouth; lane-side vision beats river vision against him.
Lee Sin
jungle · Early ganker
He ganks straight off his first clear. Ward river at 2:45 and keep the wave middle.
Window: before three minutes
Lee Sin's red-buff level-3 gank arrives around 3:00; a frozen or centered wave denies the ward-hop angle behind you.
Hecarim vs Lee Sin: Common Questions
- Who wins Hecarim vs Lee Sin?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked jungle games of Hecarim against Lee Sin to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Hecarim: He runs you down from behind. Ward the lane-side brush and keep escape summoners up. Lee Sin: He ganks straight off his first clear. Ward river at 2:45 and keep the wave middle.
- How do you play the Hecarim Lee Sin matchup?
- Hecarim and Lee Sin are both early ganker champions in the jungle matchup: Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane. Hecarim's E ganks come from the flank at high speed, not the river mouth; lane-side vision beats river vision against him. Lee Sin's red-buff level-3 gank arrives around 3:00; a frozen or centered wave denies the ward-hop angle behind you.
- What should I know about Lee Sin vs Hecarim?
- Lee Sin and Hecarim are both early ganker champions: Hunts kills at levels two to four, so the first wards and a safe wave decide the lane. What separates them is what each one does with it. Lee Sin: He ganks straight off his first clear. Ward river at 2:45 and keep the wave middle. Hecarim: He runs you down from behind. Ward the lane-side brush and keep escape summoners up.
- How do I beat Lee Sin as Hecarim?
- Lee Sin's red-buff level-3 gank arrives around 3:00; a frozen or centered wave denies the ward-hop angle behind you. He ganks straight off his first clear. Ward river at 2:45 and keep the wave middle. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Lee Sin you have drawn: their recent form on the champion, whether they are on a loss streak, and whether they are smurfing, because the player in front of you moves the odds more than the matchup does.