Hecarim vs Shyvana JUNGLE Matchup Guide | LaneStomp

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Hecarim vs Shyvana

Updated Jun 4, 2026

Overview

Use Hecarim's superior clear speed and mobility to maintain high camp tempo and pressure lanes that overextend early.
Prioritize contesting river control and objective setups where your ultimate can reach carries from fog to leverage your mid-game diving power.

Jungle Plan

Path to full clear camps near lanes that push forward, then reset tempo before dragon or Herald to control objective entries.
Use your high mobility to counter-gank predictable Shyvana ganks and punish her lower early gank threat.
Force objective fights when your ultimate can reach enemy carries from fog, leveraging your engage threat to secure dragons or Herald.

Danger windows

Beware of early invade timings when Shyvana can clear camps quickly and punish isolated fights without lane help.
Respect river fights where Shyvana's displacement (R) and mark damage (E) can turn skirmishes against you.
Avoid forced smite fights when low on health or without lane priority, as Shyvana's objective control is strong.

Early game

Start with a full clear aimed at hitting level 4 quickly to enable strong ganks and counter-ganks.
Fight for first Scuttle only if nearby lanes have priority to secure river control and deny Shyvana safe access.
Avoid early isolated river fights without lane priority, as Shyvana's form and damage can punish overextensions.

Power spikes

Hecarim spikes mid-game with item and ultimate power, enabling strong diving and teamfight initiation; use this to force fights.
Respect Shyvana's dragon form and item spikes mid-game, which increase her sustained damage and objective control.
Exploit Shyvana's weaker early game before her form and item spikes by maintaining tempo and punishing her slower ganks.

Win conditions

Convert fast camp cycling and superior mobility into counter-jungling and denying Shyvana free farm.
Use your ultimate's long-range engage to force objective fights and pick off carries from fog of war.
Maintain pressure on overextended lanes to create gank opportunities and snowball leads before Shyvana scales into dragon form.