Hecate

How to play Hecate

Hecate is a ranged mage from the Greek pantheon who deals magical damage. Top players play Hecate in the Mid lane.

In your kit, Triplicate Form (alternate damage and mesmerize) is your main crowd control. Spell Eater (ability-charged area damage) and Repel Magic (magical shield, area damage) add damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Open the Gates (portals damage, teleport), on a long cooldown (about 90s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Mythic Ritual: empower allies, structures.

Community guides level Triplicate Form, Spell Eater and Repel Magic first. Max Repel Magic first, then Spell Eater, then Triplicate Form.

Most of your damage comes from abilities, so fight from behind your front line and never be the closest god to the enemy. Look for the moment your crowd control can land, then follow up with the rest of your damage. You have no dash, so your positioning is your escape. In the mid lane, clear the wave quickly, then help the side lanes or the jungle.

Start with Archmage's Gem, then buy Spear of Desolation. Top players buy it in the first two or three slots. Your core is Book of Thoth and The World Stone, and you finish with Soul Gem, Rod of Tahuti and Obsidian Shard. A good relic is Aegis of Acceleration. If the enemy team heals a lot or you keep dying, open the full tool and enter the enemy gods for the exact swaps.

If you own Aspect of Ruin, it reworks Spell Eater (debuff/fires at enemy ability users). It changes what to build, so turn on Aspect in the tool when you play it.

Top players win most often against Mercury, Nemesis and Artio, and struggle against Aladdin, Nut or Morgan Le Fay. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.