As hecarim, Hecarim is quite assertive early on and should focus on getting a massive lead to ensure that he can take over the game quickly. He will require access to all his abilities and core items to run his enemies down. Playing the early game properly is crucial for this purpose.

Once Hecarim hits level 3, he can start ganking the enemies blatantly. Pushed-up enemies should be his prime target as they will let him get free kills. He should also be able to clear camps rather quickly from now on a respond to ganks quickly.

Once Hecarim hits level 6, he can terrorize enemies with his flanking potential. It will allow Hecarim to completely isolate a target from their team and burst them down with the help of his team. His sustain will be pretty high as well (due to runes and life steal). As hecarim, Hecarim is said to be early enough and should focus on getting a massive lead to make sure he can take the game quickly. He will need access to all his abilities and the basic elements to run his enemies down. Playing early play properly is crucial for this goal. Once Hecarim hits level 3, he can start to spoil enemies in a blatant way. Pushed-up enemies should be his main target as they will allow him to get free murders. He should also be able to clean the camps pretty quickly from now on on a response to the ganks quickly. Once Hecarim hits level 6, he can terrorize the enemies with his flanking potential. Hecarim will allow him to completely isolate a target from their team and bring them down with the help of his team. His support will be quite high as well (due to runs and theft of life).