01 / Hwei
At a glance
Learn Hwei abilities and prepare your first games. Find builds for each supported role.
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Strengths & weaknesses
Tools to play around
- Subject: DisasterAdds a utility effect to the champion’s kit.
- Spiraling DespairContributes damage to the champion’s rotation.
What can go wrong
- Subject: DisasterRead the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
- Spiraling DespairPractise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
- A completed combo is only useful when your position, resources and follow-up are safe.
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Abilities & tips
Open an ability to read its effect and a practical use tip.
PSignature of the Visionary
Hwei primes enemy champions he damages with his abilities for his signature finishing touch. Hitting an enemy with a second damaging spell completes his signature, leaving it beneath them. The signature detonates after a short delay, dealing magic damage to all enemies in range.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
QSubject: Disaster
Hwei envisions a series of disasters, allowing him to paint a devastating blow. This ability replaces Hwei's abilities with damaging abilities: Devastating Fire, Severing Bolt, and Molten Fissure.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
WSubject: Serenity
Hwei envisions a series of serenities, allowing him to paint invigorating settings. This ability replaces Hwei's abilities with utility abilities: Fleeting Current, Pool of Reflection, and Stirring Lights.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
ESubject: Torment
Hwei envisions a series of torments, allowing him to paint controlling visages. This ability replaces Hwei's abilities with crowd control abilities: Grim Visage, Gaze of the Abyss, and Crushing Maw.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
RSpiraling Despair
Hwei paints a vision of pure despair. The first enemy champion struck becomes the center of an expanding painting that slows and damages nearby enemies. The vision explodes after reaching its maximum size or when the champion dies.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
Hwei combos: execution and timing
AA = basic attack · EAA = empowered attack · 1/2/3 = cast stage. Follow the order, not instant key presses.
Follow up with Subject: Serenity (WE)
- WE
- EQ
- QQ
With Hwei, start with Subject: Serenity (WE), then continue through Subject: Torment (EQ) → Subject: Disaster (QQ). For Hwei, each two-letter step is a spell-book choice: WE means W then E, EQ means E then Q, and QQ means Q then Q.
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Game plan by role
Hwei · Mid
Use the wave to control when trades happen. Keep a defensive option if the opposing jungler is missing, and avoid forcing a combo into a large enemy wave.
Move after checking the wave, vision and who can follow. A useful roam should not cost several uncontested waves for no clear opportunity.
Fight from a position where you can repeat your useful spells. Look for an opening after enemy control is spent instead of entering first by habit.
Before your next fight, check: Subject: Disaster · Spiraling Despair · Combos
Hwei · Bot
Coordinate trades with your support and keep last hits consistent. Stand where you can attack without stepping into both enemy players’ threat range.
Collect safe farm while staying close enough to join your team. Check the map before crossing an exposed side lane for one more wave.
Keep dealing damage to an accessible target while tracking enemy engage tools. A safer sustained position is often better than chasing a distant carry.
Before your next fight, check: Subject: Disaster · Spiraling Despair · Combos
Hwei · Support
Stand where you can help your lane partner without exposing both of you. Coordinate the opening before spending your main control or protection.
Set up vision with nearby allies rather than walking into unlit areas alone. Roam when your lane partner can safely handle the next wave.
Choose between creating an opening and protecting the teammate who can carry the fight. Do not spend every defensive spell on the first visible enemy.
Before your next fight, check: Subject: Disaster · Spiraling Despair · Combos
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Matchup preparation
Compare opponents in the build for the role you are actually playing. Then check their key control, escape and defensive spells before choosing your trade.
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Practice checklist
- Cast each ability alone and identify its range, target conditions and stopping point.
- Practise the first sequence slowly. Repeat it while moving, without skipping the conditions shown on its card.
- After each attempt, identify the spell you would still have available to defend or retreat.
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Hwei · Builds & runes
Choose a role, then select your rank on the build page for runes, items, skill order and matchup statistics.