Annie vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Annie
based on 2,926 Annie vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Hwei
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Advice to Win Against Hwei
After Hwei paints a Torment spell he is vulnerable to being rushed down.
Hwei needs to predict your positioning and take time to cast, catch him by surprise.
Hwei's lightning is deadly but slow; it deals more damage when you are alone or unable to move.
Annie vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Annie in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several vital Annie vs. Hwei matchup stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Hwei’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Hwei..
Annie typically has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Hwei. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Annie and Hwei
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Who is Better, Annie or Hwei?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Annie usually wins when trying to fight Hwei, with a 54.2% win rate. Thus, Annie makes a great counter to Hwei.
While Annie does have a much higher win rate than Hwei, when they face off with one another, Annie also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Annie into Hwei.
Moreover, Annie has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hwei. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Annie vs Hwei matchups, Annie is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Annie is a great counter for Hwei. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Annie against Hwei.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Annie to counter Hwei during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Hwei. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Annie versus Hwei build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Annie bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Hwei than with many other common item sets. In fact, Annie had an average win rate of 54.2% when countering Hwei with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Hwei as Annie, Annie players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Absolute Focus runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Annie vs Hwei battles, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.2% winrate overall.
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