Aphelios vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Aphelios
based on 4,169 Aphelios vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Hwei
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
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.
Aphelios vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Aphelios in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some significant Aphelios against Hwei counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hwei’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Hwei..
Aphelios typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Hwei. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aphelios and Hwei
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Hwei?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aphelios usually wins when taking on Hwei, with a 53.3% win rate. Thus, Aphelios makes a great counter to Hwei.
While Aphelios does have a higher winrate compared to Hwei, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Aphelios into Hweias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hwei. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Hwei matchups, Aphelios is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Aphelios is a great counter to Hwei. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Aphelios against Hwei.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios in order to counter Hwei during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Hwei. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Aphelios versus Hwei build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Aphelios used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Hwei than with most other common item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average winrate of 53.3% battling Hwei with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Hwei as Aphelios, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Aphelios vs Hwei battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.3% win rate overall.
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