Gwen vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Gwen
based on 3,662 Gwen vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Hwei
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Gwen in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several critical Gwen versus Hwei counter stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hwei’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Hwei..
Gwen often has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Hwei. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Hwei
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Who is Better, Gwen or Hwei?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually wins when trying to fight Hwei, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes a good counter to Hwei.
While Gwen does have a higher winrate than Hwei, when they face off with one another, Gwen also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Gwen into Hwei.
Additionally, Gwen also has some 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Hwei matchups, Gwen is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Gwen is a decent counter to Hwei. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gwen against Hwei.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gwen in order to counter Hwei during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Hwei. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Gwen versus Hwei build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Cosmic Drive. When Gwen combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Hwei than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gwen had an average winrate of 51.8% when countering Hwei with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Hwei as Gwen, Gwen players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Gwen vs Hwei counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.8% winrate overall.
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