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How to Win Hwei vs Katarina Counter MatchupHwei is in the b tier of champions

Hwei vs Katarina

How to Beat Katarina as Hwei in LoLHwei is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Katarina as Hwei

based on 6,920 Hwei vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
46.1 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League matches each week. In our dataset, Hwei faced off against Katarina in 6920 matches. Having so many games with Hwei vs Katarina provides us a lot of faith in our ability to produce actionable stats and a supported build to wreck Katarina. This champion pairing is somewhat rare. Hwei is forced to battle against Katarina in only 3.9% of their rounds.

Hwei vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Hwei does a awful job of countering Katarina. Normally, they wins a lowly 46.1% of the time the champs clash against each other in. In Hwei versus Katarina games, Hwei’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood. This indicates that they probably will be able to get first blood versus Katarina.

Best Hwei vs Katarina Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Hwei Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceStormsurgeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Horizon FocusCryptbloomRabadon's DeathcapShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Hwei to level upq
>
Second ability for Hwei to level upe
>
Last skill for Hwei to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Hwei's passive ability p
Hwei's q ability q
Hwei's w ability w
Hwei's e ability e
Hwei's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Hwei

Tips for Playing as Hwei against Katarina

Calm down, breathe, and focus.

Each stroke requires precision and intention.

Advice to Win Against Katarina

Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.

Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.

Hwei vs Katarina Counter Stats

Hwei Image
Win Rate
46.1 %
VS
Win Rate
53.9 %
Katarina Image
5.3
< Kills >
10.6
6.6
< Deaths >
6.8
8.8
< Assists >
5.6
1.21
< Killing Sprees >
2.35
140
< Minions Killed >
159
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,117
< Physical Damage >
2,080
20,892
< Magic Damage >
22,522
526
< True Damage >
990
22,536
< Damage Dealt >
25,593
18,861
< Damage Taken >
25,928
10,902
< Gold Earned >
12,738
1.87
< Towers >
1.52
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,511
< Total Healing >
3,663
13,507
< Experience >
14,754
27
< Vision Score >
17
13
< Wards Placed >
8
548
< Time Dealing CC >
37

How to Counter Katarina with Hwei in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show some critical Hwei vs. Katarina matchup stats that can help us explain the differences between the two. For instance, Hwei’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Hwei may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Katarina..

Hwei normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than their enemy does. On average, they receives less damage than Katarina. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Hwei and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Hwei
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Hwei
Katarina

Who is Better, Hwei or Katarina?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Hwei usually loses when facing off against Katarina, with a 46.1% win rate. As a result, Hwei makes a poor counter for Katarina.

While Hwei does have a lower win rate than Katarina, when they face off with one another, Hwei also has a greater level of difficulty that makes them a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Hwei into Katarinaas their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Hwei also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Hwei vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Hwei is a garbage counter for Katarina. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Hwei against Katarina.

Other Champion Matchups Against Hwei

Hwei Loses Against

LilliaLillia41.5% winrateFizzFizz41.8% winrateZyraZyra42.4% winrateTeemoTeemo42.9% winrate

Hwei Wins Against

YuumiYuumi51.7% winrateSivirSivir50.9% winrateSejuaniSejuani50.6% winrateCorkiCorki50.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Hwei Players

How We Calculated Our Hwei vs Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Hwei, we analyzed 6,920 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Katarina as Hwei comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Hwei Build Katarina Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Hwei to counter Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Hwei usually gets a similar amount of CS as Katarina. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The top items to use in your Hwei versus Katarina build include Malignance, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Hwei combined at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better countering Katarina than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Hwei boasted an average win rate of 46.1% when playing against Katarina with these items in their kit.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Katarina as Hwei, Hwei players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Hwei vs Katarina LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.1% win rate overall.

If you want to see Hwei versus Katarina tips and counter builds for a a particular rank, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and strategies displayed are calculated using all games completed with both champs.