Katarina vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Katarina
based on 6,920 Katarina vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Hwei
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Katarina in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some vital Katarina vs. Hwei counter stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Hwei’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Hwei. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Katarina usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Hwei. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Katarina and Hwei
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Who is Better, Katarina or Hwei?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Katarina usually wins when facing off against Hwei, with a 53.9% win rate. As a result, Katarina makes a great counter for Hwei.
While Katarina does have a higher winrate than Hwei, when they face off with one another, Katarina also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Katarina into Hweias her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Katarina has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hwei. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Hwei matchups, Katarina is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Katarina is a great counter to Hwei. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Katarina against Hwei.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Katarina to counter Hwei during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Hwei. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts 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 most crucial items to focus on in your Katarina versus Hwei build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Katarina combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Hwei than with many other common builds. In fact, Katarina had an average winrate of 53.9% battling Hwei with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Hwei as Katarina, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Katarina vs Hwei clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Hwei as Katarina are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.