Maokai vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Maokai
based on 7,234 Maokai vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Hwei
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
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.
Maokai vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Maokai in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several vital Maokai versus Hwei counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Hwei’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Hwei..
Maokai normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Hwei. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Hwei
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Who is Better, Maokai or Hwei?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against Hwei, with a 55.9% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a fantastic counter for Hwei.
While Maokai does have a much higher winrate than Hwei, when facing one another, Maokai also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Hwei.
Moreover, Maokai also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hwei. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Hwei matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Maokai is a great counter to Hwei. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Hwei.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai in order to counter Hwei during both the early game 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 stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai typically picks up less CS compared to Hwei. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Maokai versus Hwei build consist of Trailblazer, Thornmail, and Hollow Radiance. When Maokai incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Hwei than with many other typical builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 55.9% when playing against Hwei with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Hwei as Maokai, Maokai players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Maokai vs Hwei LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 55.9% winrate overall.
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