Vi vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Vi
based on 4,975 Vi vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vi vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Vi vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Vi
Tips for Playing as Vi against Hwei
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
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.
Vi vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Vi in LoL
The stats shown here show several important Vi vs. Hwei counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hwei’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Hwei..
Vi normally has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she receives more damage than Hwei. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vi and Hwei
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Who is Better, Vi or Hwei?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vi usually wins when facing off against Hwei, with a 54.9% win rate. Therefore, Vi makes a great counter for Hwei.
While Vi does have a much higher winrate than Hwei, when facing one another, Vi also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vi into Hwei.
Moreover, Vi has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hwei. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vi vs Hwei matchups, Vi 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 teamfights.
Vi is a great counter to Hwei. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Vi against Hwei.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vi in order to counter Hwei during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vi most often racks up a lot less CS compared to Hwei. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Vi versus Hwei build consist of Black Cleaver, Experimental Hexplate, and Sundered Sky. When Vi used at least these three items in her build, she did much better versus Hwei than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Vi boasted an average win rate of 54.9% when countering Hwei with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Hwei as Vi, you should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Vi vs Hwei face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 54.9% winrate overall.
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